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Vacancies at Aava Water – Accounts and QC

        Position Vacant Production In-charge Cum QC Head Organization Name Sheelpe Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. Company Profile  Manufacturer of Natural Mineral Water Qualification Academic  B. Sc, / M. Sc, Chemist / Microbiologist, Technical / Professional   Computer Knowledge Compulsory Required Skill Set (In case of IT requirements) Experience in Water Industries Relevant Industry Food and Beverages Job Description

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Zoroastrian Association of Quebec Celebrates Golden Jubilee at Glittering Gala in Montreal

North America’s oldest Zoroastrian Anjuman, the Zoroastrian Association of Montreal celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1967, with a glittering Gala function in Montreal, Canada. ZAQ was founded in 1967 in Montreal, the same year the city hosted the eponymous Expo 67, that had then marked the centenary of Canada. Today, 50 years later the community gathered at

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K RUSTOM IS THE KING OF ICE CREAM SANDWICHES

K Rustom opened its doors to the public in Churchgate in 1953. Since then it has been a favourite amongst ice-cream lovers partly, because of a spectrum of delicate flavours and partly because it is one of the last places in Mumbai that serves the ice-cream sandwich. Run by the same family for the last 63 years, K Rustom is

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LATE Dr JIMMY DARUWALLA conferred the PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL by THE SINGAPORE GOVT.

Our DEAR friend and Life  member of PZAS , LATE Dr JIMMY DARUWALLA has been conferred the PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL posthumously by THE SINGAPORE GOVT. for his contribution to DAS (DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE). Courtesy : Rustom Ghadially

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K. C. College-1988 B.Com-Parsi friends-help to trace them

I require your help in tracing our college friends. We completed our B. Com. from K. C. College in 1988. In our class there were some Parsis also. We require your help to trace them so that we can invite them also for our reunion. Their names are: Mohta Jamshed Pesi Darius Surti Havovi Wadia Pesi Wadia Havovi Adenwala Keyumurz

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Ripple Effect – Revolutionising Online Ethical Shopping

Ripple Effect was an initiative started in October 2016 by Rashi Mehta & Manizaay Kaikobad. The initial thought crept in when we saw the potential that, products made by NGOs had. These products were of good quality and worth the price but unfortunately they did not have a good market reach. This thought nurtured into a full blown conviction once

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MUKTAD PRAYERS STARTS ON 7TH AUGUST 2017

Zoroastrians all over the world celebrate the last ten days of their religious Calendar Year, that is, from Roj Ashtad Mah Asfandarmad to the Vahishtoisht Gatha, as the Muktad. The word Muktad is also referred to as Muktāt, which is closer to the Sanskrit word from which it is derived – mukt ātmān. It is the Sanskrit rendering of the

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TASHAN MEHTA’S ‘THE LIAR’S WEAVE’

This clever period novel about a Parsi boy born without a future (almost) wins you over Give Tashan Mehta’s ‘The Liar’s Weave’ a chance if you’re in for some cleverly personalised mythology. Tashan Mehta’s first novel almost wins you over; almost. It all boils down to the kind of reader you are. Of course, when I say, Tashan Mehta’s first

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Seeking a scholar of Gujarati literature or Colonial Studies

My editorial team is seeking a Gujarati scholar or someone knowledgeable about Gujarati literary customs of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, through the 1920s. We require assistance investigating and sourcing a few passages and epigrams in the Gujarati version, newly translated and rendered into publishable English, of the biography of spiritual figure Upasni Maharaj. This research work will

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