Parsis landed in India about 1200 years ago. The exact date of landing differs amongst scholars but that is not important. After the sugar and spice, and all that’s nice sort of episodes, we were allowed to stay in the kingdom of Sanjan, but with a rider, rather four riders – one of which was, […]
નરગિસ કેખશરૂ બામજી ‘ધ ફ્લોરેન્સ નાઇટિંગેલે ઓફ એજ્યુકેશન’નો જન્મ તા. 2જી જુલાઇ, 1917ના રોજે થયો હતો. આવતી કાલે તેઓ તેમના 100 વરસ પૂર્ણ કરશે. તેમણે સર જેજે ફોર્ટ ગર્લ્સ હાઇ સ્કુલના પ્રિન્સિપાલ તરીકે પોતાની છોકરીઓના મનમાં જ્ઞાનના દીવા પ્રગટ કર્યા હતા, જ્યાં તેમણે ચાળીસ વર્ષથી વધારે સેવા આપી હતી. તેમણે તેમના જીવનના તમામ પાસાઓમાં સફળતા […]
Dadabhai N Dordi was born on 4th September, 1825 in the priestly family of Manekbai and Naoroji Pallanji Dordi. He lost his father at age four and was brought up by his mother who raised him to go down in Indian history as one of the most dynamic individuals – ‘Dada’, the ‘Pita-maha’, the ‘Grand […]
Zoroastrian religion is a monotheistic faith and Zoroastrians believe in one God – Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord. He is also referred to as Dadar-e-gehan Daman or creator of the Universe. He is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient; the fount of all things good and beautiful, all things wise and wonderful; He is just and good, […]
Sir JJ High Schools’ Alumni Association celebrated their annual get-together with an evening of prayers and fun on 20th May, 2017, with a jasan in honor of their benefactor and founder of the school Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 1st Baronet, which was performed by ex-student, Er. Yazdi Dhalla, and his son. President of the Alumni Association, […]
‘Diet’ is a four letter word. It is almost as bad as the word which, when we used to utter it, our dear mothers would threaten to scrub our tongue with soap and butara (a stick broom)! It is a different matter now, with the offending word becoming almost an accepted part of our vocabulary, […]
I am surprised, nay shocked, Meherbai and her vociferous, or is it voracious, baug-brigade has not censured all the verbal diarrhoea that is being spewed out by the so-called leaders of our destiny, of our Bharat, i.e. India. Hungry for power, these leaders(?) use a language that would make a sailor blush! Elections seem to […]
King Jamshid of Persia is said to have invented the process of making Grape-wine several millennia ago. This beverage, besides being pleasant to taste and giving a sense of wellbeing, when consumed in right quantity, gave such beneficial results that it came to be called Shah-daroo, the royal-medicine or the king’s medicine. With a history […]
‘Hamazor’ is a ritual handshake, a ritual that unites two persons in prayers symbolizing unanimity, determination, solidarity and resoluteness of purpose. It promotes spiritual synergy. The word ‘Hamazor’ is a compound of two words, ‘Hama’ meaning in unison or all together, and ‘Zor’ meaning strength. There is strength in unity. Today, our community is divided […]
To our madam editor Anahita, like the Swam of the Avon, ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’. Yours sincerely, when it comes to brevity, is like Big Moose of Archie comics – I am d-uh! Anahita likes everything short and sweet, as I used to hear yet another intellectual editor, Adi Marazban say “tukku ne […]
Debbie Reynolds, Hollywood’s bright eyed next door girl of 1950s is no more. She passed away on Wednesday 28 December 2016 at the age of 84. In almost a film-world tragedy, she died after her daughter Carrie Fisher, star of the epic space saga Star Wars, passed away a day before at the UCLA Medical […]