Noshir Dadrawala
Noshir Dadrawalla has been invited by The International Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL) to join their Advisory Council. Click Here for Noshir’s brief profile For 4 Quick Facts about Noshir, Click Here
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Philanthropy – Looking beyond Alms-Giving
PHILANTHROPY – Looking Beyond Alms-Giving – Katy Butler, in ‘Robin Hood Was Right’, notes, “There are only three things to be done with surplus money: spend it, invest it or give it away. Each person has to decide what combination of the three makes the most sense, personally and morally.” Andrew Carnegie, a one-time penniless “bobbin boy”, gave away $350
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The heart- throb of Indian Youth International celebrity -Singer/Composer/Live performer 5000 concerts worldwide in countries like USA, UK, USSR, UAE, Europe &many more besides India. To Soli, music is not just an expression; it is a way of life… It is this total devotion to music that has become the bedrock for Soli’s existence. Soli believes that good music is
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History of the Parsis of Navsari by Capt. Hormazdyar Jamshedji Mancherji Desai, M.A., L.L.B., I.A.S. (Retd.), Published by World Zarathushti Cultural Foundation (WZCF), Mumbai, 2008 Click here for the entire book Courtesy : Dr. Homi Dhalla, WZCF
Read moreBPP to sponsor 50 Youth for WZCongress
The Bombay Parsi Panchayat has decided to sponsor 50% of the cost of attending the World Zoroastrian Congress to be held in Dubai in December 2009. Only 50 Parsi / Irani Zoroastrian Youth (ages 18-35) who fulfil the criteria laid out, will be eligible for sponsorship. For full details of sponsorship criteria, etc. Click on the image below :
Read moreSocial Entrepreneurship
Based on a lecture delivered by Dr. (Mrs.) Indu Shahani ( Sheriff of Mumbai and Principal, H.R.College of Commerce & Economics), on 15 December 2008. The Twentieth Bhogilal Leherchand Memorial Lecture, was organised by Forum of Free Enterprise at the instance of Bhogilal Leherchand Foundation. Click here for this very interesting Lecture.
Read moreBangalore, Parsi Food
Tucked away in Indiranagar’s 12th main at the Executive Inn is a simple little restaurant that serves you authentic Parsi food. Served with attention care, giving you the feeling that you’ve gone to visit friends for a meal. more… http://mybangalore.com/article/0509/daddys-deli-for-parsi-food.html
Read moreAdar Parab
Adar Parab is one of the “sacred name days” in the Zororas-trian calendar, where the name of the day and the name of the month coincide. more… http://holidaysfestivals1.blogspot.com/2009/05/adar-parab.html
Read moreWomen in Ancient Persia
Archeological excavations at Shahr-i Sokhta “Burnt City,” a prehistoric settlement in the Sistan-Baluchistan province of southeastern Iran, has revealed that the women of the 4th-3rd millennium BCE community maintained a high level of socio-economic status. more… http://memorablegame.bloooog.net/2009/05/22/iranian-women/ Courtesy : ZNA
Read moreEasy-Chairs (Ijeechar!)
Called the long lounge chair, the easy chair, aaram khursee, lambey haath or the Tall Dark and Handsome by different users, the low-slung wood-and-rattan Bombay Fornicator is said to have been jointed in India during the British regime and christened by the lounge lizards of the Raj….. Read all about it on Times of India – Click here
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