After a three-year pandemic-induced hiatus, the 7th Edition of ‘Return To Roots’ is slated to take place this year-end, India. Tentatively scheduled from 22nd December, 2023 to 4th January, 2024, this trip will bring over 20 Zoroastrian youth, between 22 to 35 years of age, on a two-week trip to India. Established in 2012, Return […]
Western India Bakers, better known as Wibs – Mumbai’s most popular brand of sliced bread, had been off bakery shelves and sandwich stalls since September 19, 2019, due to an internal dispute within its owners, the Irani family. Established in 1973, the Western India Bakers Pvt Ltd. factories ceased production when the eldest of the […]
One of Mumbai’s most popular restaurateurs, Boman Kohinoor, the senior partner of the iconic Parsi-Irani café, Britannia & Co, (Ballard Pier), passed away at the age of 97, on 25th September, 2019, at the Parsee General Hospital, having been admitted here for over two weeks in the ICU. The much-celebrated eatery was set up in […]
Yesteryears superstar and Bollywood’s much-loved ace actor, Rishi Kapoor, who is currently being treated in New York for a health issue, praised actor Boman Irani and wife Zenobia on Twitter, saying, “Terrific couple. Zenobia and Boman. What an actor he is and she – what a cook. She fed the entire ‘Kapoor & Sons’ film […]
Four men drove into their residential baugs at different times, at night. Failing to find parking below their respective homes, they circled the colony twice to find the closest spot and that is when four expletives escaped their lips. But these were no ordinary men who buckled under pressure. Oh no, sir! They were men […]
Close on the heels of India’s Independence Day, Police Inspector Cyrus Boman Irani was awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service on 25th July, 2019, by the Governor of Maharashtra, C. Vidyasagar Rao, in the presence of the CM Fadnavis and other dignitaries. The function was held at the Director General of Police Maharashtra HQ, […]
Mumbai’s Sheriar Irani and Zubin Sanjana, from Salsette Parsi Colony, completed the rigorous trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp (EBC) on 22nd April, 2019. They started the trek from Surkhe, on 15th April, 2019 to reach Phakding, followed by Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, Dingboche, Thukla, Lobuche and Gorakshep, to finally reach the Everest Base Camp on the […]
Both – Parsi and Irani Zoroastrians are ethnically of Persian (Iranian) origin. Parsis who came to India about 300 years after the fall of the Sasanian Empire (i.e., around the tenth century A.D.) trace their ancestry back to the province of Khorasan, known in ancient times as Parthia. The city of Mashad is situated in […]
Hailing from Cuttack (Odisha, formerly Orissa), Xerxes Diniar Irani made history by becoming the first-ever contestant from Odisha to qualify for the ‘Culling Round’ of the popular Reality TV series, ‘Roadies Real Heroes’. Pitted against another hopeful participant during the auditions, Xerxes’ patience and physical abilities impressed judges – Rannvijay Singh, Neha Dhupia and Sandeep […]
Auckland’s Zoroastrian Community is all set to embrace Jamshedi Navroz with some good old Bawa humor, with the Parsi natak – ‘Tirangi Tehmul’, all thanks to the efforts of Benifer Porus Irani. An active community worker, Benifer connected with Rashna Mehta, the daughter of the play’s writer – late Dorab Mehta, to get the script […]
CRICKET Vidarbha Win Irani Cup 2019: Having won the Ranji Trophy title earlier, skipper Faiz Fazal, Coach Chandrakant Pandit and Team Vidarbha won the Irani Cup on virtue of first innings lead against Rest of India (ROI) at Nagpur. Electing to bat first ROI scored 330 in 89.4 overs during their first innings, courtesy an outstanding […]