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Khurshid Mistry wins 5 Medals in an International Meet at Thailand

  Veteran Athlete Khurshid Mistry has achieved another milestone. She had represented India in the Thailand Masters Athletic Championship 2018 which was held at Lampang Main Stadium, Thailand from March 9 to 11. 2018. Several Countries had participated in the International Meet.   Khurshid gave a stupendous performance by winning 3 Gold Medals in 400 mts, 200 mts and 4100

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Adil Nargolwala

Some come to climb to the roof of Africa, some come to run one of its toughest marathons. Adil Nargolwala of Delhi came & did both! He summited Uhuru peak Mt Kilimanjaro 19341 feet & then ran the Kilimanjaro marathon a tough hilly course! Super Effort!! Heartiest congratulations!!!

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The world on a bicycle

Geared to go: Hakim, Bhumgara (standing) and Bapasola with their paraphernalia before the tour.     EXCERPT Long before the sun had peeped above the horizon on 7 August 1924, the last traces of old Damascus had faded from our view. Our objective now was Jerusalem, which lay 190 miles from Damascus. The road connecting these two centres on the

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Savukshaw, Rohinton Mistry’s “greatest [cricketer] of them all”

Thanks to Savukshaw, things took such unusual proceedings that MCC’s annual ball budget took a serious toll. Few have depicted pre-globalisation Bombay — for Mumbai it used to be in those days — like Rohinton Mistry in his award-winning Tales from Firozsha Baag. The collection consists of eleven delightful stories based in a Parsee-dominated colony (called Firozsha Baag, as you may have figured

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PARSI GYMKHANA RETURNS TO CRICKET ROOTS

Parsi Gymkhana returns to cricket roots under Khodadad The former greats of the game like Farokh Engineer, Nari Contractor and Polly Umrigar now make way for a new generation of champions at the Parsi Gymkhana.   Parsi Gymkhana was founded in 1884 by Parsi Cricketers. Photo credit: Wikimedia commons Since its founding in 1884, the Parsi Gymkhana in Mumbai has

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Calling all Zoroastrian Soccer lovers!!!

Get ready TODAY for the Z Unity Cup in September!   Details are below:   What: 10th Zoroastrian Unity Cup – Soccer Tournament When: September 2-3, 2017 Where: Aviation Park, Redondo Beach, CA, USA Registration: $95 USD – early bird pricing ends June 25th Team Members: 6 (min) – 8 (max) and can be co-ed or sign up as an

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Cancer Surivor Kayaan Wins Glory for India

Kayaan Sarosh Anklesaria, aged 13, is a student of St. Mary’s (ICSE) in Mumbai and a prominent member of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s athletic team. Fighting cancer is hard for anyone, leave alone a child. Massive surgery, pain and sickness, many sessions of chemotherapy, radiation and constant rounds of hospitals all take their toll. Kayaan became weak and frail. He

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Sporting Parsis, and the making of Indian Cricket: Colonial Bombay 1875 – 1915

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai         takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the 19th Gulestan and Rustom Billimoria Endowment Lecture  by Dr. Prashant Kidambi            Associate Professor in Colonial urban history,                 University of Leicester, U.K. on ‘Sporting Parsis, and the making of Indian Cricket: Colonial Bombay 1875 – 1915’ on

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FEZANA Scholarships Applications Open

FEZANA is happy to announce that the application cycle for the FEZANA scholarships for 2017 is open. FEZANA Offers the following Scholarships ACADEMIC Scholarships Mehraban and Morvorid Kheradi Endowment Scholarship for Academic Excellence: The FEZANA  Scholar FEZANA 25th Anniversary Endowment  Scholarship For Academic Excellence Morvarid Guiv Endowment Scholarships Purvez and Aban  Rustomji Endowment Scholarship Banoobai and Maneckshaw Kapadia Endowment Scholarship 

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