Erst jenseits der Kastanien ist die Welt.
Paul Celan
Two Flames, One Fire
I joined Instagram in late May, following a visit to the ASHA Centre, where I had met a group of young Zoroastrians of diverse views and backgrounds. Shortly after I came across an account endorsed by the ZTFE (Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe) named ‘Two Flames, One Fire’. It had started posting in mid-May, promising…
Bulletin of the Asia Institute
The Bulletin of the Asia Institute (BAI), newly moved to the Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions at UCLA, is a well-known journal in our discipline that has variously re-invented itself since 1931. In 1987, the editors of the Inaugural Issue of the newly reborn Bulletin of the Asia Institute noted: [The…
Manashni, Gavashni, Kunashni
Jonathan Galton held the second Shapoorji Pallonji Artist-in-Residence fellowship (2025/26), which culminated in a beautiful musical evening on 29 May 2026 at Kings Place, London: Manashni, Gavashni, KunashniA musical journey into Zoroastrian identity The Artist in Residence Fellowship at the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies (SSPIZS) is Mariano Errichiello’s innovation. As Co-Chair, Executive…