Parsis, the Zoroastrians of India
Author: Sooni Taraporevala
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 260
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Parsis in India and the Diaspora
Author: John Hinnells
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-10-22
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1134067526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Parsis are India's smallest minority community, yet they have exercised a huge influence on the country. This book, written by notable experts in the field, explores various key aspects of the Parsis, spanning the time from their arrival in India to the twenty-first century.
The Parsees in India
Author: Eckehard Kulke
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 320
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Author: Jesse S. Palsetia
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9789004121140
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Parsis of India" examines a much-neglected area of Asian Studies. In tracing keypoints in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis' history, and accounts for their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. For a great part the story is told in the colonial setting of Bombay city. Ample attention is given to the Parsis' evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook. Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British "colonialism," Indian society and history, and, last but not least, "Zoroastrianism," this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and elucidates the significant role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational, and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society.
The Good Parsi
Author: Tanya M. Luhrmann
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780674356764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the Raj, one group stands out as having prospered because of British rule: the Parsis. The Zoroastrian people adopted the manners, dress, and aspirations of their British colonizers, and were rewarded with high-level financial, mercantile, and bureaucratic posts. Indian independence, however, ushered in their decline.
Between Boston and Bombay
Author: Jenny Rose
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-11-06
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 3030252051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA few years after the American declaration of independence, the first American ships set sail to India. The commercial links that American merchant mariners established with the Parsis of Bombay contributed significantly to the material and intellectual culture of the early Republic in ways that have not been explored until now. This book maps the circulation of goods, capital and ideas between Bombay Parsis and their contemporaries in the northeastern United States, uncovering a surprising range of cultural interaction. Just as goods and gifts from the Zoroastrians of India quickly became an integral part of popular culture along the eastern seaboard of the U.S., so their newly translated religious texts had a considerable impact on American thought. Using a wealth of previously unpublished primary sources, this work presents the narrative of American-Parsi encounters within the broader context of developing global trade and knowledge.
The Parsis in Western India, 1818 to 1920
Author: Nawaz B. Mody
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Volume Is Collection Of Papers Presented At The Seminar `The Contribution Of The Parsi Community To Western India Between 1818 To 1920. The Seminar Attempted To Make An Assessment Of The Contribution Made By The Parsis In Some Selected Areas.
The Zoroastrian Myth of Migration from Iran and Settlement in the Indian Diaspora
Author: Alan Williams
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2009-09-24
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9047430425
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Qesse-ye Sanjān is the sole surviving account of the emigration of Zoroastrians from Iran to India to form the Parsi (‘Persian’) community. Written in Persian couplets in India in 1599 by a Zoroastrian priest, it is a work many know of, but few have actually read, let alone studied in depth. This book provides a romanised transcription from the oldest manuscripts, an elegant metrical translation, detailed commentary and, most importantly, a radical new theory of how such a text should be “read”, i.e. not as a historical chronical but as a charter of Zoroastrian identity, foundation myth and justification of the Parsi presence in India. The book fills a lacuna that has been acutely felt for a long time.
Parsi Food and Drinks and Customs
Author: B J Manekshaw
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2000-10-14
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9351180190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA treasure-house of recipes and customs that define the Parsi way of life Celebrations, rituals and food inevitably go together. And so it is with the Parsis. From Navroz, the dawn of the Parsi New Year, to Navjote, the initiation ceremony of a young child, lagan or marriage, jashans and ghambhars, there is a variety of food to suit every occasion. In this unique book, Bhicoo J. Manekshaw takes the reader on a journey far beyond the traditional stereotypical dhan sakh recipe. For those who love fish, there is a choice of patrani machchi (fish in banana leaves), masala ni machchi or the famed tarapori patio made with sookha boomla (Bombay duck), amongst many others. The Parsi weakness for eggs, on the other hand, has created a range of mouth-watering dishes from the kera per eeda (eggs cooked on bananas) to the humble scrambled egg. There are also teatime snacks, sweets, and desserts and a chapter on kitchen medicine straight from grandmother’s recipe book. Interlaced with the recipes is the author’s piquant description of the customs, rituals and ceremonies that form the Parsi way of life.
Such a Long Journey
Author: Rohinton Mistry
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2008-11-20
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 057124856X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSuch a Long Journey is set in (what was then) Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family. It was the brilliant first novel by one of the most remarkable writers to have emerged from the Indian literary tradition in many years. It was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, and won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize.
