“Mithras, the mighty God of the Sun ... Laying aside the cares of State/Will spend one eve’ in revelry.” Such was the inscription within the ball program for the annual masked revelry given by The ...

Almost a week has passed since Nowruz or Jamshedi Nowroz, the Parsi new year, that not too many Indians know was celebrated. Possibly fewer may know about the fascinating ancient linkages between ...