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 […]
Mercury Rising… And Resurrection Dear Readers, Even as we welcome the Spring season, summer seems to have snuck in alongside, with temperatures already starting to rise all over. Experts attribute this rise in daytime temperatures, especially in Mumbai, to a phenomenon called ‘global brightening’, which results from reduced cloud cover, allowing more sunlight to reach the […]
The Story till now (in brief)… Frenymai, an adventurous 80-year-young lady liked trying out anything and everything she read in newspapers, Facebook or Instagram. She had tried her hand at Yoga, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Mudras, Swimming, Skating, Golf, Dancing – in short, everything except stepping into the kitchen to cook a decent meal for her husband […]
Over 900 people – members and guests – descended upon Mumbai’s Parsee Gymkhana (PG) on 21st March, 2024, to celebrate the traditional equinoctial festival of Jamshedi Navroze. The occasion was graced by dignitaries – Rahul Narvekar – Hon. Speaker of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha; Makarand Narvekar – Municipal Corporator (Colaba constituency) and Sir Ron Khalifa […]
Continuing the tradition of setting the Haft-seen table at the Bai Virbaiji Soparivala Parsi High School, the Zoroastrian staff and students welcomed the ‘year of the blue whale’, on 20th March, 2024, with a lavish table arrangement of Navroze’s seven symbolisms as also other items celebrating Spring and Ahura Mazda’s gift to us. The occasion […]
Binaifer Nowrojee – human rights lawyer from Kenya, will become the first woman ever to lead Open Society Foundations (OSF) – a titan of funding for progressive causes and global human rights. Her appointment ends a 3-year period of restructuring for the pro-democracy organisation. She brings to the table an impressive resume, having spent years […]
The auspicious Ava Yazad Parab was celebrated amidst much religious fervour and a large attendance of devotees, at the Bhikha Behram Well, on 22nd March, 2024. A Jashan was performed by Mobeds of Patel Fire temple (Mazagaon) and Er. Pourush Kamdin, Er. Rumi Panthaki, Er. Hormaz Aibara and Er. Rukhshad B. Panthaki were presented with […]
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 […]