The initiative of holding Parsi community prayers every month on Ava Roz (day of water) is completing 10 years on Friday Once a month, 80-year-old Parsi businessman Nariman Mody ensures he stops by at Bhikha Behram Well at a corner of Cross Maidan in south Mumbai. For Mr. Mody, the humbandagi or praying together is a good opportunity to catch up with
Read moreA new treatment for an incurable form of leukaemia has been hailed by experts after it left patients without a trace of the disease. The patients were treated with a faster acting version of CAR-T therapy, in which the body’s immune system is used against the malignant cells. The trial at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London was carried out with the aim of reducing the side-effects
Read moreDear Parsi/Irani Community, Today the 6th Sept 2019, Mah: Farvardin – Roj: Ram Y.Z. 1389, marks the day for the Inaugural of our restored Udwada Station, with Feliciation ceremony of our Vada Dastoorji Shri Khurshed Kekobad Dastoor and his efforts and personal attention towards the Restoration of the Udwada Railway Station and the whole of Udwada. It’s the most beautiful
Read moreGlobal Civil Society Representatives Adopt Outcome and Youth Climate Compact (Salt Lake City, 28 August 2019) At a first-of-its-kind UN gathering in the western United States, representatives of non-governmental organizations, faith-based organizations, educators, students and individual activists from Utah and around the world today adopted an outcome document outlining a global vision to achieve inclusive and sustainable cities and
Read moreOn the auspicious day of Khordad Sal, Thursday 22nd August 2019, the ZTFE hosted the Parsee Gymkhana Cricket Team for dinner at the Grade II* listed Art Deco Zoroastrian Centre, London. The Parsee Gymkhana Team were visiting London to play against Surrey County Cricket Club Charles Alcock XI at the Kia Oval on Friday 23rd August for the coveted
Read moreDuring the recent 10 day farvandian/muktad days I posted some observations on social media. Below is a compilation of all the posts. Many of the images were in black and white, but a lot of people requested I also post the color images. So in those cases I have posted both. Batliwala Agiary, Tardeo, Mumbai The muktad prayer days mean
Read moreZoroastrians are dwindling, but Russian academic Anton Zykov is making sure their distinctive tongue is not forgotten. Growing up in Moscow, Anton Zykov was surrounded by “all things Indian.” Jawaharlal Nehru Square, where the statue of India’s first prime minister stands, was just around the corner from his home. His bookshelf was lined with children’s biographies of Indian rulers like
Read moreKARACHI: The Bai Virbaijee Soparivala (BVS) Parsi High School celebrated its 160 years with prayers and a grand Milad on Thursday. The BVS Parsi High School was founded in 1859 by Seth Shapurji Hormusji Soparivala and his family in a small Parsi Balakshala housed in the residence of Dadabhoy Palonji Paymaster. But as the school-going community increased, it outgrew the
Read moreA sea-loving Parsi family moved to Port Blair 35 years ago, to a house that had no electricity, no toilets, and on one occasion, no roof. Today, they run a thriving homestay, a spice farm and a kayaking tour company Tanaz, Shiraz and Dinaz on his wedding day In 1985, after a lifetime spent at sea, Captain Kersi Phiroze Noble
Read moreDhobi Talao resident Meher Bhandara on launching a pioneering technology that makes water out of air Meher Bhandara with the home unit. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi Twenty-five years ago, when Meher Bhandara was told by an astrologer that she’s likely to enter a profession that would involve water, she didn’t think much of it. “Since I was part of the travel
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