XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) celebrated its second Annual Day on 18th December, 2016, at KC College Auditorium, Mumbai. Host for the event and Founder, Hoshaang Gotla welcomed everyone to the annual awards function, as ‘Cyrus’ Superstars’ kicked off the event with XYZ’s brand new song ‘It’s XYZ’. The all girls’ group of ‘Ketayun’s Conquerors’ from […]
We have all heard about the three wise men of the East who traveled to Bethlehem, following a star, to see Baby Jesus. Well, there was a fourth wise man, a fire-worshiper from Persia, who also followed the star. This is his story. A very different Catholic version of this story was first read […]
Nine X’mas Gifts To Give Dear Readers, As Parsis in India, we celebrate every festival with zest and glee. But I believe, of all the festivals we revel in, Christmas holds a special place in our hearts. The analogy is delightful and simple… just like Christmas essentially celebrates the spirit of giving, the essence of […]
CRICKET India Wins 5th Test Match By A Massive Margin: India won their final encounter by an innings and 75 runs at Chennai. Batting first, England notched up 477 in 157.2 overs due to Moeen Ali’s 146 and some good contributions by Joe Root (88), Liam Dawson (66) and Adil Rashid (60). India declared their […]
Christmas is here and it’s the season of joy and giving, and the story of the nativity and the probable Zoroastrian connection with the same. The Gospel of Matthew, the only one of the four Canonical Gospels to mention the ‘Magi’, states that they came “from the east” to pay respect to the one, “born […]
Think wrestling, and the late Dara Singh comes willy-nilly to mind. Aamir Khan was born in the year India’s most famous wrestler made the eponymous Rustom-e-Hind (1965), a title he was bestowed with 11 years earlier. No wonder then that the punctilious and given-to-precise-details actor was fated to make, and star in, a film on […]
All Parsis Rink Football The much awaited ‘All Parsis Rink Football Tournament’ will commence from 9th January, 2017 at the Bai Jerbai Baug Ground. Registrations open till 25th December, 2016. For registration and details, contact: Danesh Avasia on 9930557177 or Zubin Luth on 9819950862. . Farohar Films Neki Ni Kharidi Farohar Films presents ‘Neki […]
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. તમારે છેલ્લા બે દિવસ ગુની દિનદશામાં પસાર કરવાના બાકી છે તેથી ધર્મના કામ કરી લેજો. બાકી ૨૬મીથી ૪૨ દિવસ માટે રાહુની દિનદશા નાણાકીય ચિંતા વધારી દેશે. તમારો ભાગીદાર તમને પરેશાન કરી નાખશે. ૩જી ફેબ્રુઆરી સુધીમાં ઘરવાળાઓ પણ સાથ નહીં આપે. તમારે પોતાની કાળજી લેવી […]
A Parsi is an epicure. He enjoys all the fruits of life, and always has an excuse to celebrate, be it a birthday or an anniversary, a success at exams, promotion at work, or a festival… it matters not whether it is a Parsi festival, or Hindu, Muslim or Christian festival. Had Hanukkah been celebrated […]
Christmas has always been one of my favourite festivals with the weather being perfect to dress up and it just gets better, when added with gifts and surprises. When it comes to my profession, I have always been in treat to work with powerful women. Arnaz Khan was a perfect example when we selected her […]
. From an early age, Kaivan Fatakia, originally from Pune, was fascinated with Karate. So consuming was his passion that by the tender age of just 13, he was already a black belt! Kaivan knew early on that this was to be the career he would pursue. He determinedly studied Goju-Ryu Karate and with each […]