Monthly Archives: December 2018

Job Opportunity – Office Assistant

REQUIRED COMPUTER SAVVY OFFICE ASSISTANT TO AID THE CO-ORDINATOR MANAGE A DIPLOMA COURSE IN SECURITIES LAW AT THE GOVT LAW COLLEGE, CHURCH GATE Timings: Full time or part time (afternoon till 6.30pm) Salary : commensurate Applications by email to : securitieslawcourse@gmail.com

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Handbook Cover Art Contest at the United Nations

Calling All Designers!  Have your artwork prominently featured at the largest annual NGO Forum held at the United Nations. We are gearing up for the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women in 2019!  Held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11-22 March, 2019 Thousands of representatives from Governments, NGOs and Women’s Organizations worldwide All working to advance Human Rights

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Homai Vyarawalla and her iconic pics

Little did everyone know that a young and zealous Parsi girl would go on to become India’s first female photojournalist, and perhaps even the best one till this day. Homai Vyarawalla was born on 9 December 1913 in Gujarat. She moved to Mumbai, then Bombay, to pursue a diploma at St Xavier’s college, after which she joined the J J

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Support a UK Zoroastrian entrepreneur build the next Tata-size empire

We, Zoroastrians, even though small in numbers, have taken risks as entrepreneurs, built empires through hard work and commitment and have had a big positive impact on humanity.  While the Tatas, Godrej, and others redefined sectors such as manufacturing and real estate, the next generation of Zoroastrian entrepreneurs are likely to leverage technology and of course artificial intelligence to build

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Minority Education Loans – apply till year-end

Mumbai Chairman of Maulana Azad Minorities Financial Development Corporation Limited Haji Haider Azam said the deadline for filling up educational loan forms for minority students has been extended to December 31. Students of minority communities (Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Parsi and Jew) desiring to pursue professional and vocational courses like MBBS, MBA, BE etc) were asked to apply for educational loans trill November 30. 

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Zoroastrianism’s Impact On Western Thought And World Religions

Zoroastrianism, as one of the oldest religions still in existence and probably the world’s first monotheistic faith, had been the state religion of three Persian dynasties, while shaped one of the ancient world’s largest empires—the mighty Persia Empire, before the Muslim conquest of Persia in the seventh century A.D. Although it was the dominant religion in Iran, Afghanistan, and central

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‘A Parsi delight’ is a sparkling treasury on Parsi life

Anil Relia once again opens his treasure chest to give us a sparkling collection of Parsi portraits in the ninth edition of his eponymous Indian Portrait series. The vast personal collection includes portrait paintings, photographs, prints and collectible of the Parsi community ranging from early 16th century to late 20th century. The show opened at Amdavad ni Gufa on December 4, 2018 and will remain on

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Zoroastrian Studies..A Symposium, 06 Apr 2019

You are invited to the following event: When: 06 Apr 2019 1:00 PM, EDTWhere: INNIS TOWN HALL, 2 SUSSEX AVENUE, TORONTO, ON, M5S 1J5 EVENT DETAILS: Zoroastrian Studies A Symposium DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PROFESSOR EHSAN YARSHATER (1920-2018) Date:    April 6, 2019 Venue:  INNIS TOWN HALL, 2 SUSSEX AVENUE, TORONTO, ON, M5S 1J5 Time:    1pm INTRODUCTION 1:00–1:30 REGISTRATION 1:30–1:50 INTRODUCTIONDr. Jehan Bagli,

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Ship owners dispel rumours and tell the real tale behind heroic evacuation of 722 Indians

People who have grudges against a feature film react variously. They petition the Censor Board, approach courts, tear off the film’s posters or stage dharnas. Hanif Modak whose father late Capt. I H Modak  and now Australia-based Capt. V R Kekobad co-owned cargo ship  MV Safeer, are responding to some of the alleged “lies” portrayed in 2016 film Airlift and setting the

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Request for Information for a photo-exhibition in Goa on Parsi Cyclists of 1920s

Greetings from Goa! My name is Anoop Babani and I am a retired journalist. I live in Goa, India with my wife Dr Maria Savia Viegas, who is a retired professor and now a writer and painter. (www.saviaviegas.in). We have founded and manage Saxtti Films (www.saxttifilms.com) which is a not-for-profit film society, passionate about good cinema and committed to cultivating

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