The Homavazir’s 11th CBDA Scouts organised their Summer Camp to ‘Mount Pabhani’, in a small bungalow tucked away in the lush green Matheran forest, from 4 – 7 May, 2018. Collectively, thirty-three cubs, scouts, rovers and scouters participated in the daily camp activities that began with morning exercises, followed by flag hoisting, uniform inspection, varied […]
The Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy Adarian, (Adajan, Surat) celebrated its 191st Salgreh on 3rd May, 2018, (Roj Behram, Maha Adar), with a Jasan performed by Mobeds Er. Kayomarz Bhesania, Er. Darayus Bhada, Er. Yazdi Turel and Er. Kersi Amrolia. All Zoroastrians in and around Adajan were present for the Jasan. A day before the salgreh function, […]
Frohar Foundation presented the annual exhibition, ‘The Zoroastrian Saga’, at Allbless Baug, Charni Road, Mumbai, from 19th to 21st April, 2018, which was inaugurated by Vada Dasturji of Surat, alongside BPP Trustees Kersi Randeria and Viraf Mehta, Mrs. Anahita Desai and Mr. Dinshaw Mehta. After the ribbon cutting, Er. Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia, escorted the guests […]
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet Trusteeship Election, which will be held on 1st July, 2018, is expected to be contested by two main contenders so far – WAPIZ CEO and noted social worker, Anahita Desai and Chartered Accountant, Xerxes Dastur. Both are residents of Rustom Baug in Byculla. Sitting Trustee Muncherji Cama is reportedly, not going […]
The Seth BM Mevawala Agiary at Byculla celebrated its 144th Salgreh on 30th April, 2018, with a Maachi offered in the Havan Geh, followed by a jasan performed by the Panthaky Er. Parvez Bajan along with other Mobeds, on behalf of the Trustees at 9:00 am. The evening function commenced with a Jasan led by […]
The Indian Association of Secretaries and Administrative Professionals (IASAP), Pune Chapter organised a live ‘Cookery Demo’ on 25th April, 2018, by Chef Saket Sharma, on the occasion of ‘International Administrative Professionals Week’, which is celebrated worldwide in the last week of the month of April. This was followed by the ‘Boss–Secretary Dinner’ on the 29th, which was well […]
Zarathushtra brands scandal or slander, backbiting or calumny as an inexpiable sin. Scandal creeps and crawls like a loathsome reptile or flies like a winged snake. Upon swift wings does it fly from mouth to mouth. It grows wild like weeds and finds its widest currency. Scandal wallows in mire and swamp and flings mud on all […]
Dae Mahino, Khorshed Roj, which falls on Thursday, the 24th of May, 2018, marks the day known as ‘Zarthost-No-Diso’, or the day that our beloved prophet, Zarathustra left the earthly, mortal life to re-unite with Ahura Mazda. On this day, special prayer sessions are organized, with prayers and religious discourses hailing the great life and miracles of our […]
PT: What is a Jasan? Er. Harvesp: A Jasan is a religious thanks giving ceremony that commemorates an important event. Generally, Jasans are performed as a thanksgiving for happy and auspicious occasions like an anniversary, an engagement, house warming, graduation, birthday etc. Jasan or Fareshta are also performed to remember our departed souls on important days like […]
Re: Mr. Arzan Ghadially’s Letters To The Editor (May 12, 2018) Mr. Arzan Ghadially by his letter to Parsi Times has done well in elaborating the financial crunch faced by the BPP and has suggested measures which are thought provoking. Part of the wastage of precious community funds was, and is, due to avoidable litigation, […]
Let’s face it… after that crazy catch pulled off by the fabulous AB de Villiers at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday night’s IPL match, we may as well change the phrase ‘Carpe Diem’ to ‘Carpe Di‘Villiers’! For our not-really-into-cricket friends – like some of my sports-virgin bawa friends committed to preserving our fair-skin legacy […]