August 30, 2007 – 2:55 pm
The Aryan settlers who lived in Persia and later, in India, had a lot in common by way of phonetics, language, spirituality and
Hinduism pertains to Hindus but the word Hindu itself is actually a Persian word coined by Cyrus the great in the 6th century B.C. to describe people who lived beyond the river Indus which was the eastern boundary of the ancient Persian empire. The Persians had a phonetic problem with the letter ‘S’ hence, Sindhu became Hindu just as Rigveda’s Soma came from Zend Avesta’s Hoama. Such fascinating phonetic affinities! Read More »
August 30, 2007 – 2:33 pm
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August 27, 2007 – 5:00 pm
A team of Iranian archaeologists working on the Kangelu Fortress in northern Iran’s Mazandaran Province have put forward the idea that the Sassanid fortress was built to be waterproof as a suitable site for holding rituals in honor of Anahita, the Zoroastrian goddess of fertility, water and rivers.
Analysis indicates that an oily material has been added to the mortar to waterproof the structure of the building.
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August 27, 2007 – 4:59 pm
... His Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith (1993) plowed deeper into the roots of belief in an apocalyptic end of time, finding that the Iranian prophet Zoroaster laid the groundwork for the phenomenon. Older conceptions of time, like the Egyptian and Mesopotamian, did not lead inexorably to a final end, he said. ...
Norman Cohn, a historian who influenced a generation of historians and social scientists with his insight that totalitarian ideologies of the 20th century, chiefly Communism and Nazism, were propelled by mythologies associated with medieval apocalyptic movements, died on July 31 in Cambridge, England. He was 92. Read More »
August 27, 2007 – 4:52 pm
ZOROASTRIAN LEADERS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AT 60TH ANNUAL UNITED NATIONS DPI/NGO SEPT. 5-7 AT UN HEADQUARTERS
Conference to review scientific evidence on climate change, including its consequences on indigenous peoples, water security, land use and the politics of energy.
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August 26, 2007 – 8:57 am
While those who hail from Punjab and came to Mumbai to find their fortunes in the Indian cinema have during the last thirty years, literally commandeered the scene with their overbearing presence so to say, it was the Parsees who literally nurtured the roots of the Indian cinema and gave it the direction that it has acquired today. Even then it is indeed surprising that as the community it has just marched on after laying the foundation for one more world class industry as they have done in other fields.
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