THE boundary walls of the historic Parsi graveyard located in Peshawar Cantonment are under threat of encroachment as it has become a safe haven for drug addicts and junkyard for the people residing around it. A local resident claiming anonymity told this scribe that some individuals, apparently the gunmen of land grabbers, late in the night walked up to the
Read moreTODAY, 25 February, is the 82nd birthday of Farokh Engineer. One of the great keepers and also a magnificently attacking batsman. As Engineer once said “Some people tell me, you used to play T20 40 years before its invention!” Farokh was a dasher. The first Indian cricketer to endorse a product and the last Parsi to have played for India.
Read moreGEN Z AND BEYOND – GLOBAL SURVEY PROJECT Dear Friends, I would like to make you aware of a very interesting and worthwhile project Dinyar Devitre, Toos Daruvala & Edul Daver have initiated. The objective is to offer every Zoroastrian the opportunity to respond to a survey such that we can collect demographic, attitudinal and aspirational data and after analysis utilize the
Read moreSpeaking at the 13th Convocation ceremony of Tanya Computer Centre, Founder Tanya Balsara, herself blind and who has personally taught 250 blind students and made them computer literate, most of whom have got jobs in Public Sector said, “I seek your help in spreading the word to all 8.8 million blind people in India that nothing can be more enabling,
Read moreThe Zoroastrian Association of Houston is proud to host the 18th North American Zarathushti Congress (NAZC) to be held in Houston, Texas from December 29th, 2020 thru January 1st, 2021. It is our utmost pleasure and honor to personally invite you, your families, friends and all your community members to attend our Zarathushti Congress. The NAZC 2020 organizing committee is preparing a
Read moreThe FEZANA UN-NGO Committee is pleased to announce that there will be a team of 4 speakers attending the 64th Commission on the Status of Women conference at the United Nations from March 8th to 20th, 2020. FEZANA, in partnership with Aahung, Asha Centre, Pakistan Business Council and Shirkat Gah, will be presenting a workshop on: Empowering Women through Health, Education and Enhancement in
Read moreEthnic Cleansing Is not like removing Stains from ones clothes But dealing with humanity Threat to us do pose Ethnic Cleansing Has permeated Every aspect of Humanity Why have That “Herd Mentality”? Asho Zarathshtra Had a spine Spoke what was On His Mind He did not Falter one way Or another as He was determined To bring His
Read moreIt is with great sadness that we inform you that our beloved Honorary Life Member & Trustee Ervad Rustom KaiKhusroo Bhedwar, passed away at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, this morning around 9.16am, Mah Meher, Roj Dae-pa-Adar, Thursday 20th February 2020. Ervad Rustom was 84 years old. He was born on 24th March 1935. Below is tribute to Ervad Rustom
Read moreMUMBAI -raised Anosh Irani is out with a new book and it’s making the right kind of noises in international literary circles. To start with, there’s a heads-up from the book in the writers’ bible, Granta, for their latest ‘Canada’ issue, as well the revered Los Angeles Review of Books magazine. Irani’s newest book is a collection of short stories
Read moreHow the omelette won my heart: Kunal Vijayakar on his love for the Parsi pora The pora is an omelette so packed with ingredients that you can hardly taste the egg — much like the original omelette itself. I was never a big fan of omelettes. It’s either something about the texture or the way egg undercooks between the
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