Dhobi 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
Read moreA small but vibrant community Very few people today have heard of the Parsi community in Sri Lanka, because there are only about 60 in all including men, women and children. Although small in number, the contributions to our nation by this intriguing community throughout the years, have left an indelible mark in the history of Sri Lanka. They have
Read more* On Murree Road, in the heart of the city, a lane leads towards a heavy iron gate that opens out on an era of Parsi history It is a sweltering morning of June 1947. Weeks after vicious communal riots in Rawalpindi, Parsis are proffering teary-eyed goodbye to their home, Rawalpindi – standing amid Parsi cemetery on the narrow patches
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Read moreJust before sunset, five elderly men leave their homes in the Cyrus Minwalla Colony, the oldest settlement of Karachi’s Parsis, and sit themselves down on cement benches placed alongside a pavement. None of them get into a conversation: two of them read the day’s newspapers, two others seem lost in thought, and the fifth stares at the structure on the
Read moreDear Friends & Well-wishers We are delighted to share the good news, that one of very our own became a centenarian today – Saturday 13thApril 2019 and received a congratulatory message from Her Majesty The Queen. Soonnie Godrej Talati was born in Mumbai on the 13th April 1919, Shahenshai Mah Ava Roj Aspandarmad 1288YZ, to Dadiba and Bacha Mehta. Like many
Read moreDear Zoroastrian Community, We are happy to announce that Z-Camp 2019 will be held at San Jose Dar-e-Mehr from July 25th to July 28th.We accept campers between the ages 13 thru 17 years old. They will need to apply on the website to be considered as campers. All information and forms are on www. Zcamp.infoIndividuals 18 years or older who
Read moreNeomi Jehangir Rao. (Wikimedia Commons) Indian-American Neomi Jehangir Rao has been sworn in as US Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, widely considered to be the second most powerful court in the US, next only to the US Supreme Court, reports Press Trust of India (PTI). With this swearing in, she became the second Indian-American after Sri
Read moreExplore humanity’s greatest inventions and discoveries in a new interactive online project by Google Arts & Culture, in collaboration with Parzor Foundation. Wednesday, March 6th – Today, Google Arts & Culture launched Once Upon a Try – the largest online exhibition about inventions and discoveries ever curated. Collections, stories and knowledge from over 110 renowned institutions across 23 countries, including
Read moreFurdoonji’s tryst with the medical field began in her hometown at the Hyderabad Medical School (HMS), in the erstwhile capital city of the Nizam’s dominion in the South. Hyderabad’s Furdoonji has the distinction of being the first lady anaesthetist of the world! Furdoonji’s tryst with the medical field began in her hometown at the Hyderabad Medical School (HMS), in the erstwhile capital
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