WZCC announces Entrepreneurship Development Program

WORLD ZARATHUSHTI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (WZCC) announces ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM An Opportunity to Enhance your Entrepreneurial Talent Interact with Successful Businessmen Expand your Business Network Reach your Full Potential After the grand success of the Young Entrepreneurs Program (YEP) in June 2006, the World Zarathushti Chamber Of Commerce – India (WZCC– I), is organizing a [...]

Receiving Blood – an SMS away

Now, donating and receiving blood is just an SMS away. Need blood urgently? Just send an SMS and a willing donor will land at your doorstep. Thanks to a newly-activated service run by Nagpur-based Khushroo Poacha, who also runs e-social service website indianblooddonors.com, getting a unit of blood is just an SMS away. “It doesn’t [...]

Eminent Parsis – By Manju Gupta

Sugar in Milk: Lives of Eminent Parsis, Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy, Rupa & Co., pp. 462, Rs. 795.00 This collection of 12 profiles of eminent Parsis of India covers the era from the 19th century to the contemporary times to cover the freedom fighter, industrialist, lawyer, scientist, Field Marshal and even a conductor of western classical [...]

Dagli Specialist

D. Shamji & Co. – A long established name in stitching Daglis, established in 1910 and handled by the dynamic Bhupendra D. Gohil. Now you can order Daglis from the comfort of your home, anywhere in the world. Click here for more……

Zarin Patel

Zarin Patel took up the role of Group Finance Director for the BBC in December 2004. She is a member of the BBC’s Executive Board, reporting to Director-General Mark Thompson. Zarin is also a Governor for the University of Arts in London.

Jeroo Roy

Jeroo Roy was born in Bombay, India. She first studied at the JJ School of Art and continued her studies at the London College of Printing. Later she went on to work as a designer on magazines and as an illustrator of children’s books, two of which were both written and illustrated by her…..More The [...]

Parsi Irani Surnames

Normally Surnames do not have any meanings. Our ancestors had no Surnames, they were known by their Father’s / Family name. e.g. Rustom bin Zal. (Rustom of Zal), later on they took on names of places/ family names as additional to their names. It was only when they came to India that they adopted their [...]

Our Pure & Pristine Religion

OUR PURE & PRISTINE RELIGION OLD TENETS – MODERN CREDENTIALS Our Age Old Religion, but Modern to the core! First of all, let me clear out that I am no expert on Religion. I propagate this from the viewpoint of a Layman I have based my findings from stories that I heard from my Grandfather/Father/Uncle [...]

Multifarious Activities of WZO in India

Members of the community are aware that WZO has no funds of its own, and is completely dependant on donors for support in its multifarious welfare activities, all of which are aimed at making beneficiaries independent, living with self respect & dignity, and gradually introducing a positive transformation in the quality of their lives. The [...]

Parsis absorbed various cultures’ cuisines and made them their own

On a cool, gray San Francisco morning, Niloufer Ichaporia King, the author of My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking, was driving to the Alemany Farmers’ Market, an outdoor venue offering an incredible selection of moderately priced fruits and vegetables grown on small farms in the area ….. More with some interesting recipes…….. [...]

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