The Zoroastrian Women’s Assembly of Surat (ZWAS) recently celebrated Women’s Day 2024, at the International Folklore Dance Fest 2.0, organised by Surat’s Taal Group, a Dance troupe by Krutika Shah and friends. The amphitheatre at Surat Science Centre came alive with vibrant gold and pink hues, commemorating friendship, femineity and festivity, celebrating Stree Shakti in […]
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ZWAS Spreads Festive Cheer At Surat’s Nariman Home
The dynamic ladies of the Zoroastrian Women’s Assembly Of Surat (ZWAS) helped spread much cheer among the residents of Nariman Home, an old age home, in Surat. Keeping up to its ideal of service before self, this group of enthusiast women gathered at Nariman Home and greatly succeeded in ensuring that the silvers felt special […]
Surat’s D N Modi Atash Behram Holds Glorious Bicentennial Celebrations
On 1st October, 2023, Surat’s Sheth Dadabhoy Nusserwanji Modi Atash Behram celebrated its glorious 200 year- anniversary celebrations, with great fervour and joy. The newly painted Atash Behram was adorned with garlands and thronged by about 4,000 devotees, through the day. A Hama Anjuman Macchi commenced at 7:00 am, by offering seven logs of sandalwood […]
Surat’s Parsi Pragati Mandal Celebrates Independence Day
Known for conducting various cultural and social programmes for the Zoroastrian community in Surat, the city’s Parsi Pragati Mandal (PPM) celebrated India’s Independence Day amidst much patriotic pomp and splendour. A fancy dress competition and talent show, across different age categories, was organised in the Pak Kadim Atashbehram Saheb compound to unleash the budding talents. […]
Daman’s Newly Renovated Merwanji Navroji Manekji Dar-e-Meher Holds Khushali-nu-Jashan
The Shree Daman Vapi Parsi Jarthosty Anjuman organised a ‘Khushali nu Jashan’, at the recently refurbished Merwanji Navroji Manekji Dar-e-Meher, in Daman, on 15th July, 2023 (Roj Shehrevar, Mah Asfandarmad; 1392 YD). The extensive restoration of the Dar-e-Meher was facilitated by the munificence and generosity of donors – Dadachanji Group of Companies, represented by Kairus […]
ZWAS Holds Exciting Summer Camp
The community’s premiere children’s institution in Surat – ‘Zoroastrian Women’s Assembly Of Surat; (ZWAS), organised the fun-filled ZWAS Summer Camp for about 57 excited children, from 5th – 7th May, 2023. The children, divided into three age-based groups, were taught to make name plates and pen stands by Daizy Patel and Keshmira Cama, while Mahazarin […]
WIRI Felicitates Parsi Women Achievers
On 31st August, 2021, the WIRI (Women In Rotary India) group hosted Parsi New Year festivity online, by conferring the ‘WIRI group Excellence Awards’ on Parsi personality, legendary thespian Padma Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia and women achievers who have made their mark in a man’s world with grace, strength, intelligence and fearlessness – notably, Maharukh […]
Chaalo Udvada for IUU 2019!!!
For all of us who have been patiently awaiting the third edition of the grand ‘Iranshah Udvada Utsav 2019’, it’s finally here!! Commencing Friday, 27th to 29th December, 2019, IUU2019 has a gala experience in store for you! Living up to its reputation, IUU2019 is the world’s largest Zoroastrian platform for Zaroastrians to come together […]