“Romantic Frog: Look into my eyes… you will see… what you mean to me…
Parsi Dog: Mmmmm… Frog-legs!!”
-By Jimmy G. Postwalla
Over 500 Zarthostis Participate And Pray Together! A Behram Yazad Jashan was performed at the ZAC (Zoroastrian Association of California) Atashkadeh / Agiary on Behram Roj, Sunday, May 2nd, 2021, to invoke divine intervention from our benevolent saviour – Behram Yazad – to help achieve Victory over the devastation caused by the novel coronavirus in…
Re: Intercaste Marriages In The Community We all wish, our children marry within our fold to ensure greater compatibility, stability and happiness in their married lives, and to safeguard the dignity and acceptance of their children. A social stigma exists in our community for inter-caste married ladies and their innocent children. Even so, there is a steep rise…
So, it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow… we’ll have those packs of love-crazed wolves howling at the moon, all ready to jump off cliffs, swim the deepest seas and climb the highest mountains – all in the name of love. These love junkies have you wondering where that magic and blush of first love has disappeared. While…
દિવાળીના તહેવારનો સાર સંસ્કૃત શ્લોકમાં છે: તમસો મા જ્યોતિર્ગમય જેનો અર્થ થાય છે મને અંધકારમાંથી પ્રકાશ તરફ લઈ જાઓ. આ શ્લોક બ્રહ્મદારણ્યક ઉપનિષદ (1.3.28) માં જોવા મળે છે: અસતો મા સદ ગમાયા. તમસો મા જ્યોતિર ગમાયા. મૃત્યુર મા અમૃતમ ગમયા, જેનો અર્થ છે: જે નથી તેમાંથી, મને જે છે તે તરફ દોરી જાઓ; અંધકારમાંથી, મને…
More than two and a half millennia ago, ancient Persians were Master Maritimers. Neither the seas nor rivers stood as barriers for them, be it for trade or during war. The greater the obstacle, the more glory they saw in overcoming it. They were innovative, bold and adventurous. We narrate here how three Great Achaemenian…
3Did you know all our revered Atash Behram fires are made up of 16 different fires? Yes, fires from 16 different sources – including the fire from lightning (the highest source) and a fire from cremation (the lowest source) – are collected. They are then purified and consecrated with an elaborate process, by about 1000…