Why did two beautiful and privileged Parsi young women drop from the University Clock-tower in broad daylight? An unsolved murder in colonial Bombay leads Captain James Agnihotri into dangerous adventures to reach the ultimate prize – a sense of belonging. “Loosely based on the tragedy of the Godrej girls in 1891, my novel ‘Murder in […]
On August 20, 2020, Rangers from the 71st East Bombay Zoroastrian Bharat Guides Group visited Azad Maidan Police Chowkie and handed over 300 masks and 500 litres (230 bottles) of sanitizers to Inspector Vidyasagar KalKude and Naik Sachin Savant for distribution to other Police Chowkies. Besides engaging the Guides and Bulbuls at the Zoom meetings […]
Located in the heart of McLeodganj town in Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) and barely a kilometre from Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s abode, the iconic ‘Nowrojee & Sons General Merchants’ will down its shutter for good, next month, in September, after serving residents and tourists for a glorious 160 years, across. Run as a family […]
Keeping up with the Zoroastrian tradition of giving, the Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League, along with XYZ’s ‘Daraius’ Daredevils’, donated essential equipment including masks, gloves, sanitisers, as well as a brand new desktop computer and colour printer to the Colaba Police Station. These items were handed over to the Senior Inspector of the […]
The holy Muktad prayers in Perth were yet again, as has been for the past almost fifteen years now, held at the home of Ervad Aspi and Farida Madan. Though the world is reeling under the COVID pandemic, Zarthostis in West Australia weren’t under severe restrictions, thanks to the Government’s stand on early lockdown and […]
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind in his message on the eve of the Parsi New Year, said, “On the auspicious occasion of the Parsi New Year, I extend my heartiest greetings and best wishes to all the fellow citizens especially to my Parsi brothers and sisters. New Year’s Day is an occasion […]
Earlier this month, the AMS (American Meteorological Society) awarded the prestigious ‘Hydrologic Sciences Medal’ to Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian in its 2021 Awards and Honors program during its 101st AMS Annual Meeting. Every year, the AMS recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations of the weather, water, and climate community. Dr. Sorooshian, an Iranian-American distinguished professor of Civil […]
The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), a global frontrunner seeking to develop a safe and effective COVID vaccine, has registered its second and third phase trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine candidate – ‘Covishield’- with the Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI). The trails will be conducted on 1,600 healthy participants across India. […]
On 18th August, 2020, Pakistan-born, Zoroastrian quantum astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala has been named the new Dean of the prestigious MIT School of Science, one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As the hitherto Associate Head of the Physics Department, Mavalvala will take over as the new Dean from September 1, […]
Bollywood star, Boman Irani is playing the lead in a movie… the only problem is Boman Irani doesn’t know he’s in the movie!!! Trust Silly Point Productions to find a way to achieve this, considering they’ve overcome all the obstacles! Thanks to Covid-19, the theatres are shut, so they’ve decided to stream a movie online […]
Leading journalist and writer, known for her inimitable satire and exemplary writing style, Bachi Karkaria, recently unveiled her latest book, titled, ‘The Dowager And The Harlot’ (Kindle edition). Available on Amazon and published by Westland Books, as part of eleven new, exclusive short stories, ‘The Dowager And The Harlot’ is Bachi’s engrossing personal memoir about […]