by Arzan Sam Wadia | Apr 18, 2025 | FIRES Oral History Project
Rohinton Rivetna, born in 1934, and Roshan Rivetna, born in 1939 are from Bombay (Mumbai), India, and reside in Chicago, Illinois. As pioneers of the Zoroastrian community and organizations in the U.S., Rohinton and Roshan describe their childhood memories of...
by Arzan Sam Wadia | Apr 18, 2025 | FIRES Oral History Project
Rustom Mody, born in 1953, from Poona, India, is part of the Zoroastrian community and settled in Houston, Texas. Rustom reflects on his childhood experiences growing up in a Parsi colony, describing memories of his parents and loved ones. Rustom tells us of his first...
by Arzan Sam Wadia | Apr 18, 2025 | FIRES Oral History Project
Zubin Rusy Mory, from Mumbai, India, is part of the Zoroastrian community in Sugarland, Texas. Zubin, born in 1972, came to the US during the mid-1990s. His interview details memories of his childhood home, sharing a mental map of Mumbai and main Parsi hubs of the...
by Arzan Sam Wadia | Jan 4, 2025 | Featured Selection, News
We are delighted to announce Roxana Trabulsi as the 2024 recipient of the Bapsi Sidhwa Literary Prize for her compelling novel Of Mud and Honey. Trabulsi’s work weaves her characters’ personal struggles with larger environmental and social themes, offering a poignant...
by Arzan Sam Wadia | Apr 12, 2024 | News
The talk will cover research on how Zoroastrian communities in Iran, including urban areas like Tehran, Kerman, Ahwaz, and Yazd, as well as rural Yazdi villages, have adapted religiously since the Islamic Republic’s establishment. It will compare these...
