Let’s hear it for our Super Scouters!!! The East Bombay Bharat Scouts and Guides District Association is proud to have in its midst, three stalwarts who have been conferred the prestigious Silver Elephant (the highest award by The Bharat Scouts & Guides). The three gentlemen are (pictured from left to right) Scouter Dr. Cyrus B. Wadia – District Chief Commissioner
Read moreRighteousness and Truth is the best good. Lie “Druj” is the Worst Evil.. Druj leads the house and village and city and the country to destruction, Our Zoroastrian Ancestors Always Praised and revered Truth and despised Lie and Liers, our Great Sassanian Sage and high priest Adarbad Mahrspandan in his book of Pand Name says: Do not hear the
Read moreJam-e-Jamshed London Parsis honour Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla! Exclusive coverage with detailed story and photographs in today’s (31-May-2015) ‘Jam-e-Jamshed’. Dr. Poonawalla was inducted as an Honorary Member of the ZTFE — Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe (Inc) – on Thursday, May 28, in the Zartoshty Brothers Hall of the Zoroastrian Centre in London. Kudos to this Parsi philanthropist! Courtesy : Parsi Zoroastrian
Read moreJam-e-Jamshed The Navar ceremony of Jahan J. Fatakia, aged 9 years and studying in the Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School, son of Er. Jawid B. Fatakia and Yasmin, was performed at the Bai Motlibai Wadia Agiary (Jogeshwari West) on Roj Hormazd, Mah. Dae, Y.Z 1384, May 15. The Navar ceremony was conducted under the able guidance of Er. Eric Dastur
Read moreTribute to Irani Cafes By Avipsha Sengupta Published: 20th May 2015 06:01 AM Last Updated: 20th May 2015 06:01 AM HYDERABAD: With nankatais and other bakery items being sold in barni over the counter in the courtyard and interiors marked with wooden chairs, red and white checkered and crochet table clothes, framed pictures of Parsis and famous Irani Chai Cafes
Read moreOH, KHODAI! By kruti naik | May 17, 2015, 02.00 AM IST A bawa wearing a white bandhgala coat with cylindrical black hat driving a gorgeous vintage car overloaded with a garadraped wife and squabbling kids: that’s how films in the early ’80s portrayed the Parsi Zoroastrian community. Cut to 2015, and the picture is quite the opposite. As per data
Read moreThe New Zealand Herald : 5:00 AM Friday May 15, 2015 World youth congress in Auckland in December is a bid to get followers to marry within the faith, writes Lincoln Tan. From left, Zoroastrians Tinaz Karbhari with Sanaya Master and Kainaz Jasmasbnejad. Photo / Brett Phibbs One of the world’s oldest religions is facing extinction, and will be fighting
Read moreMumbai for kids: Five Gardens in Dadar Parsi Colony By The Guuide Team |Posted 14-May-2015 For over two years now, I’ve passed by this space every week, and we’ve (my kids and I) attempted a trip almost a year ago, when the park wasn’t thrown open to public. This time, I discover that it’s open finally, and we pack a
Read moreDADAR PARSI COLONY – A PHOTO ESSAY May 10, 2014 My first encounter with Dadar was back in 2004 when I used to travel from Churchgate to Dadar during the evening rush hour. Most of my journey would go in planning my exit strategy from the crowded local train. Dadar has since been synonymous with crowd and chaos and something that should be
Read moreParsi Lying-In hospital may see development soon Saturday, 2 May 2015 – 5:40am IST | Agency: dna | From the print edition Ashutosh Shukla The hospital at Fort has not been functioning for over two decades now. For the past three years, the BPP trustees and the hospital committee have been locked in a legal tussle over the redevelopment
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