Our Ancestors In Iran, lived with the motto: “I am Free To Be Free, I Am Free To Be Me, I am Free To Be A Zarathushti I have the freedom to choose And, I have the freedom to choose wisely.” That is the emblem of freedom they carried with them when they migrated from […]
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Dr. Dolly Dastoor Elected Vice-Chair – Parliament Of World Religions
A great moment of pride for the global Zoroastrian community and especially FEZANA, as one of its star proponents – Dr. Dolly Dastur – has been recently elected as the Vice Chair on the Board of Trustees at the ‘Parliament of World Religions’. FEZANA shared the congratulatory message on social media, “Dolly is an active […]
Tata Sons To Construct iPhone Parts In New Manufacturing Plant In TN
Having taken up the task to ensure that India becomes Apple’s new manufacturing powerhouse for iPhones, Tata Sons is planning to setup a mobile phone and component manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu to make iPhone parts and is seeking up to $1 billion through overseas loans for the same, as per news sources. This plan […]
Crisis of Leadership in Parsi Trusts
Trustees of our Parsi Charitable Trusts are saddled with enormous legal, financial and moral responsibilities. Largely viewed as a thankless job, those on the seat of power often call it a ‘crown of thorns’. Yet, there are many who will spend vast sums of money and ‘move mountains’, so to say, to either attain or […]
Mah Bokhtar Mah Yazad Beresad – II (The Yasht Series)
I invite you to join me as I journey through the wonderful teachings shared in a Khordeh Avesta, which was printed in 1902 – more than a 100 years ago! Authored by Dinbai Sohrabji Engineer, the teachings, stories and notes in this book speak about the various powers of our prayers, while sharing anecdotes of […]
TechKnow With Tantra: Draw.io
Draw.io (https://www.draw.io/) is a free online charting tool to make all kinds of tables / charts / graphs / flowcharts / venn diagrams, etc. for business, engineering, software, networks and more. It lets you create any number of professional images, giving you full control over them. You can save your images as jpg, pdf or […]
Finding Your ‘Ikigai’
‘Ikigai’ – you’ve probably heard or seen the word. Or, maybe you’ve seen the multi-circle Venn diagram. A while ago, this book, ‘Ikigai’, with the serenely beautiful blue cover and a stylistic cherry blossom, started doing the rounds and immediately became a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Ikigai (pronounced ‘eye-ka-guy’) became a topic of conversation and […]
The Tremendous Power Of ‘Shukrana’
‘Shukrana’ or gratitude, means appreciation; and appreciation demands that we focus on the good within ourselves, in others, in the world and life itself. Authentic relationships and good relationships are formed and nurtured only because of gratitude. We appreciate only when we take absolutely nothing for granted and when we take this positive mental-about-turn, we […]
SP Group Launches Rs.700 Cr Residential Project In Pune
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group has announced a Rs. 700-crore residential project in Pune’s Hinjewadi, under the Joyville brand, in India. Joyville is a $ 200-million platform by Shapoorji Pallonji, ADB, IFC and Actis, for developing “aspirational housing projects” in India. The Joyville project in Pune, Sensorium, is spread over 10 acres and will have 1,100 […]
Iranian Zoroastrians Observe Azargan Online Due To Pandemic
The annual festival of ‘Azargan’, which was on November 23, 2020 (Manouchehr Arghavani), was celebrated online this year due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic which has gripped the world. In ancient Iran, Azargan was practiced along with other major national festivals like Noruz, Mehregan, and Arghavani. The head of Yazd Zoroastrians Association shared that […]
Doongerwadi – No Fly Zone
Clarifications By BPP Trustees Kersi Randeria And Noshir Dadrawala On 4th December, 2020, the BPP had issued a public notice to the community related to the issue of violation of Doongerwadi’s status as a ‘No Fly Zone’, which did not carry the statements of Trustees Noshir Dadrawala and Kersi Randeria, who had provided reasons for […]