The Trustees of the Ahmedabad Parsi Panchayat have approached the state’s Chief Minister to facilitate the allocation of land to build an Agiary near the Parsi Sanatorium, located close to the Sabarmati riverfront. Earlier in the week, five Trustees of the Parsi Panchayat, led by President Brig. (retd) Jahangir Anklesaria and Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor, […]
PT: What inspired you to establish The Bark Club? Shyamax: My love for animal is the sole driving force behind establishing ‘The Bark Club’. Another major aspect behind influencing me to start a 24-hour day care center was the fact, that since the past six years we never went out holidaying as a family as […]
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Surrounded by luscious greenery and encircled by two Parsi colonies, Masina Hospital has been the epicenter of care and treatment for a lot of Parsis over the years, young and old, since 1902. It all started when Dr. Masina was given a summer palace owned by the Sasoon family as a gift for effectively curing […]
31st October, 2016 marked the New Year of the Hindu calendar, but few know that this date is also the birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – the first Home Minister of Independent India. On the occasion, Textiles Minister, Smriti Zubin Irani commenced her tour with the inauguration of the newly constructed Police Outpost at […]
Kappawalla Agiary’s 160th Salgreh Seth Shapoorji Sohrabji Kappawalla Agiary also celebrated its 160th anniversary offering a 5 kgs Hama Anjuman Machi to the holy fire, followed by a Hama Anjuman Jasan led by Panthaky Er. Jamshed Dinshawji Bhesadia and performed by fifteen mobeds, attended by the Trustees and numerous Zoroastrian devotees. ‘Fareshta prayers’ were performed by […]
On September 16, 2016, early in the morning there was a lot of tam-dum and preparations for a traditional Parsi Wedding – with some lady members of the staff at Navsari’s Senior Citizen’s Center (SCC) preparing the ses, a few doing the chock-toran – while old familiar Parsi wedding songs played on in the foyer […]
PT: What led to the concept of Dubai Pravasi Yatra DPY? Meher: Dubai has earlier hosted programmes like ‘WZC’ (2009) and ‘Enterprise Dubai’ (2014), where many fellow Zoroastrians expressed a desire to explore the fun element of sight-seeing alongside business exchanges, as Dubai is considered one of the most beautiful cities globally. Hence, WZCC initiated […]
1) Zoroastrians.Net: Can be defined as a holistic ‘Resource Base’ for any Parsi! Categories offered include food, Parsi galleries, matrimony, job vacancies, navjote ceremonies, prayers, future dates and months in all three Zoroastrian calendars and more. Check out the website: zoroastrians.net 2) The Parsi Directory: Provides structured and tabulated comprehensive information, to facilitate quicker, more […]
At a shop selling men’s shoes in Mumbai’s popular shopping complex, Heera Panna, a few concerned Parsis spotted that shoes were being sold with motifs of our angel Asho Farohar embedded on them as fashion. The matter was brought to light to Khorshed Meherji who was informed regarding the sale of such shoes, which not […]
PT: How would you describe yourself? Bianca: I am a young, dynamic girl who has her priorities set and I work towards adjusting my strengths and abilities to achieving those goals. I’ve always been open to learning new things, and that further fuelled my passion for creativity. As a hair stylist and make-up professional, I […]