Monthly Archives: November 2009

Admissions for Parsi/Irani Zoroastrian Girls

GIRTON HIGH SCHOOL Grant Road, Mumbai 400007 ADMISSION FOR PARSI / IRANI ZOROASTRIAN GIRLS Girton High School is a 121 year old Parsi Managed Institution established in 1888 by Miss Bachoobai Moos. The school has always achieved 100% results at the S.S.C. Board Examinations and our pupils have also featured in the Merit List. Outstanding results at the S.S.C. Exam

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Dr. Manmohan Singh Scholarships – 2010

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE – St.John’s College THE DR. MANMOHAN  SINGH  SCHOLARSHIPS 2010 For Doctoral Studies at St.  John’s College, University of Cambridge, UK. Dr Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, is a graduate and Honorary Fellow of St John’s College.  He is widely acknowledged as the architect of the economic reforms that have helped propel India onto the World

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Parsi athletes shine at int’l sports meet

The rough football ground of Dadar Parsi Gymkhana is cultivating rare laurels. Two middle-aged neighbours have won India a gold and a silver medal at the prestigious World Masters Games (WMG) held in Sydney mid-October. Fareez Vasania, a 45-year-old industrial photographer, and 49-year-old lawyer Rohinton Mehta, who defends tobacco major ITC in court, are untouchable in their events although the

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Devotion – The Missing Ingredient In Zarthustrian Life

Friends, The undermentioned article had appeared in Jame about three years back written by my friend Mehlli Bhagalia. We can see that, with lots of midnight burning of oil and with sincere effort he has poured out his heart and  is speaking from his heart. That is why it is a pleasure to read his article which will only augment devotion and be

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Diana Billimoria

Diana Bilimoria, Ph.D. is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Department of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University.  She received her Ph.D. in Business Administration from The University of Michigan.   Dr. Bilimoria’s research focuses on leadership, governance, gender and diversity in organizations.  Her work helps individuals and organizations enhance their leadership contributions and impact to

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Statue of Shapur I Sassanid at Cave of Shapoor

The entrance of this cave is one of the largest in Iran. It is a 20m wide and 5m high portal leading to a 50x100m big and up to 12m high chamber. In the middle of the entrance hall is a 1,800 years old statue of Shapoor I., the Great (241-272). About 1,400 years ago, after the collapse of the

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Jehangir Mehta

Jehangir Mehta is the executive chef and owner of New York City restaurant Graffiti. He is also the author of the 2008 HarperCollins cookbook “Mantra: The Rules of Indulgence,” offers a cooking class at his restaurant for children 4-14 called “Candy Camp” designed to build interest in more diverse foods, hosts exclusive in-home dinner parties and runs an event planning

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Memories that linger

MEMORIES THAT STILL LINGER from those times long, long ago. Rusi Sorabjee Campbell.Ca. rusi@sorabji.org Daily Loban Ritual – burning sandal wood & incense Chom-e-shvva IDEAL RESTAURANT ….a gastronomic heaven The Ripon Club. Mumbai B.E.S.T. TRAM RIDE Click here for this wonderful nostalgic article  

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Meet Your Partner

  The Bombay Parsi Punchayet is compiling a database of marriageable youngsters with a view that they may come together in wedlock. The concerned bachelors and spinsters would then be invited to Mumbai for personal interaction in the hope that they may find their life partner. A “Meet your Partner” get together on an all India basis is also proposed.

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