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Zarathushtis in the news recently:
IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women in Indian media_2013
Four (4) Parsi ladies have been recognised by the IMPACT 2013 list of ‘Top 50 influential women’ driving the Indian marketing, advertising and media disciplines.
They are :
Rank 04. Tanya Dubash
Rank 13. Kainaz Gazder
Rank 21. Jasmin Sohrabji
Rank 38. Lara Balsara
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IMPACT unveils 2nd edition of ‘Top 50 influential women’
By Saloni Surti
Saturday,Mar 16, 2013
The second edition of ‘50 Most Influential Women’ in the Indian marketing, advertising and media ecosystems has been unveiled by IMPACT magazine at a glitzy, star studded event in Mumbai on March 15, 2013.
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IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women in Indian media
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Pandit Jal K Balaporia
Hindustani delight
Mumbai Mirror, Bombay, Thursday January 31, 2013, Page 36
Pandit Jal K Balaporia has passed away. With his going we have lost one of the few dedicated practitioners of the Gwalior gayaki in the city; and, after Pt Feroz Dastur’s death four years ago, the remaining Parsi vocalist of Hindustani music in the country. Pt Balaporia was only six when his father, Kaikhushroo, began teaching him raga-based songs. At 14, he joined the class that Sitaram Eknath Pandit of the Gwalior gharana had started in his home town, Billimoria. Even when he moved to Surat and later to Mumbai, he found gurus from the gharana to guide him.
If one were to characterise in a word, the effect that Pt Balaporia’s music had on his listeners, that word would have to be delight. The delight lay in his chaste diction, whether he was singing in Braj, Sanskrit, Marathi or Persian, in praise of Shiva, Rama or Allah. It lay in the warm rapport he built with his audience. It lay in his delight in all three aspects of music — poetry, swara and tala. Some of the talas that his bandishes were set to, like deepchandi, ada chautal, zhaptal, zhumra, sawari and pashtu, rarely showed up on other concert platforms. What we heard there were mostly trital and the excessively slow ektal. The latter, in Pt Balaporia’s opinion led to slackness in the construction of the khayal.
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Deena Mistri 1925-2011 Teacher, Principal, Humanitarian
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My Success Story – RUSSI J PATEL
Russi J Patel is a Chartered Accountant, operating out of Dubai and one of the Founder-Directors of WZCC Dubai. Here is his very inspirational success story. Click Here to read.
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My continuous commitment and significant contribution to the development and promotion of BDO’s presence around the world and in the Middle East region led to my being awarded the BDO medal in October 1993. My towering credentials do not end at this. I am also qualified and licensed to practice public accountancy in the State of Texas, USA. I am also a certified member of the Institute of Financial Consultants, a recognized member of the Institute of Management Accountants, the Offshore Institute and International Tax Planning Association.- Add to that I am the Founder Member and Chairman for more than one period of office of the Dubai Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and author of the publications “Investment and tax incentives for non-resident Indians” and “Strategic Planning for doing Business in the United Arab Emirates”.
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Entrepreneur Skills Enhancement Program (ESEP) – Training Workshop
Put your career on a “Fast-Track”, by acquiring The Key Life Skills of the 21st Century: such as, creativity and innovation; complex problem solving and resourcefulness.
NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network) in association with WZCC brings you a range of programs to inspire, engage and develop the entrepreneurial and managerial skills, of the younger generation:
- Those in early stage of employment
- “Start-ups” or
- Those with a potentially scalable business
DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY to Fastrack your Career
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Moolla Ni Kapad Ni Dukaan
Moolla Ni Kapad Ni Dukaan (Moolla’s Cloth Shop)
From Time Out MUMBAI
N D Moolla and Sons is the kind of shop you crane your neck to look into. And it’s not just the intricately carved chess sets at the entrance, the old wooden cabinets lining the walls or the scent of sandalwood wafting out of the store. Its appeal lies in the fact that it probably looks the same as it did in 1931 when the owners relocated to this spot because of rental woes. If some of the objects displayed seem unfamiliar to non-Parsis that’s only because the store prides itself on stocking every conceivable item a Zoroastrian will need from birth to death. This includes the shiav or funerary offering of garments, explained proprietor Noshir Darabsha Moolla, whose grandfather set up the store in 1893.
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Dotivala of Surat
Where the cookie doesn’t crumble

Surat is well-known as the city of silks, satins, brocades and diamonds, but together with textiles and jewellery, few leave the city without buying a box of nankathai, khari and butter biscuits. These confections are the legacy of the Parsee baker families who learnt the art of baking when the port city of Surat was the thriving centre of British, Dutch, Portuguese, French, Persian and Armenian mercantile colonies.
Jamshed Dotivala, the owner of Dotivala Bakers and Confectioners says, “Nanpura in Surat district held the 18th century Dutch Warf, the Dutch Commodore’s bungalow and the Dutch factory, a self-contained residential complex for Dutch factors or merchants. The Dutch employed five Parsee men to work in their kitchens. They learnt to bake bread. Surat’s famous muslin cloth was used as the flour sieve and the dough was made without any water. The dough was fermented with palm wine called toddy, causing the dough to rise and making the bread soft when prepared. These breads were also long-lasting. When the Dutch factory was closed in the 18th century, one of the Parsee bakers named Faramji Pestonji Dotivala continued to supply breads to the remaining colonials. We are his descendants and we are proud of the heritage of our bakery business.”
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