A leading icon of our Zoroastrian community worldwide, Zerbanoo Gifford is a globally renowned Human Rights campaigner, author of seven books, founder of The ASHA Centre (which aims at enriching young adults by delivering transformative education in various fields – www.ashacentre.org), as well as the current elected President of The World Zoroastrian Organisation (WZO). A […]
Never has health and fitness been given more priority than in the current day – and with good reason! With questionable lifestyles led by so many, coupled with the fear of life-threatening calamities like the Covid pandemic, personal fitness is the most effective way to staying happy and healthy, with our mental and physical faculties […]
Most of us learnt cycling as children. Some consider it an essential life skill that stands us in good stead for the future. As Parsis, certainly that sense of balance is important when our young boys make the imminent transition from bicycles to the omnipresent motorcycle! But for some, like Jasmin Arethna and her sister […]
. Born in Mumbai, Freyaz relocated with her family early on to the USA, where she completed her high school, college and graduate school and holds an MBA in International Business and Marketing. Despite her expansive and super successful corporate career, in mid-2018, Freyaz chose to step into a direction that spoke more to her […]
Born in 1938 in Kolkata (then Calcutta) to Homai and Rustam Saklat, Ketayun’s paternal grandparents lived in Kashmir, her father being the very first Parsi to be born there. He relocated to Calcutta in 1928 after his marriage working with Singer Sewing Machine Company. Ketayun’s mother, Homai, a homemaker, was a fabric-painter. Katayun schooled at The […]
. Born and raised in Secunderabad, Mehru Tangree moved to Kolkata later in life. Her love for children saw her choose teaching as a profession in Loreto Bowbazar School, where taught for over 25 years! When the Parsee Guide Company (Kolkata) was formed in 1968, she was its first Guide Captain, completing the ‘Preliminary and […]
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. Homai Daruwalla heads the sole Community Bank of our Community – The Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank Ltd., as its trailblazing Chairperson. She has been the former Chairperson and Managing Director of Central Bank Of India. Born in Bombay to Rati and Ardeshir Daruwalla, as the eldest of three siblings, Homai Daruwala schooled at JB Vachha […]
Based in Surat, Behnaz Todiwala is the Art Director and Founder of the globally renowned Utkarsh Dance Academy LLP, dedicated to preserving India’s cultural heritage through Classical and Indian Folk dances, for the past 25 years. A Bharatnatyam connoisseur, staunchly committed to the practice for 39 years now, Behnaz Todiwala is a Gold Medallist in […]
Parsi Times is delighted to share the great news of 18-year-old, dynamic college student, Ashoi Dantra from Jer Baug, Byculla, who is currently representing India in the prestigious ‘World Teen Supermodel Pageant’, that is taking place over an 8-day global platform (31 March to 7 April, 2019) in Fiji, under ‘The World Supermodel Production and […]
Bringing great pride upon the community and the country, Baroda’s twenty-five-year-old youth icon, Jamshed Bhagwagar, was invited by the Government of Sri Lanka to represent India at the International Youth Conference held at ‘Yowun Pura – The City of Youth’, at Hambantota, Sri Lanka, from 25th March to 3rd April, 2019. Jamshed was one of the […]