Monthly Archives: January 2015

Know your batasas

Click here : Interiors: Paris Bakery (1955) 287, Dukargully, Dhobi Talao (presently Dr. C. H. Street). When customers at the Paris Bakery ask about the price of a packet of batasa biscuits, Paris’ proprietor Danesh Nejadkay offers them a sample instead. ‘Once you taste, you are trapped,’ Nejadkay insists. Indeed Paris’ Maska Batasas are the tastiest dollops of butter (with

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Maj Gen Cyrus Pithawalla

Maj Gen Cyrus Pithawalla (centre) at the Republic Day Parade yesterday. He holds the unique distinction of being the only member of the Armed Forces to have been awarded both the Ashok Chakra and the Vishisht Seva Medal and to have the rank of a General. View Post Courtesy: Beyniaz Edulji

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XYZ Games

Upcoming event for your children hosted by XYZ Games on Sunday, February 15 at 9:30 am at Cusrow Baug in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Rules: 1. Each Team has 11 participants – 10 children + 1 XYZ Parent (No older siblings or friends). Among the 10 players, 2 children must be between the ages 4-6 years, 2 children between 7-10 years,

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Tata Sons ties up with Bombay Heritage Walks for weekend walking tours for its employees

How many Tata Group employees would know that George Wittet, the Scottish architect who designed the Gateway of India was one of the first board members of the Tata Engineering Co, the earlier avatar of Tata Motors? Or that Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, founder of the Tata Group, had been arrested for arguing with an unfair British official at the Oval

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Rustom’s Parsi Bhonu

Home-style Parsi food, like your friend Dhun’s mummy used to make it. There’s a sudden flood of appreciation for Parsi food in Delhi, and I’m not at all surprised. With its abundance of meaty fare, decadent curries, and fried potatoes, there’s no easier cuisine for the meat-loving North to get stuck into. But this isn’t the food of Bombay’s Irani

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Sadeh Celebration by Iranian Zoroastrian Association

The Iranian Zoroastrian Association (IZA) will be celebrating the ancient Iranian Jashan of Sadeh on Saturday February 07, 2015.  Due to the construction of the new Darbe Mehr in Pomona New York, this year’s event will be held at the Patough Restaurant in Bayside New York (in Queens New York close to the Long Island border). Sadeh is the celebration of

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Bollywood Funk Class

Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York (ZAGNY) As part of next week’s Adult Lecture series during the Prayer Class Sunday, we will be having a Bollywood Funk Dance Class. This class shall be conducted by Zenobia Dotiwala. More about Zenobia below. Note: All participants are requested to wear comfortable/gym clothes And definitely comfortable footwear conducive to dancing 🙂  Zenobia works

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Live Encounters Magazine February 2015

People of the Good Faith: A brief history of the Parsis by Aryaa Naik, Parsi cuisine by Peri Avari and introspection from Adi Patell on the dwindling tribe of  Parsis (Zoroastrians). Click Here for the coverage of Parsis at Live Encounters Magazine – Free Online Magazine from Village Earth

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