The need of the Hour for Parsi Community Boonak Pasbani and DeenChasidari By Late Jehangirji Sohrabji Chiniwala (originally written in Gujarati) Source:- Dini Avaz January – February 1979 Volume 4 – No.1 Reprinted from Parsee Avaz dated 13th February, 1972 Asha means Divine Order which is the irrefutable Law existing in nature. Earth is not permanent residence of mankind. He
Read moreA delightful book for little children, with Navjote prayers. “My First Zoroastrian Prayer Book” by Jamshed Rivetna with illustrations by Ava Mehta. This glossy, hard cover volume, with full-color illustrations, presents the story of Zarathushtra, the teachings of the religion, the navjote ceremony, and all the Navjote prayers with meanings, in simple language for children. Excellent for teaching navjote prayers
Read moreI have launched a travel and tourism photograhy webiste named http://www.indiapicsonline.com and the same was launched on Sep 27, 2010 World Tourism Day. It covers certain regions of India and also International destinations. There is good coverage of Maharashtra, Panchgani, Mahabaleshwar, Ganpatipule, Ahmadnagar, Boisar, Silvassa, Karnataka, TamilNadu, Goa, etc As an add on it has Cricketing stars and music stars of the 80’s
Read moreWhile the controversy over Rohinton Mistry’s first novel, ‘Such a Long Journey’, continues to rage in literary, academic and political circles, very few have read, or know much about, the book itself. The Times of India presents a summary of the plot. Read more: The political stage and the ordinary citizen – The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/The-political-stage-and-the-ordinary-citizen/articleshow/6756271.cms#ixzz12ior78ry
Read moreIndia’s pilotless (Drolate ne) aircraft named “Rustom” in honor of the late Parsi project manager, Rustom Damania, who led the team that designed this aircraft was in the news as it completed its second maiden flight successfully. NEW DELHI: India said on Sunday it had completed a maiden test flight of an indigenously-built unmanned drone developed as part of the country’s efforts to reduce
Read morePatra ni Machhi with Kunal Vijaykar at Seva Sadan Click Here for the video
Read moreHarvard Business School (HBS) today announced receipt of a $50-million gift to fund a new building on its campus for executive education. At the same time, the University announced that it would convert one of the buildings it owns in Allston—the former WGBH facility on Western Avenue—into a Harvard Innovation Lab, meant to involve HBS, the School of Engineering and
Read moreArchbishop makes first official visit to a Zoroastrian place of worship Friday 01 October 2010 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has visited the Zoroastrian Centre in Harrow, the first time in the history of Christianity and Zoroastrianism that an Archbishop of Canterbury has made an official visit to a
Read moreBombay’s old Irani cafes are dying a slow death, and the only people doing anything about it are in London Irani cafes — of which Mumbai has less than 20 original examples left — have recently been the subject of various books, websites and documentaries such as “Inheritance of Loss,” all attempting to paint the fatalist portrait of a unique
Read moreRecently received from Sweden and is being sent on to you guys! My dear Shirin I have finally translated what was written in my old encyclopedia fro 1934 about Parsism. Since it was that old, a lot of words and expressions are out of date and I had some difficulties in translating a few things. My oldest dicitionary
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