Established in 1980, the Mancherji Edalji Joshi Memorial Trust has flourished into one of the leading Trusts within Dadar Parsee Colony and Mumbai in our Community. Registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950, the Charity Commissioner of Maharashtra State and Income Tax Act, 1961, the Trust issues an 80G certificate of exemption under the […]
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Jamshed Ghyara Awarded ‘Karate Student Of The Year’
Jamshed Ghyara, a student of Sardar Dastur Hormazdiar High School, Pune, recently won the ‘Karate Student of the Year 2017-2018’ award at an event organized by Shito-Ryu Karate School, Pune, on 20th and 21st January, 2018. Supported by his family and coaches, Sensai Ashok Golani and Sensai Vijay Golani, Jamshed trains regularly at the Shito-Ryu […]
TPZA Organises Deolali Picnic
The Thana Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman organized a picnic to Deolali, from 16th to 18th February, 2018, with over forty-nine Parsis housed in the Neterwala and Bhadurji Sanatoriums. The group conducted a number of activities and local visits that concluded with a Machi ceremony offered at the Deolali Agiary.
TechKnow With Tantra: Life360 – Family Locator – GPS Tracker
‘Life360’ simplifies life in the digital world by connecting us to the people who matter most. Just download the app, give it appropriate permissions and you are set to go. Create your own groups, called ‘Circles’ of loved ones, friends, teammates —and chat with them with the help of ‘Family Locator’ for free. You can […]
Tribute To Amardad
. Ameretat or Amardad (Immortality) is the Seventh Amesha Spenta – Divine Energy/Force of Ahura Mazda which Zoroastrians call the “Bounteous Immortals.” In the Zoroastrian tradition, each Amesha Spenta has guardianship over a Good Creation of Ahura Mazda, thus representing the Presence of God in the physical world. Ameretat or Amardad represents Plants. A devout […]
FILM REVIEW: TIGER ZINDA HAI
‘Shikar toh sab karte hain lekin Tiger se behtar shikar koi nahi karta.’ This needless allusion here is to wonderboy Avinash Rathore aka Tiger (Salman Khan, as if we didn’t know), who single-handedly, sometimes with the help of a bazooka, knocks off a mini-army in the barren tracts of Abu Dhabi, which is attempted to […]
TechKnow With Tantra: Smart Tools – PC Mechanik
Smart Tools by PC Mechanik is a handy, all-in-one Toolbox with 40 smart DIY and metering tools like bubble level, ruler, compass, distance meter, unit converter, DB meter, protractor, stopwatch, NFC, bar and QR reader. Use the device’s in-built sensors in all in one tool box app, handy like a Swiss army knife! It also […]
No Time For Meditation? Really?
Many people say, “I would love to practice meditation but I really don’t have the time.” After studying their lifestyles, we usually find that they are so busily occupied doing so many useless things, that they have no time to do the one thing that really matters. The petty, the trivial, the frivolous and the […]
Sports Roundup – 25th November 2017
CRICKET India- Sri Lanka Thrilling Test Match Ends In Draw The match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata finished in a draw. Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s century was the highlight of the contest. Batting first, India notched up 172 in 59.3 overs. In reply, Sri Lanka scored 294 in 83.4 overs as Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews […]
Fun-filled ‘Mela-vdo’ At Rustom Baug
The Senior Citizens Group of Rustom Baug, fondly known as the ‘Super Silvers’, with support from Rustom Baug Welfare Association and Sir Ness Wadia Memorial Pavilion, successfully organised the 6th annual charity ‘Mela-vdo’ on 19th November, 2017, at the Rustom Baug lawns. Commencing with a prayer and monajat by children of the colony’s prayer classes, […]
Review: Murder On The Orient Express
A single clue is what is proffered in the middle of the film, based on the enigmatic maestro Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel by the same name. The self-proclaimed ‘greatest detective in the world’ – the fastidious and mustachioed Belgian Hercule Poirot (played by director Branagh himself) – is bound for London aboard the famed Orient […]