I had a very dear Bengali friend in my class at St. Anne’s High School – Rupa Ganguly, daughter of the late veteran actor, Ashok Kumar and wife of actor Deven Verma. I think of Rupa every year on Dassera because once she had told me (in Std. VIII) that when you look into Goddess […]
The Women Entrepreneurs (WE) wing of World Zarathusti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC) hosted a session on ‘The Joys and Pangs of Running Your Own Business’ on 1 October, 2016. Attended by 40 members and guests, Homai H Mehta, Chairperson, WE, welcomed the gathering and explained that ‘WE’ did not just stand for Women Entrepreneurs but […]
By Darayush Zainabadi Sazeman-e–Jawanan-e-Zarthosty-e-Irani Mumbai and Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman, organised ‘Mehrgan Jashan’ on 1st October, 2016, at NM Petit Fasli Atash Kadeh Hall, with nearly 150 humdins. The administrator and organizer of Sazeman-e–Jawanan-e-Zarthosty, Darayush S. Zainabadi warmly welcomed the congregation and explained the significance of this auspicious day in English and Persian languages, for the benefit […]
“Ek hath pakdi rakhio che. Bijo chutto che. Fervi devas!!!” – By Behroze Eranee
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The curtains have finally come down on the Dadi House legal case. In a historic turn of events, on the 5th of October, 2016, Judge Palaspagar dictated the order at the Metropolitan Court (Room No. 38), directing the police to conduct further investigation in the matter of the FIR lodged against Ex-BPP Chairman, Dinshaw Mehta, […]
On 4th October, 2016, Muncherji Cama’s Originating Summons (OS) was heard by Hon’ble Justice Kathawala at the High Court. Cama’s counsel asked the Judge for a ‘Stay’ against the BPP Trustees from doing any further work on behalf of the Trust. In the alternative, Cama’s counsel asked that Cama be appointed as an ‘Ad-hoc Trustee’, […]
Kappawalla Agiary’s 160th Salgreh Seth Shapoorji Sohrabji Kappawalla Agiary also celebrated its 160th anniversary offering a 5 kgs Hama Anjuman Machi to the holy fire, followed by a Hama Anjuman Jasan led by Panthaky Er. Jamshed Dinshawji Bhesadia and performed by fifteen mobeds, attended by the Trustees and numerous Zoroastrian devotees. ‘Fareshta prayers’ were performed by […]
Over a hundred Xtremely Young Zoroastrians members, aged between 5 and 15 years, along with friends and family members, visited 21 different colonies/ locations in Mumbai between 9:30 am and 12:30 pm, and collected a whopping 12,199 pairs of footwear within 3 hours! These shoes are being sent to NGOs like Hamara Footath, Greensole, Angel […]
With Queen of Katwe, Mira Nair has, as in Mississippi Masala (1991), put Uganda once more on the world map. Based on a true story, QoK is a simplistic tale of an 11-year-old who is plucked from virtual obscurity to being a global chess player. It’s 2007 in the poverty-stricken slums of Katwe, in Kampala, […]
It’s a trilingual film, produced simultaneously in Tamil (as Devi) and in Telegu (as Abhinetry). Krishna (Prabhu Deva) proposes to practically any female in his multinational company, where he works as an executive. His repeated attempts to woo modern, hep girls perpetually end in dismal failure. Resorting to marrying a village belle (Tamannaah), but embarrassed […]