Secunderabad’s Zoroastrian Club organized a gala Navroz Fusion Fiesta at the Parsi Dharamsala on 21st March, 2024, with lots of community members – from tiny tots to super seniors – performing in the Dharamsala’s pavilion, to a jam-packed, 880-strong audience, comprising people from all communities making a beeline to soak in the Parsi cultural atmosphere […]
How time flies! Already the first quarter of the year is over. The new financial year has already begun. Winter is over and Spring, which feels more like Summer, is already upon us. A common human activity we observed during March this year was fasting. People of different religious beliefs have been fasting in different […]
The Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC) buzzed with merriment and activity as members celebrated the auspicious occasions of Jamshedi Navroze and Avan Yazad Parabh with much traditional fervour. The festivities commenced on March 17th with a community-wide cleaning of the Atashkadeh (fire temple) and the Center, displaying great Parsipanu – with members from age 9 […]
This year’s mega-celebration – ‘The Festival of Spring 2024’, organised by the Dadar-based Mancherji Edalji Joshi Memorial Trust (MEJMT) presenting the ‘Jamshedi Navroz Gambhar’, was indeed an evening to remember for a long time! Outdoing its earlier successes, this 21st March witnessed a massive gathering of over 2,000 community members all coming together to celebrate […]
Thanks to the collaboration between the Sir Ratan Tata Institute and the Seva Kitchen – a crowd-sourced food distribution initiative, OPD patients and the relatives/caregivers of admitted patients at the B D Petit Parsee General Hospital, will now be provided free meals. This solution will prove extremely helpful as caregivers often neglect their own well-being when […]
It is said that a large part of our sense of self, our identity and our success, lies in our connectedness with our roots. This connect with our roots is powerful enough to not just impact the course of our lives but also that of generations to come. As a community that had to flee […]
This year, 22nd March had double significance, as it marked the auspicious Ava Ardvisur Banu nu Parad and the World Water Day coinciding on the same day. Incidentally, both these occasions have always stressed on the importance of fresh water and its conservation. The Parsis of Thane decorated the holy well at the Patell Agiary […]
Today, Saturday 30th March, 2024, is the Saturday between Good Friday (when Jesus Christ was crucified) and Easter Sunday (when Jesus Christ was resurrected), more commonly known as ‘Holy Saturday’ or Easter Eve. Today is the last day of Lent and the last day of Holy Week – the week in which Christians prepare for Easter. ‘Holy Saturday’ commemorates the one full day that Jesus […]
For over thirty-five years now, Arnavaz Jal Mistry, one of the community’s foremost stalwarts known for dedicating her life to community service, has been ensuring that our less privileged brethren residing at J J Hospital’s Parsi Ward get to celebrate all the auspicious occasions. Continuing that noble tradition, Navroze was celebrated amidst much merriment and […]
The True Spirit Of Jamshedi Navroz! Dear Readers, It is always endearing to behold the passion with which we display our Parsipanu, especially during our most auspicious days, like Jamshedi Navroze, when many maintain doing ‘sagan’ at our homes, with our own versions of the haft-seen or Navroz table, trying our best to ensure we […]
Winning two gold medals, Greater Mumbai-based ace-shuttler, Naheed Divecha shone twice as bright at the Yonex-Sunrise 46th Indian Masters National Badminton Championships 2024, organised by the Haryana Badminton Association, held at Panchkula (Chandigarh), from 16th – 23rd March, 2024. Naheed won the Women’s Singles Title in the 50+ category and she also topped the Mixed […]