Kayhan, Teshtar, and Noshir Irani Oral History Interview
The interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 2021-2022. In this two part interview, the interviewees as a family shared their memories of moving to Queens, New York City from Mumbai, India forty or so years ago. They shared their memories of childhood and family life in Mumbai and Queens as well as their memories of growing up in the local Zoroastrian community of New York.
Teshtar Irani and other Zoroastrian Priests
This is a video of Teshtar Irani along with other Zoroastrian priests offering prayers during the Nowruz celebrations at ZAGNY in 2022. In his interview, Teshtar describes her experience of becoming a Mobediar, teaching religious classes to Zoroastrian kids, and performing muktad prayers at her home.
Khurshed Arjani, Dina Coyajee, Alamai and Kaikoshrov Coyajee, Mehra Coyajee, Dr. Rustom Cooper, and Dara Arjani
This is a photograph taken at the Taj Mahal Hotel Ballroom in Bombay in 1941. Kayhan describes: With flowers in hand, Khurshed Arjani and Dina Coyajee, to the right of Dinaare her parents Alamai (mother) and Kaikoshrov Coyajee (father). To the left of Khurshed is his mother Mehra Coyajee (divorced at time of wedding) and her colleague and friend Dr. Rustom Cooper.
Teshtar Irani as a Mobediar (Zoroastrian Priestess)
In this slideshow, you will see Teshtar Irani as a Mobediar (Zoroastrian priestess) praying during the Nowruz celebrations in 2022 at ZAGNY: Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York. In her oral history interview, Teshtar describes her experience of becoming a Mobediar, teaching religious classes to Zoroastrian kids, and performing muktad prayers at her home.
Teshtar Irani’s Great Grandmother’s Gara
This is a photograph of Teshtar Irani's great grandmother's gara (Parsi style saree). In her oral history interview, Teshtar selected the gara as one of the objects she'd keep in a time capsule.
