ZYNG invites you to a super singing Sunday with its second Karaoke night tomorrow, 23rd October, 2016, at 8:00 pm at The Local, Fort. Here’s calling all Bawas and Bawis to polish those vocal chords at this cosy South Bombay venue, known for its cool and funky Karaoke nights. Open to all above the age […]
Category: Community News
Jamshedpur Agiary Celebrations
Cursetjee Manockjee Shroff Agiary, Jamshedpur, celebrated its Salgreh on 11th October, 2016, (Roj Ashtad, Mah Ardibehest) with a jasan ceremony at 5pm, followed by a Fala ni Machi at 6:30 pm, both led by Er. Mehernosh Homi Dastur and performed by young mobeds, Er. Yazdi and Er. Noaroze Panthaki. Everyone partook of the chasni and […]
Dandiya Night At Godrej Baug
True to their tradition, Godrej Baug came alive to the beats of dandiya music on 10th October, 2016 with community members joining in the fun with their swirling ghagras and dandiya sticks. A medium to get the residents of the Baug together is the true essence of organizing such a grand function. The GBRWA Committee […]
LCB Donates LCD Projector
Lions Club Of Byculla recently donated a LCD projector and screen for the benefit of students of Avabai Petit School (Boarding Section) on 2nd October, 2016. Seen in picture (from left), Lion Percy Master, Lion Cyrus Disawala, Yasmin Charna, Lion Daara B. Patel, along with Mr. & Mrs. Sarkari
It’s Curtains Up For The Royal Opera House!
The Royal Opera House – an integral structure of Bombay’s heritage, and endearing to numerous Parsis with fun memories held close to the hearts, will be brought back to life on October 20, 2016. The inauguration of this beautifully resuscitated splendor will mark and host the opening ceremony of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. […]
Parsi Belles Shine AT IAF
Hutoxi Wadia highlights that her love for art is inherited from her father, Kekobad Cooper, who helped explore his daughter’s talent with her art teacher. Hutoxi says, “I painted my first life size portrait even before I finished schooling! I always wanted to showcase my artwork and I found India Art Festival a good opportunity […]
Uran Agiary Celebrates Its 112th Salgreh
On 8th October, 2016 (Ardibehest Mah, Daepdin Roj), nearly four hundred Zoroastrians gathered at Umrigar Agiary in Uran to celebrate its 112th Salgreh. The jasan ceremony was performed by Dasturjis Hoshedar and Adi Zaroliwala at 11am, followed by distribution of chasni. Darayesh Katrak thanked Marzban Wadia for entertaining the crowd with soulful songs. The function […]
Lions Club (EB) Aids BIDM
The Lions Club of East Bombay, District 323A1, executed a pivotal project at the Bombay Institution of Deaf & Mutes (BIDM) Mazagaon on 20th September, 2016, by renovating the Institute’s library and installing a large LED television to aid visual learning to its hearing-impaired students. Attended by Chief Guest, District Governor, Lion Armaity Cooper, the […]
WE Hosts Entrepreneurial Session
The Women Entrepreneurs (WE) wing of World Zarathusti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC) hosted a session on ‘The Joys and Pangs of Running Your Own Business’ on 1 October, 2016. Attended by 40 members and guests, Homai H Mehta, Chairperson, WE, welcomed the gathering and explained that ‘WE’ did not just stand for Women Entrepreneurs but […]
Jashn-E-Mehrgan
By Darayush Zainabadi Sazeman-e–Jawanan-e-Zarthosty-e-Irani Mumbai and Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman, organised ‘Mehrgan Jashan’ on 1st October, 2016, at NM Petit Fasli Atash Kadeh Hall, with nearly 150 humdins. The administrator and organizer of Sazeman-e–Jawanan-e-Zarthosty, Darayush S. Zainabadi warmly welcomed the congregation and explained the significance of this auspicious day in English and Persian languages, for the benefit […]
Court Orders Further Investigation Into Dadi House Scandal
The curtains have finally come down on the Dadi House legal case. In a historic turn of events, on the 5th of October, 2016, Judge Palaspagar dictated the order at the Metropolitan Court (Room No. 38), directing the police to conduct further investigation in the matter of the FIR lodged against Ex-BPP Chairman, Dinshaw Mehta, […]