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Sending you  HHH WRITEUP ANNOUNCEMENT. Thanks. Dr.Arnavaz M. Havewala Project Co-ordinator Frohar Films. ============================================================= Your Popular Tele-Serial HUMATA   HUKHTA   HVARSHTA – SUVICHAR    SUVACHAN   SUKARMA Now on Zee Jagran  – Every 2nd & 4th Sundays of the Month at 11.30 am. F R O H A R   F I L M S’ HUMATA   HUKHTA   HVARSHTA  – SUVICHAR   SUVACHAN  SUKARMA   Please Note the Change of Channel & Timings    – on ZEE JAGRAN Frohar Films presents – the

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Can Women Become Mobeds As Per Zarthushti Tenets?

Can Women Become Mobeds As Per Zarthushti Tenets? (By Pervin J. Mistry) Recently, some Zarthushtis in North America have started a debate as to why women are not initiated as mobeds in our religion. They give various arguments in the guise of “progress”, “reform” and so-called “righteous freedom of choice” that prove that these individuals have not really thought about what

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FEZANA Bulletin for May 2013

Attached please find the FEZANA Bulletin for May 2013 Link: http://www.fezana.org/files/drupalfiles/FEZANA_Bulletin_2013_05.pdf Please share it with your association members, family and friends. All the FEZANA Bulletins are available on-line at Bulletin Archives: Link: http://www.fezana.org/BulletinArchives You can subscribe for a free copy of the FEZANA Bulletin by adding your e-mail address athttp://www.fezana.org/list/ Best Wishes Katayun Kapadia FEZANA – President

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The Case of the Missing Parsi Writer

The Case of the Missing Writer   A Princeton University professor’s obsessive hunt for a mysterious Parsi writer In the midst of his research at the British Library in London, historian Gyan Prakash stumbled upon an incomplete manuscript of an action-packed thriller written by a Bombay-based Parsi in 1927. Here, Prakash tells the fascinating tale of how he tried to

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Nauzer Bharucha – Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism 2013

Publication: The Times Of India Mumbai; Date: May 26, 2013; Section: I Lead India; Page: 4 TOI journalist bags award for irrigation scam expose   Mumbai: Nauzer Bharucha, senior editor at the Times of India, won the Red Ink Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism 2013 for political writing for his series of reports exposing irregularities to the tune of

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British Designer to design an aviary for the Doongerwadi

Out of the Box Shiny Varghese : New Delhi, Sun May 12 2013, 02:08 hrs   British designer Thomas Heatherwick on his new project in India and why design is not about toeing the brief.   ………..  His new project is in India — Heatherwick has been invited to design an aviary for the Doongerwadi Tower of Silence in Malabar Hills,

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The Last Parsis: Tales of Survival and Extinction

An interesting blog by Kaevan Umrigar – http://lastparsis.blogspot.in/ I: Davier II: Nairobi III: Satara IV: Taking stock V: Ahmednagar VI: Kalyan VII: Solapur VIII: Daund IX: Uran X: Devlali & Igatpuri XI: Aurangabad XII: Tarapore XIII: Tarapore (cont’d) XIV: Karjat XV: Dahanu & Bordi XVI: Summing up  

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Uncle Sam’s Battles For The Visually Impaired

Dr Sam Taraporevala of Mumbai’s XRCVC, one of the country’s finest resource centres for the blind, tells Malay Desai of his recent victories and his continuing battles for accessibility. Dr Sam’s room, preceded by swanky ‘special’ computers, gives away his centre’s position through numerous accolades. There are also stacks of printed material all over, perhaps an effect of the Copyright

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Message from Myanmar (Burma)

The contents of this mail cannot be verified, but I wonder if someone may like to take it up on behalf of the community after proper enquiry ? Dear Sir, I shall be highly grateful to you if you can please be kindly forward our Parsee Fire Temple message to all of our Parsee Community through all over the whole world with

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