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Patuck Polytechnic Trust chairman Adil Patuck: 60% of our students are from families with no formal education

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Mumbai-based Patuck Polytechnic Trust offers dual-medium schooling, along with technical training that has options of college education. The institution focuses in enhancing the skill levels of eligible people from the economically weaker session of the society thus creating growth possibilities. Adil Patuck, Chairman of the institution, delves into the Trust philosophy and elaborates on the vision of bringing in the much

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The 5th ANNUAL KAMRAN SEMINAR

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The 5th ANNUAL KAMRAN SEMINAR“Zoroastrianism on the Move: From Ancient Iran to Present day Iran, India and the Diaspora”Featuring Professor Albert de Jong as the 5th Kamran Seminar Fellow from Leiden University in the Netherlands, a Professor of Comparative Religion and Religions of Antiquity July 20, 2019, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm  RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-kamran-seminar-2019-tickets-63615204790http://www.thekamranseminar.com/ Sponsored by Arash the Archer, Inc., supporting research on ancient Iran and Zoroastrian history and cultureMorvarid

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DIFFERENCES IN PRACTICE AND BELIEFS BETWEEN ZARTOSHTIES OF IRAN AND PARSEES.

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Below is the copy of a powerful speech given by Shahin Bekhradnia, President WZO, at a function organized by AIMZ on Wednesday 21st December 2011 in Mumbai. The speech not only points out the differences in practice (and perception) of the same religion by Parsees of India and Zarathushtis of Iran, but also mentions some idiosyncrasies and blind-faith mentality, practiced

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Sarosh Yazad Panah Baad! – How Divine Help saved a devout Parsi family – part 1

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It was a quiet evening, of an yet un-eventful day, the 23rd of July, 1922. Those were the days when Mumbai was still a cluster of the main city and the distant suburbs made up of small villages. In the hamlet of Marol, situated in the suburb of Andheri, Putlibai and her husband Ardeshir Merwanji Bharucha, along with their children, and

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Looking for the works of Dina Mehta

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I am Gurpreet Kaur from Ranchi. My sister Ramnik Kaur is a research scholar doing Ph.D on topic “Contribution of Dina Mehta to Indian Writing in English”. Ms. Dina Mehta, a play writer from Parsi Community has written plays like Brides are not for Burning, Getting Away with Murder, Myth Maker, Tiger Tiger, A Sister Like You, novels like Mila

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Unite to Fight Hatred ( Not Giving in) 2l

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The golden age,the silver And the bronze, have all gone by And the heroes who fought at Troy And mankind is now in the iron age And ” will never cease by day or night From weariness and woe”– Hesiod Reminds me of our Beloved Asho Zarathushtra Who put His own life on the line For all of  human kind

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Mary Clubwalla first MBE

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The very famous and widely respected Mrs. Mary Clubwalla of Madras got the first MBE in 1941. Here is a copy of the felicitation the Madras Parsees gave her in 1941.

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The 5th Annual Kamran Seminar, July 20, 2019

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RSVP for the 2019 5th ANNUAL KAMRAN SEMINAR Featuring Professor Albert de Jong from Leiden University in the Netherlands, a Professor of Comparative Religion and Religions of Antiquity July 20, 2019, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm  RSVP here http://www.thekamranseminar.com/ Morvarid Behziz, Mehraban Manoochehri, Ariel Ahram, Zarir Khademian, and Anne Khademian The Kamran Dar-e-Mehr 15316 Barnesville Road, Boyds, MD 20841 Tickets are free, donations to ZAMWI are welcome As this is a

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WZCC – Outstanding Zarathushti Awards

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2019 WZCC RECOGNIZES – THE BEST OF THE BEST  We are a small community of very talented and successful individuals. WZCC recognizes the best in the following categories: * Outstanding Young Entrepreneur/Professional* Outstanding Entrepreneur* Outstanding Professional* Outstanding Social Entrepreneur Please help us to identify and recognize these outstanding individuals by nominating them. Nomination package with instructions available on www.wzcc.org  Completed nominations

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