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...
by Arzan Sam Wadia | Jan 30, 2024 | News
Announcement : 2nd Bapsi Sidhwa Literary Prize. We are thrilled to announce the call for submission for the 2nd Bapsi Sidhwa Literary Prize, a prestigious award named in honor of the renowned Pakistani- American novelist, Bapsi Sidhwa. This biennial award promotes...
by Arzan Sam Wadia | Nov 6, 2023 | Featured Selection, News
FIRES and ZAH Library Committee welcomes you to 24th Annual Lecture Series featuring Dr. Jenny Rose & Meheryar Rivetna To REGISTER FOR IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE PLEASE VISIT ZAH.ORG PROGRAM Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 6:30 pm – Wine & Cheese7:00 pm – Introduce and...
by Arzan Sam Wadia | Sep 26, 2023 | News
Speaker: Professor Jenny Rose Topic: Sheer-e-Shireen: Zoroastrians adding Sugar to the Milk Speaker: Meheryar Rivetna Topic: Politics and Power: The Birth of the Younger Avesta In person at ZAH and online on zoom. Zoom Link Meeting ID: 870 3782 2697 Passcode:...
by Arzan Sam Wadia | Jul 26, 2022 | Featured Selection, News
The Inaugural Bapsi Sidhwa Literary Prize was announced at a glittering Award Ceremony at the 12th World Zoroastrian Congress 2022 in New York on Saturday July 2, 2022. The genesis for the Bapsi Sidhwa Literary Prize is under the sponsorship of the Zoroastrian...
by Arzan Sam Wadia | Dec 1, 2021 | Featured Selection
Goal The main objective of the Bapsi Sidhwa Literary Prize is to recognize the literary production of works by Zoroastrian authors. We seek to celebrate the accomplishments of Bapsi Sidhwa with this prize and honor literary expressions that represent the rich...
