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“There are many members in our miniscule community who have achieved great heights in their chosen fields. Many of these achievers are recognised and acknowledged only within their limited spheres of work. The community is largely unaware of all their achievements. ZAAN, by highlighting and acknowledging their contributions and achievements, inspires and motivates our youth to aspire to emulate the achievers.”
BPP Chairman Yazdi Desai and wife Anahita Desai

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“Firstly, one must have a passion for what one wants to achieve. One has to work at it with a singular mindset. That may involve forgoing a dinner party, seeing a movie or spending a precious Sunday afternoon with the family. Hard work cannot be bound by the clock or the day of the week. Also one must enjoy what one is doing. Some of the Do’s that empower your journey into becoming an achiever are:

• Have faith in yourself
• Have a team approach
• Work hard
• Pray! That is the most powerful resource!”

Dr. Firuza Parikh, Awarded ZAAN2017
for Outstanding Zoroastrian in the field of Medicine

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“Success is not about coincidence, accident or luck – it is about dreaming big and preparing to make that dream come true with hard work, perseverance, dedication, humility and the ability to learn from failure. You can’t just dream of becoming an achiever – you have to wake up and work towards your achievements. Talent itself is not enough, because talent loses out to hard work, when talent doesn’t work hard! To the youth, I would like to say – redefine your sense of success… let it not just be about how much money you make, but about how much difference you are able to make in the lives of others.”
Yasmin Mistry, Convenor of ZAAN2017,
ZTFI Trustee and Entrepreneur.

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“Being dedicated to a cause bigger than yourself has always been the way forward for me – and putting the ‘Community First’ is one of the finest stepping stones towards achieving success on both levels – personal and professional. As a Community, we are blessed with an enterprising and intelligent youth and with a little focus and perseverance they can do wonders, as is the case with our wonderful ZAAN 2017 Awardees.”
Arnavaz Mistry, Community Service Crusader and Ex-BPP Trustee.

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“Sports is an education by itself, in fact, it’s much, much more! Sports teaches you things that books can’t, like discipline, hard work, victories, defeat, and how to deal with ups and downs. You get to meet different people, experience different cultures, open up and adapt to different situations. Sports has changed people’s lives – it teaches you to never give up, someone like Michael Jordan was dropped from his high school team. He persisted and kept going and went on to become one of the greatest athletes ever! I would like to urge parents to allow their children to dream and dream with them and help them achieve their dreams.”
Kyra Shroff, Awarded ZAAN2017
for Outstanding Zoroastrian Sports Person