The Festival of “Yalda” – Winter Solstice Celebrations/Traditions in Iran The winter solstice, December 21st or 22nd, is the longest night of the year. For example, this year, on 21st December London (England) will see only seven hours and 49 minutes of daylight. Click Here for the full story
Read moreFor the population of Parsi, living in different districts of Uttar Pradesh, the community has just one priest living in Kanpur and he too has seen around 80 winters. Because of this shortage, when Parsi Zoroastrian priests is required to perform the Navjote ceremony – i.e. the rite of admission into the religion for children, the child and other family members,
Read moreVegan Zoroastrian club Dear Fellow Zoroastrians,The world-wide vegan movement is very much in line with some of the principles of Zoroastrianism. And if the world’s population continues to grow it will become increasingly relevant. Our daughter, Dr. Armaiti Khorshed May has been an activist for many years and has “converted” many people, including myself, to a vegan diet. When people switch
Read moreOpen Spaces Sacred Places: The Healing Power of Nature National Awards Initiative for Integrated Design and Research The TKF Foundation announces the Open Spaces Sacred Places (OSSP) National Awards Program. Awards will fund development of significant new sacred public green spaces in urban settings that demonstrate a combination of high quality design-build and rigorous research about user impacts. The total
Read moreCelebrating outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18. The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes invites nominations for its 2012 awards. The Barron Prize, founded by author T.A. Barron is in honor of his mother, who worked for twenty years to create the “Touch Museum” of natural history at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind. Each year, the Barron Prize honors
Read moreF R O H A R F I L M S Tele –Serial HUMATA HUKHTA HVARSHTA Frohar Films Presents “Humata Hukhta Hvarshta” the only Tele-serial on Zoroastrian Religion, Culture and way of life on Zee Jagran Channel of the Zee Network Episode for Sunday 12th February, 2012, at 12.00 noon. ————————————————————————– “The Poonawalla Stud Farms” A very unusual & interesting episode on the
Read moreHello all FEZANA, NAMC and ZATAMBAY, and Orlando Group Friends: On behalf of our President Jahanbux Daruwala and the entire ZAF Board, it is our distinct pleasure to share our latest ZAF Newsletter with you all! It vibrates with energy and sparkles with beautiful colored photos of young and old! It shows how the whole South FL Z Humdins are
Read moreThe Maharashtra National Cadet Corps (NCC) has bagged the Prime Minister’s Banner Trophy as Champion Directorate for the 15th time in 21 years. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presented the trophy to the Maharashtra Directorate Saturday evening after the NCC rally in New Delhi. The award for the best cadet Senior Division (air) to Mehrab Kaizad Bhaya Click Here for the full story
Read moreMathnasium Aims at Making Math Fun Teaching surrounded Kobad Bugwadia throughout his life. His mother, Gool Bugwadia was a teacher in Bombay, India. She ran her own nursery school there while Bugwadia’s father, Aspi worked as an engineer. “Now I do both,” Bugwadia says with a smile. Bugwadia followed his mother’s example early on and began tutoring other students at
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