On 14th December, 2022, one of India’s oldest-living First Class cricketers and certainly the oldest of Mumbai city – Rusi Cooper – celebrated his 100th birthday. Rusi Cooper becomes the second Mumbai Ranji Trophy player in two years to reach a century in life, after the passing away of Vasant Raiji in January 2020. He is now […]
Continuing their brilliant success in body-building, the father-son duo – Jehangir Randeria (52) and Kaiwan Randeria (23), have once again achieved dazzling gold wins, alongside history-making news by also winning the overall titles, at the ‘Mumbai Shree Bodybuilding Competition’, organised by the Amateur Bodybuilding Association of Mumbai. In this year’s Mumbai Shree Bodybuilding Competition, which […]
The fourth edition of the Cusrow Baug Premier League, which was held in November 2022, by the CBUSWL, commenced with the new practice where 4 team owners participated in an auction for Football, Volleyball and Throwball players for their four teams, namely ‘Giants’ (owner: Arzoo Dehmiri); ‘Warriors’ (Hoshang Yazdegardi); ‘Raiders’ (Zubin Wadia) and ‘Chargers’ (Phiroze […]
On 19th November, 2022, Prof. Dr. Delnaz Marzun Jokhi was conferred the prestigious Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement National Award by the International Institute for Social and Economic Reforms and Krist Foundation Bengaluru, for her contributions and excellence in the field of Teaching, Research and Publications. Prof. Dr. Delnaz Jokhi teaches statistics at the J […]
As a collaboration activity, members of XYZ’s Behram’s Battalion and Cyrus’ Superstars, along with the NGO – ‘Beach Warriors’, conducted a beach clean-up drive, on 3rd December, 2022, at Juhu Beach. Twenty-two XYZ members, seniors and volunteers were part of this collaboration, and alongside the NGO, in about 2 hours, cleaned up an almost 2 km […]
Kiyara Associates, founded by Shahrookh Dumasia, was awarded the IBMA (Iconic Brands of Maharashtra Awards) 2022, by the Maharashtra Societies Welfare Association, for Innovative Waterproofing Techniques and Civil Repairs. IBMA 2022, which honored the late Bal Thackrey on his death anniversary, was held on November 17, 2022, at Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai. Maharashtra CM – Eknath […]
With diabetes rapidly growing into a health epidemic across India and within the community, Lion Daara Patel (Chairperson for Diabetes, Multiple Council District 3231, Lions Clubs International) has been spearheading a Diabetes Awareness Program, which includes Free Diabetes Detection Camp and Awareness program across many places in and around Mumbai. A free mega diabetes detection […]
On 3rd December, 2022, Parsee Gymkhana organised the fifth edition of one of its most popular and sought after events – the 5th All Zoroastrian Arm Wrestling Competition. The event, which drew a large and excited audience of around 600 people, was graced by Chief Guest – Justice Shahrukh J. Kathawalla (ret’d). Though the Guest […]
Doha resident, 9-year-old Dalysya Avari, recently had the honour of escorting the captain of Netherland team – Virgil Van Dijk – during their match against Senegal at the FIFA Football World Cup, 2022, held in Qatar. Dalysya, who is a student at Park House English School, along with her fellow-student and elder sister – Kianne […]
Xtremely Young Zoroastrians, the community’s premiere association for kids and young adults, held its annual Leadership Camp on 26th and 27th November, 2022, at Talegaon. A keenly awaited event, the Leadership Camp comprised 45 participants including XYZ Seniors, volunteers, office bearers and executive committee. Day 1 started with ice breakers and fun Gujarati introductions, followed […]
The Cusrow Baug United Sports & Welfare League organised SPARK 2022 – a literary arts and fine arts event, for the colony children, on 19th November, 2022 at the Cusrow Baug Pavilion. Divided into age groups – ‘Under 5’, ‘Under 8’ and ‘Under 16’, the children confidently showcased their creativity, through activities including colouring competitions, […]