The concluding event for the summer vacation at Cama Park, Andheri, was held on 29th May, 2016. Teenagers took the center-stage as the function kicked off with 250 members and their guests standing in obeisance. Young Percy Amaria played the Zoroastrian anthem ‘Chaiyye Hamey Zarthosti’ and a couple of Bollywood songs on the keyboard. This […]
Parsi Times congratulates TaronishBajan of Delhi Private School, Sharjah, for securing94.4% (472/500) in her CBSE examinations, 2016. She topped her school in Economics and Marketing, with a total of 98% in each! Taronish is all set to join Middlesex University in Dubai and pursue Human Relations Psychology. We wish her all the best!
On Saturday 28th May, 2016 Air India and Indian Airlines’ serving as well as retired staff and their guests got together to witness their 70th annual Dae Mahino Jasan. It was held at the Cama Baug (Big Otla). Performed by Ervad Dinyar D. J. Modi and Firoze Navdar, merriment followed the jasan, with Farokh Gotla […]
In December 2015, around the time when the Iranshah Utsav was held in Udvada, Australia was awarded the host nation for the 11th World Zoroastrian Congress (Adult) for the year 2018, as decided by the Global Working Group Meeting. The specific date and place where the 11th WZC will congregate has now been announced as […]
Celebrating The Spirit Of Zoroastrian Women Foreword By Dinshaw Tamboly: Whilst the cliché ‘Behind every successful man there is a woman’ has been abundantly bandied about, what has always been more relevant is the fact that ‘the seed behind every inspired act has been planted by a woman and led to its fruition by her […]
Children of Navajbai Contractor Baug (NCB) contributed in their own way in making the Baug look better by painting one wall of the Toddlers Park in the making! 1 year old Xavi also participated! Kudos to the Baug spirit!
Thirteen year old, Ervad Amavand Panthaky, completed the first step of initiation into Zoroastrian priesthood- ‘The Navar ceremony’, at the Vatcha Gandhi Agiary, Hughes Road on Sunday 8th May 2016 (Ashishvangh Roj, Adar Mahino). His mother, Mrs. Bakhtavar Panthaky, dedicated the ceremony in the memory of his maternal uncle, Mr. Godrej Daruwalla. She entrusted her […]
By P.T. Reporter Khushnuma Dubash Twenty-two children of Activity High School leant the real essence of ‘Unity in Diversity’ by grabbing the opportunity to perform at the International Folk Festival in Turkey. With over thirty counties participating in showcasing their authentic folk dances, the children from Activity School were proud representatives of Team India. The […]
The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust Fund (WZO) held its sixth annual Summer Camp, organised by the Navsari Local Committee, at Bai Dosibai Kotwal Parsi Orphanage, Navsari, from May 3 to May 8, 2016. Fifty Zoroastrian youth between the ages of 7 to 14 years, participated, including thirty boys and twenty girls from all over India. […]
The unprecedented upsurge in the number of burglaries and assaults on senior citizens taking place in Udvada last year spread an aura of terror amongst its inhabitants, with nearly four to five robberies and house break-ins being reported in a month. Though one of the smallest villages in India, to the Zarthosti community, Udvada […]
XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) is preparing to celebrate its Foundation Day on Monday, 23rd May 2016, by dedicating the months of May and June to social service in a unique way via its ‘Making A Difference’ (MAD) outlook, by donating Blessing Bags to the underprivileged. Always supporting initiatives that benefit those in need, Parsi Times […]