On getting to know of Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor’s visit to Dallas (Texas), the Zoroastrian Association of Houston (ZAH), sent a formal invitation to Dasturji Khurshed and wife Havovi, which was gracefully accepted, inspite of the short notice and tight schedule. Dasturji’s cousin in Dallas, Er. Yazdi Dastoor kindly undertook the four hour drive to […]
On 5th September, 2016, Er. Pervez Karanjia, Panthaky of Sodawaterwalla Agiary, was invited by Rustom Cooper from Rahnumae Mazdayasnan Sabha, to speak on the ‘Denkard Nama’, meaning, ‘acts of religion’, at Karani Agiary in Cusrow Baug. Er. Karanjia elucidated, “The Denkard Nama is a 9th century encyclopaedia about how we should live based on the […]
The prestigious ‘UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit’ (for restoration) was awarded to Cama Building, a residential building situated in Marzban Colony at Mumbai Central on the 1st of September, 2016. This is the third UNESCO award for the Garib Zarthostiona Rehthan Fund (GZRF), which had previously teamed up for the restoration of Sethna Building […]
Women Graduates Union along with Colaba Advanced Locality Management (CALM) and My Dream Colaba (MDC) organized an Anti-Noise Pollution Campaign at Cuffe Parade and Colaba on 20th August, 2016. The campaign was further powered with a talk cum presentation on ‘That Noise in Your Life’ by Convener of AWAAZ Foundation, Sumaira Abdulali on 2nd September, […]
The Deolali Agiary, on the verge of its centenary celebrations, was burgled on 20th August, 2016. Parsi Times’ Reporter Khushroo Mehta, on investigating into this unfortunate incident, received an email from Firdaus Kapadia, the Head Trustee of the Nasik Deolali Anjuman. The email read: “During the night of 20th August 2016 at about 3:45 am., thieves […]
On 3rd September, 2016, Australian Olympic gold medal swimmer, Michael Klim and his sister visited their coach Khorshed Bhathena, who trained them in the late 1970s at one of the city’s oldest pools, the Breach Candy Swimming Bath Trust (Breach Candy Club). The brother-sister duo invited the 81-year-old coach to the launch party of their […]
The Thana Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman (TPZA) celebrated Parsi New Year and Khordad Saal on 22nd August, 2016, with a jasan at Patell Agyari at 5 pm, led by Er. Behramsha Sidhwa and, followed by a Humbandagi. TPZA felicitated fourteen children for their performance in academics, sports and special achievements. Adding a twist to their celebrations, […]
The partnership between Jiyo Parsi, WZO Trust Funds and D. N. Mehta Sarvajanik Hospital at Navsari is proud to be instrumental in realizing the dream of our young Parsi couple, living in a village in the interiors of Gujarat, who have been married for over ten long years and had been yearning to have a […]
The Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) children from Dadar Parsi Colony, namely ‘Behram’s Battalion’ had an interactive session with the Senior Citizen Association on 27th August, 2016 at J B Vachha High School. Forty XYZs put up a Parsi skit along with some dance numbers, a game of housie and some ‘on the spot surprise games’ […]
The Lagan Lounge, Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s matrimonial initiative, held its quarterly event on August 20, 2016 at the Dadar Athornan Madressa hall. This time, the number of Parsi/Irani Zoroastrian participants increased with a count of over 20 individuals more than those participating last time – taking the count to a total of 66 spirited guys […]
Pearl Darius Bilimoria topped Master of Computer Application (MCA) examination, NMIMS University, Mumbai held in April 2016 and was awarded a Gold medal at the convocation held on 13th August, 2016. Pearl has consistently scored above 3.5/4 grade in all the semesters of MCA, resulting in her overall grade to be 3.9/4, which is equivalent […]