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Ad Age Rising Stars: Delna Shroff

Delna Shroff, who comes from a family of engineers, was stubborn about the fact that she did not want to be one. She started her journey in advertising five years ago. ‘Dil mein always kuch-kuch hota hai,’ she says, as her eyes reflect her love for advertising. This embarked her transition into the creative world and since then, she has

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Persia & Rome: A Tale of Two Empires, exhibition launch Thu 9th May 2019, Birmingham University

The Director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and the Trustees of the Henry Barber Trust cordially invite you to the exhibition launch of A Tale of Two Empires: Rome and Persia University of Birmingham Thursday 9th May 2019 – 6pm Exhibition duration – 10th May 2019 till 15th March 2020 Welcome by ZTFE Patron Lord Bilimoria CBE DL, Chancellor and Professor

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Two decades from now, Pakistan will have no Parsis

Just before sunset, five elderly men leave their homes in the Cyrus Minwalla Colony, the oldest settlement of Karachi’s Parsis, and sit themselves down on cement benches placed alongside a pavement. None of them get into a conversation: two of them read the day’s newspapers, two others seem lost in thought, and the fifth stares at the structure on the

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STAMPEDE OF STUPID 2

The title I chose May have crossed the line Knowingly deliberately  Screwing a Pristine Religion That is “yours & mine” Tho’ we don’t  own the religion ‘It’s a universal religion That’s the uniqueness of Zoroastrianism What a hooplah was created With the extension of The Railway line Passing under the Sacred Atash Behrams Did one ever stop Pause and think?

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Photo Exhibition of Mumbai Cyclists

https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/world-at-their-feet-5720432/?fbclid=IwAR3YJdSpd80MdJ-5vPWeZozUp5q4UqbGQ6R5sGBb_4rBnz2wsdNX2GKy-qQ

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Navsari Atashbehram

Sharing for information, an article sent to Parsi media by Navsari Atashbehram & Vadi Daremeher Trust Fund. WZO Trust Funds consider themselves fortunate to have had the opportunity of playing a supporting role in preserving the sanctity and privacy of the Navsari Atashbehram. Kudos to Trustees of Zoroastrian Charity Funds of Hong Kong, Canton & Macao for having responded generously

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Soonie Aunty celebrates 100th birthday!

Dear Friends & Well-wishers We are delighted to share the good news, that one of very our own became a centenarian today – Saturday 13thApril 2019 and received a congratulatory message from Her Majesty The Queen. Soonnie Godrej Talati was born in Mumbai on the 13th April 1919, Shahenshai Mah Ava Roj Aspandarmad 1288YZ, to Dadiba and Bacha Mehta.  Like many

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Pervin Taleyarkhan, ’13, Received Honor from American Bar Association

IU McKinney alumna Pervin Taleyarkhan has received an award from the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law. She received the honor in “Recognition for Outstanding Leadership Contribution” on April 10 during the section’s annual spring conference. The event took place in Arlington, Virginia. Taleyarkhan is Legal Counsel for Whirlpool Corporation in Benton Harbor, Michigan. She serves on the

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Pallavi Shroff makes it to Bollywood

Pallavi K. Shroff , our 24 year old pakki bawi with an unusual name has made her Bollywood debut in the field of special effects makeup in the Film Saand Ki Aankh . A cinematographer by qualification and a Prosthetics Artist by passion. She worked on a Kannada Film -Sakuchi and a Tamil Telugu Film – Game Over which are

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Celebrated Parsi chef Anahita N Dhondy is today the toast of Asia

Chef Anahita N Dhondy was selected in the ‘Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2019’ list for her contribution towards food sustainability and for popularising the Parsi cuisine. Chef Anahita N Dhondy promotes sustainable food. Chef Anahita N Dhondy was at a vegetable market in Hyderabad picking up fresh veggies for her restaurant when the news reached her. She was selected

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