On Saturday August 20, 2016, the Delhi Parsi Anjuman celebrated a warm heartfelt Navroze with the Parsi community getting together to eat, drink and be merry. The Parsi community in Delhi, though small, tries its best to bring in all festivals and other occasions with a feeling of harmony and fun. Though aced with long distances and painful traffic conditions, the Parsi Community in Delhi makes it a point to meet fellow community members and celebrate unanimously!

This time being no different, the Navzore celebrations commenced with the distribution of scholarships to all children (from Pre-Nursery to the Masters) by popular Ghazal singer and Padma Shree awardee, Penaz Masani, who hugged and encourage the youth. This was followed by a fancy dress competition wherein little angels come on stage and showcased their talents as well as their parent’s ingenius creativity in keeping with the innovative costumes.

The entire function was brought together by the efforts of the Social Centre Committee of the Delhi Parsi Anjuman. Urvashi Sidhwa, Jasmine Marker, Kainaz Shroff and Shelley Subawalla had the audiences delighted with their compering and organizing skills for the programme. All gifts of participation were generously sponsored by members, Hoofrish and Chetan Krishnamoorthy, from their shop, ‘Gifts of Love’.

In an effort to promote ‘self-enterprise’ amongst the community, the DPA encouraged all their members to put up stalls at the premises and display their products. The stalls were taken by Parzor (an organization working to preserve the Parsi Zoroastrian culture and heritage), Zarin’s Secrets (a venture that makes and sells authentic, homemade Parsi spices and condiments), while another gentleman, Kharas, brought in Parsi delicacies and knick knacks from Mumbai.

Like no Parsi event is complete without ‘Bhonu’, this evening too concluded with delicious dinner catered by Mrs. Dhun Bagli.