Every death is a loss and grief for the ones left behind. If an old person dies, it can be seen as completeness of that life, but the death of any child is untimely, tragic and heartrending. Life had barely begun and seemed to hold so much promise for the child and its family and then […]
On his wedding day, is invoked upon the bridegroom, the blessing that he may make a name for himself greater than one made by his father for himself. Thy devotee beseeches Thee through Thy fire, that Thou shouldst help him to win name and fame for himself in life. In the rock inscriptions at Mount […]
January (Lucky No. 3; Lucky Card: Empress): An excellent start of the new month for you. You will relish a sense of authority and power. An especially good time for the ladies. This month brings you contentment, peace and love. Celebration is on the cards! February (Lucky No. 2; Lucky Card: High Priestess): Remember that nothing but […]
The Community’s Charter of Co-Existence For Peace And Harmony A long time ago, in the year 1914, some of our stalwarts from the community joined hands for a worthy cause – to bring peace and harmony in the community, by proposing to draft a ‘Charter of Co-existence’. That was a great idea, but somehow it […]
The Director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and the Trustees of the Henry Barber Trust will organize the exhibition launch of ‘A Tale of Two Empires: Rome and Persia’, at the University of Birmingham, UK, on the 9th of May, 2019. The Welcome note will be given by ZTFE’s (Zoroastrian Trust Funds of […]
WAPIZ has tied up with the Dr. N K Dhabhar Trust to hold FREE Breast Cancer Camps for the first time in all Parsi colonies and Baugs, starting out with the first camp to be held in Godrej Baug on Sunday 12th May, 2019. These camps will have a team of doctors and technicians who will […]
. On 27th April, 2019, the 71st EBZB (East Bombay Zoroastrian Bharat) Guides, brought the curtains down on its year-long Silver Jubilee celebrations, with the final event commemorating 25 glorious years of the institution, at The Alexandra Girls’ English Institution. Presiding over the evening’s festivities, which drew an audience of over two hundred people, was […]
The inauguration function of the 33rd Holiday Programme for Youth (HPY) was held on 28th April, 2019 at JB Vachha Girls’ High School, Dadar. 160 participants from Mumbai and various other parts of the country were all set to enjoy, learn, adapt and make the most of the memorable month. The Organising Committee comprising Huzan […]
On 2nd May, 2019, Pakistan-based eminent painter, Jimmy Engineer was felicitated with the 13th Habib Jalib Peace Award, at the Arts Council in Karachi. Engineer thanked the Award Committee for bestowing the honour on him. He shared that the late Jalib was the people’s much loved poet, who struggled all his life for the rights […]
On 28 April, 2019 Ahmedabad’s Sunamai and Firoze Davar Charitable Trust held its first ‘Sheri nu Jaman’ at Parsi Sanitarium Grounds. Founded in 2017 by APP’s (Ahmedabad Parsi Panchayat) ex-trustee, Prof. Armaity Firoze Davar, in memory of her parents, Sunamai and the scholarly Prof. Firoze Davar, the Trust provides educational aid and support to needy […]
The Emotion: WORRY More often than not our lives are ruled by worry… Of things not happening as they should (fear of failure); of things actually happening (fear of success); relationships not being proper or as a consequence of over-protectedness… the list goes on. People who are more prone to being nervous by nature […]