Parsi Times

A Holistic Weekly for the Parsi Irani Zoroastrian Community

At 80, Noshir Homawalla Rides 10 km Horseback Daily!

Community News October 5, 2019 PT Reporter 0 Comments

Tourists visiting Vadva village in Bharuch district (20kms east of Bharuch city) can see a horsefarm… 80-year-old Noshir Homawalla has a hobby of keeping horses, maintaining this eye-catching horsefarm spreading over two and a half acres. A bachelor, Noshir inherited the hobby of rearing horses from his ancestors. According to him, his family has been […]

SC Rules Adaran Fire To Be Moved From Bharuch To New Mumbai

Community News August 3, 2019 PT Reporter 0 Comments

On 1st August, 2019, the Supreme Court (SC) ended the 27-year-old dispute by ruling that the holy, century-old, Grade-II Atash Adaran (fire), at Pestonji Aslaji Doongaji Agiary in Bharuch, Gujarat, could be relocated to the Shirinbai and Khurshedji Hormusji Doongaji Daremeher, at Kopar Khairane, in Navi Mumbai. This would be the first time in twenty […]