NowRuz at ZAC
Zoroastrian Assn of Chicago is featured in this article on NowRuz in a local Burr Ridge paper: http://burrridge.patch.com/articles/with-the-arrival-of-spring-local-zoroastrians-celebrate-a-new-year Enjoy! Roshan Rivetna
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Happy Asho Zartosht B-Day
Please watch the following links and enjoy the songs: 1)Zaadrooz Zartosht – HappyBirthday Zarathushtra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZONSSWuw4&feature=related 2) Ashoo Zartosht http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZyi2Ow74Kc&feature=related 3) Googoosh – Zartosht http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6q9G49AZFY&feature=related 4) Pari Zanganeh- Payam Zartosht http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w583q6KkcDM&feature=related 5) Zoroastrian English Song – Avesta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YisOuSp-pgY&feature=related Courtesy : ZNA
Read moreA Treasure from the Orient
Nasli Heeramaneck migrated to the U.S. from India in 1927 with two main possessions: $75 in cash and a trunkful of objets d’art and Oriental miniatures. The son of a Bombay art dealer and a descendant of a long line of Parsis (a sect that left Persia in about the 8th century and settled in India), Heeramaneck quickly found a
Read moreThe Fire Temple of Baku
The History of an Atashgah rooted in the time of the Sassanid’s In the Absheron peninsula of Azerbaijan, there are many places where the fire comes up from the underground. The earliest mentions of this phenomenon were noted by Priscus in 5th century, by Al-Istakhri and Mas’udi in the 7th-10th centuries. Zoroastrians lived in the Transcaucasia from the Achaemenian times
Read moreDinoo Vatcha Scholarships
Applications are invited from Parsee / Iranian Zoroastrians for Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Parsee Benevolent Institution – Dinoo Vatcha Loan Scholarships for the Academic rear 2011 – 2012 for higher studies abroad in Engineering / Science (including Medical Science) and any other subjects at the discretion of Trustees. Applicants should be graduates of a recognized Indian University, with a minimum result
Read moreThe Parsees of India
A very detailed and incisive portrayal of the Parsees of India in the National Geographic Magazine of 1905, by William Thomas Fee, US Consul General, Bombay. ” The story of the Parsees and the Tower of Silence has been written at the US Consulate …………It is not claimed that anything new has been told, though it is hoped that the
Read moreNewsletter of the Zoroastrian Association of Quebec. (ZAQ)
Friends On behalf of President Dr Faranak Firoozi , it gives me great pleasure to post the first newsletter of the Zoroastrian Association of Quebec. (ZAQ) Hope you enjoy reading of our activities and we will welcome your comments Hope to see many of you in Montreal , as ZAQ is hosting the FEZANA AGM April 22-24 2011 Best wishes
Read moreDr. Turel to set up world-class neurosciences institute in Surat
If all goes well, the diamond city will get a world-class international institute of neurosciences by 2013. Dr Keki Turel, head of department of neurosurgery at Bombay Hospital in Mumbai, has joined hands with the city-based PP Savani Group to set up India’s first dedicated Rs 1,000 crore institute for neurosciences. The state-of-the-art institute of neurosciences, likely to come up
Read moreAvan mah, Avan roz – AVAN nu PARABH
Baname Khuda! Dear Zarathushti humdins, Today (26th. March 2010) is a very special day in Nature. It is not only Avan mah, but also Avan roz, thus making it a “Avan nu Parabh” day. A wonderful day indeed to go and pray in front of the Waters – be they of the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the
Read moreFEZANA Scholarships
The 2011 FEZANA Academic  Scholarship forms are ready for distribution. The cover pages are in pdf and the forms in word.  They have been revised, they can be filled directly and sent as an attachment . The closing date is August 1st 2011. Please publicize in your newsletters and encourage students in your constituencies to apply. Best wishes Dolly Dastoor Ph.D Chair, FEZANA  Academic
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