– Tête-à-tête With City Chronicler And Author, Meher Marfatia – . Born and raised in Bombay, Meher Marfatia graduated from St. Xavier’s College with English Literature and Psychology, and holds a Master’s degree in English Literature. She was awarded the Scholarship in Advanced Journalism Studies at the International School of Journalism in Berlin, Germany (1989). […]
By Er. Ramiyar Karanjia It was different growing up as teenagers and young adults a few decades ago – most of us patiently and simply believed the word of our parents and elders, about our religion and its narratives, and we didn’t have queries beyond the obvious. But it’s different now – today’s youth is […]
READER’S CORNER – REPUBLIC DAY SPECIAL
The globally renowned WZCC – World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce – known for its service to our Community, held its 4-day (from January 2 to 5, 2020) ‘Global Conclave 2020’ celebration, marking the completion of nineteen fruitful years, at a glittering event in Lonavala, Maharashtra. Known to successfully promote Zoroastrian entrepreneurs and business, the WZCC […]
Why Tiny Udvada Scores Over Sprawling Navsari! In keeping with Udvada at the center of the IUU celebrations, eminent lawyer and writer, Berjis Desai, shares an apt chapter from his bestselling book, ‘OH! Those Parsis’, launched earlier this year… Navsari and Udvada share a rather uneasy relationship. After all, the Iranshah, before He was enthroned […]
A Summary Of Interesting Facts About Ratan Tata Formerly the Chairman of the Tata Group, Ratan Naval Tata is the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons. Born on December 28, 1937, Ratan Naval Tata is the son of Naval Hormusji Tata and his first wife, Soonoo Commissariat. His father, Naval Tata was adopted from the JN […]
As joyful Christian countries around the world get ready to celebrate Christmas, all streets, stores and houses are decorated with lights for the glorious festive season. One hears Christmas carols and X’mas cheer everywhere – and some people even wear Christmas jumpers! For Iranians around the world, it’s a little different, because they are getting […]
. PZGHF has been granted registration as a public religious trust by the Charity Commissioner, Maharashtra, under the Bombay Public Trusts Act. Nowadays, registration of public trusts is a long and complicated process. Hence, the delay. Application has been made to the income-tax authorities to grant exemption from tax. Being a public religious trust, donations, […]
PT: Tell us how it all began. Dinshaw Tamboly: In June 2014, H’ble PM Narendra Modi, just a couple of weeks after assuming office as Prime Minister, invited Dasturji Khurshed, Homai Engineer, late Jehangir Cama and me – as we were connected with Foundation for Development of Udvada (FDU) – to meet him and discuss […]
The first thing you notice is the tremendous effort that went into these perfect pictures by camera-maestro, Shantanu Das, who employed the very best of his 20-plus-years expertise and perfected techniques, to document our glorious Parsi culture, traditions and people. Travelling across Mumbai, Kolkata, Udvada, Navsari, Surat, Nargol and Sanjan, Shantanu’s popular clicks captured special […]
It all started in 2014, when Prime Minister, H’ble Shri Narendra Modi suggested the establishment of a ‘special Parsi festival’ that would help bring together our small yet close-knit and much-cherished community from across the world, in celebration of our cultural, social and religious ethos, in Udvada – our pilgrimage headquarters. With great planning and […]