Mumbai’s Urmaze Naterwalla has just authored a textbook titled ‘Machining Solutions – The Art & Science of Metal Cutting’. His sole mission for many years has always been to help people do better in their manufacturing careers and/or help someone identify a career path in Manufacturing and Machining. Engineering students and practitioners of the Engineering […]
A good number of the Zoroastrian population in Perth partook of a well organised Jashan and Ghambar on the 5th of July, 2020. At least a hundred humdins attended the Dae Mahino Jashan ceremony, which was to take place earlier but was delayed due to the pandemic restrictions. With the Australian government recently relaxing the […]
Last week, Neville Sanjana, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at New York University (NYU) and at NYU’s School of Medicine, was awarded the prestigious ‘Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers’ (PECASE), as announced by the White House. These awards identify outstanding scientists and engineers who will broadly advance science and […]
On July 4th, 2020, the Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC) held an outdoor event – a day of cultivating vegetable plants at the ZAC Center – organized by our ZAC Youth coordinator – Dr. Armaiti May, along with Marina Batliwalla and her children – Avamehr, Rasha, and Rishad; Armaiti’s mother – Dhun May; Vista – an invitee […]
Over the course of the previous month, the XYZ Foundation held its fun ‘Junoon In June’ challenges, which included simple, one-minute easy and fun challenges set by different XYZ group members, with a whopping 2,232 participants over the course of the month! These challenges served as great stress busters and kept the participants engaged, healthy […]
Since we are following the mandatory social distancing and places of worship are closed, we are offering an opportunity for our humdins to participate in the Muktad prayers through Zoom (digital platform) from their own homes. Some people may not be in favor of performing ceremonies over Zoom but we have to do our best in the given circumstances. Hence, considering […]
14th July, 2020 (Roj Ardibehest, Mah Asfandarmad) marked the auspicious centenary of the Khan Bahadur Edulji Sohrabji Chenai Anjuman Dar-e-Meher, situated at MG road in Secunderabad. Despite it being a major milestone year, in keeping with the restrictions of the pandemic, there were no public celebrations and occasion was toned down for this landmark monument. […]
On 28th June, 2020, the Zoroastrian community in Auckland celebrated the end of the Lockdown with a Khusahali-nu-Jashan, at Bucklands and Eastern Beaches Memorial Hall, overlooking the breath-taking waterfront in Auckland, New Zealand. Around 165 Zathostis turned up to count their blessings in rejoicing the end of the pandemic, which had brought life to a […]
On 29th June, 2020 Mumbai’s 20-year-old Khushnaz Nevil Dadrewalla secured second position in the Under-21 category of the All India Open Girls Online Chess Tournament, organised by Shri Sheetala Mata Shaktipeeth Trust, New Delhi, through Lichess.org digital platform. A total of eighty-five girls participated in the event from all across India. Holding up the Mumbai […]
“There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, and no justice outside of the common imagination of human beings,” says Yuval Noah Harari in his book, ‘Sapiens’. Harari argues that humanity functions cooperatively because human beings created religions and belief systems, political societies, financial markets, judicial systems etc… That these common, […]
After the success of his previous volume of the acclaimed Sufi saint and poet – Jalal-ud-din Rumi’s poems, Farrukh Dhondy is back with a brand new collection of Rumi’s translations. The UK-based writer, playwright and activist has selected and translated a new collection of Rumi’s poetries, in a book titled, ‘Rumi – A New Collection’, […]