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Zarathushtis in the news recently:

Posted on 22 April, 2013 by Support

Following Zarathushtis were in the news media recently:
* According India West’s April 5, 2013 issue, Producer Ronnie Screwvala, CEO and founder of Indian Entertainment giant UTV Group, spoke at a press conference at the 63rd Bertinale International Film Festival on February 13 in Berlin, Germany.
Also, Mr. Screwvala will be a keynote speaker at the annual TIE conference to be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Northern California, May 17-18.  TIE is a business mentoring organization.
* Mr. Zubin Karkaria, CEO of the VFS Global Group, was appointed as a member of the executive board of Kuoni Group effective March 21. Mr. Karkaria is the first Asian to serve on the executive board of Kuoni Group. Besides continuing in his existing role, he will also take on the role of executive board member and will now report to the CEO of the Kuoni Group, Peter Rothwell. VFS Global has been made a separate business division of Kuoni Group. Mr. Karkaria was responsible for the coneptualization and launch of VFS Global in 2001, and has led the company to become one of the largest global companies in its field of providing visa and other consular services to governments and diplomatic missions. 
* Nauzad Sadry was elected as one of four vice-presidents of the Lions Club of Little India, for the year 2013-14, in Artesia, California.
* Mr. Ratan Tata, former head of India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TATA industries, was interviewed by Fareed Zakaria on CNN TV’s GPS show on Sunday, April 14, 2013.  Zakaria complemented TATA as being an exception of a business entity in India that operated with a moral code, in an environment of corruption and bribery. When asked why TATA did not use bribery to grow faster but endured difficulties instead, Mr. Ratan Tata replied that he can sleep peacefully at night. He also pointed out that 60 percent of TATA’s revenues go to a charitable foundation that gives back to society for education, medical services, etc. and that the TATA family as a whole only gets about 2 percent of the company’s revenues. You can listen to the audio of the GPS program at the linkhttp://rss.cnn.com/services/podcasting/fareedzakaria_audio/rss.xml 
Courtesy : Maneck Bhujwala
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IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women in Indian media_2013

Posted on 18 March, 2013 by Support

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

Posted on 15 March, 2013 by Support

Two Parsees were among the IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women in Indian media, advertising and marketing 2012.
 
Please see links, below.
  
Kainaz Gazder, Marketing Director, Procter & Gamble India 
speaks on being part of IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women in Indian media,
advertising and marketing
Published on Mar 22, 2012
Pheroza Billimoria, Managing Director, Business India Publications
speaks on being part of IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women in Indian media,
advertising and marketing
Published on Mar 22, 2012
For names of the 2013 IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women in Indian media, advertising and marketing are expected to be announced tonight (15 March 2013).
Courtesy : Dara Acidwalla

 

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Zarathushtis in the News

Posted on 11 March, 2013 by Support

Friends,
               Following Zarathushtis were in the news recently (in India West news weekly):
* Kyrus K. Tarapore has been appointed Chief Administrative Officer at Charlotte, North Carolina based Babcock & Wilcox, a provider of energy technology for nuclear and renewable power markets. He was executive VP, Human Resources, at Ceridian Corp.; senior VP, global quality, at GE Fleet Services; and worked in the HR units at RPG Enterprises and Wipro Corp. Tarapore has a master’s degree in personnel management and industrial relations from XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur; and a B.S. in accounting/business from Sydneham College, University of Bombay. 
* Vistasp Karbhari set to head University of Texas-Arlington
The University of Texas System Board of Regents has named Vistasp M. Karbhari the sole finalist for the presidency of The University of Texas at Arlingon…..  Karbhari is currently the provost and executive vice-president for academic affairs at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Prior to his current position, the Indian American served as professor and vice-chairman of the structural engineering department at The University of California-San Diego..
Karbhari received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The University of Poona in India and his Ph.D. from The University of Delaware……….
Courtesy : Maneck Bhujwala

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Pandit Jal K Balaporia

Posted on 1 February, 2013 by Support

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

Posted on 28 January, 2013 by yazdi

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My Success Story – RUSSI J PATEL

Posted on 6 November, 2012 by yazdi

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

Posted on 14 October, 2012 by yazdi

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

Posted on 30 August, 2012 by Support

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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Curtesy :  Jehangir Bisney

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Dotivala of Surat

Posted on 17 July, 2012 by yazdi

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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