The Bowers Museum, located in Santa Ana in California (USA), celebrated a free, family-friendly Mehregan – the Zoroastrian-Persian festival, on 17th September, 2023. The cultural celebration turned out to be fun and insightful for a lot of Zoroastrian, Persian and a number of other communities, as they commemorated the spirit of Mehregan, which hails the […]
Submitted By Meher Amalsad (California, USA) California’s Er. Zarrir Bhandara was invited by the Atash Kadeh committee of Houston (Zoroastrian Association of Houston or ZAH) for two weeks to quench the spiritual thirst of Houston’s Zoroastrian community and to create religious awareness. During the two weeks, spanning 10th to 24th December, 2019, ZAH was bustling […]
Cawas Jehangir (CJ) Mody is running for the Superior Judge elections in San Diego county in California, USA. Born and brought up in Bombay for twelve years before moving to San Diego in 1987, Cawas Mody has served as a prosecutor, teacher and mentor for the past twenty years, protecting victims’ rights, advocating and providing […]
On 18th September, 2019, the members of Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC) celebrated the Ardibehest Amshaspand parabh with a Jashan performed by Ervads Zarrir Bhandara, Jal Birdy and Kairus Pir, in the presence of Dr. Ervad Rooiyanton Peshotan Peer and Mrs. Thrity Peer. Attended by around 50 Parsis, the parabh was sponsored by Nilufer and Phiroz […]
On August 24th, 2019, ZACLA (Zoroastrian Association of California, Los Angeles) members organized and reveled in the fun and rare opportunity to enjoy a ‘Lagan nu Patru’ in California, USA – a gala celebration in thirty years – all thanks to the ‘Jamva Chaloji’ event. Attended by 190 happy and satiated people who enjoyed traditional […]
On March 20, 2019, Indian-American lawyer, Framroze Virjee was appointed President of California State University at Fullerton (CSUF), by the University’s Board Of Trustees. Having served as Campus President since December 2017, Framroze will assume the permanent presidency immediately, where he will oversee a campus that enrolls 40,000 students and boasts of over 274,500 alumni. CSUF is […]
On 22nd April, 2017, around a hundred community members residing in California, USA, gathered to celebrate Adar Mahino and Adar Roj Parabh at the newly built Atash Kadeh of Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC). Celebrated with a Faresta ceremony, performed by President of North American Mobed’s Council, Dr. Er. Ardaviraf Minocherhomji, Dr. Er. Khushroo Unwalla, […]