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The Zoroastrian Return to Roots Programme

Dear Friends, UNESCO Parzor announces an important new project, “The Zoroastrian Return to Roots Programme”which we hope to launch at the NAZC, August 2012 at New York, for the benefit of Zoroastrian Youth and all those interested in learning about Zoroastrian Culture and heritage across the world. We invite those of you who have been working academically in intercultural studies, particularly

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A Tribute to Arbab Mehraban Zarthoshty

THIS ARTICLE WAS SPECIALLY PREPARED ON THE REQUEST OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF AMORDAD NEWS IN IRAN For a PERSIAN-VERSION of this article please click below: http://amordadnews.com/neveshtehNamyesh.aspx?NId=7590  Courtesy: Ashkan Khosropour, Senior Correspondent AMORDAD NEWS, TEHRAN, IRAN A TRIBUTE TO ARBAB MEHRABAN ZARTOSHTY A MAN WITH THE HEART OF GOLD By: Meher Dadabhoy Amalsad Westminster, California , USA       “ZARTOSHTY” thy

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Celebrating a Treasure: 140 Years of Meherjirana Library

Dear friends and colleagues, It gives us great pleasure to invite you to participate in a conference entitled Celebrating a Treasure: 140 Years at the First Dastoor Meherjirana Library, Navsari. Since its inception in 1872, the First Dastoor Meherjirana Library in Navsari has continuously served the needs of the people of the city of Navsari, Gujarat, as well as the

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Monsoon Fun Fair

KHAREGHAT   COLONY   YOUTH  ASSOCIATION Presents                                                                                                     Monsoon   Fun Fair,       on 14th  July 2012.   “MOONSON FUNFAIR-2012” at KHAREGHAT MEMORIAL HALL, Khareghat Colony, Hughes Road, Mumbai – 400 007, On Saturday,       14th  JULY, 2012”, 5.00 PM onwards. There will be stalls for food, clothes, cosmetics, Parsi religious items, etc. and even for    games / amusements.  We will also have games and music for kids and elders to enjoy themselves.   You

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Wishing Well

Wishing Well is a small home grown project of collecting used and new things, sorting them out and then finding the correct place to send them to. In the last six years they have successfully collected clothes, toys, books, computers, TVs, furniture, household items, etc. Pl do check their website http://wishingwellonline.org/ For donors – Contact them if you would like to

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What makes Ratan Tata regret

Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata says he has not been able to make the conglomerate a ‘truly open, flat, transparent organisation’. “Perhaps internally, I have not been able to create the truly open, flat, transparent organisation that I had hoped we could do,” Tata said when asked what he could not do that he wanted to during his tenure as

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Business Opportunities in Mumbai

Mrs. Feruza Battliwala has been working for the last 10 years with the Life Insurance company of the Tata group. Having started as an Insurance Advisor, she is currently a Business Associate (or team leader), leading a team of highly successful Insurance Advisors. In fact she is one of the 3 top-most Business Associates of the company, on the basis

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A new publication on the ZAMWI website

http://www.zamwi.org/religion/EssentialTeachings.html We are pleased to announce the re-publication on our website, from the widely distributed HAMAZOR magazine of the World Zoroastrian Organization, of the first part of a paper based on talks originally delivered by Mr. Adi Davar before ZAMWI’s Adult Discussion Group. Mr. Davar, a Founding Member of ZAMWI and its first President (1979–1983), has delved deeply into Prophet Zarathushtra’s original teachings. His analysis, concurred

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Working to Address Poverty and Climate Change in India”

IDCA Conference:  August 11, 2012 India Development Coalition of America (IDCA)  is   a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization which  promotes networking, collaboration, learning, giving, and volunteering both in US and India to support our member and partner organizations so as to help eradicate poverty and support prosperity in India. (www.idc-america.org). We have planned a  one day   Conference in Washington, DC area at the John Hopkins University

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A Parsi Food Inspiration on the Grill

This week, ‘The Indian-inspired Grills and Kebab Series’ takes the fish route and brings you our grilled version of a well-known Parsi dish, ‘Patra Ni Macchi’…served on a bed of warm cilantro and whole cumin brown rice pulao. Click Here for the recipe Courtesy : Jehangir Bisney

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