The World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC), Pune Chapter held its Annual General Meeting on 14th September, 2018. Chairperson Mahrukh Bharucha announced that she would be stepping down and handing over the reins to senior member, Tehmasp Bharucha. Attended by committee members, Adi Siganporia, Xerxes Dastur, Adv. Jamshed Mistry and Diniyar Marolia from Global, India […]
Tag: 22nd September 2018
Brett Lee Spotted In Cusrow Baug! Hear! Hear!!
. Australian legendary cricketer Brett Lee, regarded as one of the world’s fastest bowlers, was seen playing some fun cricket at Cusrow Baug on 20th September, 2018, regaling all the excited residents with his charisma and posing with the young and old for selfies and pics! Lee’s presence at Cusrow Baug was part of an […]
Adille Sumariwalla: The Athlete Standing Tall
Arjuna awardee Adille Sumariwalla is one of the Community and nation’s leading athletes. Having represented India at the Asian Games, the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the World University Games, he has won eleven 100m National Titles, seven 200m National Titles and has been a part of seven Relay wins. Adille has clinched 17 international medals, […]
Maleficent Youtube Video Sparks Outrage Within Community
. The last week has our Community outraged as a misleading video went viral across social media platforms disparaging our community. The video (on youtube) claimed that Zoroastrianism promoted marriages amongst siblings! Hosted on a Youtube channel called, ‘Anup Ki Duniya’, the video shows glimpses of our navjote and lagan ceremonies with a male voiceover […]
Popular Parsi Myths- Part XI
Power Of Prayers And Relevance Of Rituals Myth: Prayers and rituals are a complete waste to time, money and energy. Good thoughts, good words and good deeds are good enough to be a good Zoroastrian. There is no place for prayers and rituals in the highly intellectual philosophy of Zarathushtra as expounded in the […]