In a prime land deal, a Parsi-owned bungalow named ‘Sunny Ville’, located on Carmichael Road in Tardeo, South Mumbai, and belonging to late Ernevaz Kharshedji Dubash (who passed away in 2013), was sold to BGH Properties Ltd – an Aditya Birla Group company, for Rs. 220 crores. BGH Properties Ltd purchased the half-acre bungalow along […]
In a recent award ceremony held in Tampa city in Florida (USA), Professor Dr. Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla was awarded the ‘2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award’ from Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program. The McKnight program aims to increase the number of African Americans and Hispanics in Florida who earn PhDs. Unwalla’s lab in the Department […]
13-year-old Shahaan Tavadia, Phoenix, USA, took on the daunting 2-day swimming challenge in the open waters of San Francisco Bay, completing the swim from Alcatraz to the Pier, and across the Golden Gate Bridge, on 10th April, 2023. On the first day, the 1-4-mile swim commenced from Alcatraz Island to the Pier, continuing onto the second […]
The Seth Nanabhoy Bejonji Chokshi Dar-e-Meher, at Panchgani, celebrated its 92nd salgreh this year, which coincides with the auspicious Atash-nu-Parab (Adar Mah – Adar Roj) which took place on 21st April, 2023. This year’s celebration was special as it was at full scale after the covid years, drawing in over 50 devotees along with […]
Recently, Bhopal-based Dr. Farhad F. Mehta, Assistant Professor C, at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPS), UTD – Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, RGPV, Bhopal, MP, was recently awarded the ‘Best Concept Note’ Award by the President of Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) – Dr. Montu Patel, in the Granted Patents category. Dr. Mehta won this award […]
There was much celebration and activity in the air in Navsari, Gujarat, on 18th April, 2023, which marked ‘World Heritage Day’. Known as our ‘dharam ni tekdi’ or the religious/cultural capital of the Parsi community, Navsari indeed houses a number of heritage structures which highlight the glorious legacy of our community. To further boost and […]
Our community’s most celebrated living legend as also India’s most revered industrialist and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, Tata Sons’ Chairman Emeritus, was conferred the highest Australian civilian honour, the ‘Order of Australia’, for his contributions to the field of business even in Australia, on 22nd April, 2023. This prestigious honour comes a month after the most loved […]
As one of the world’s most minuscule communities settled in the world’s now most populated country, the dwindling Parsi community faces an increasing need for representation / reservation across various sectors, especially in education, employment, medicine and government services. In a recent event commemorating the completion of Iran League’s hundred-year legacy, Chief Guest Dr. Cyres […]
XYZ will hold the much awaited ‘XYZ Summer Camp 2023’, simultaneously in Thane, Andheri, Mahim, Dadar, Byculla and Colaba, for its members, from 21st to 27th May, 2023, from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, daily. This week-long summer extravaganza is designed for children between 4 and 16 years and will include a host of […]
Amid the rising cases of Covid yet again, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturers in terms of volume, recently emphasized the need for the elderly to take the Covovax Covid-10 Vaccine booster dose, saying it is excellent against all variants and has been approved in the US […]
The California Zoroastrian Center (CZC) recently acquired a new cultural center – the historic building on Hornblend Street in Pacific Beach – a 3,600-square-foot building that is more than a century old, formerly occupied by the Pacific Beach Woman’s Club. Spokesperson Farhad Kermani informed that one of the major donors for this acquisition was also […]