International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8th March, offers an annual opportunity to reflect on progress made, to call for change, and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. As we celebrate International Women’s Day this year, the […]
This year, the pre-spring festival of Vasant Panchami coincides with Valentine’s Day on 14th February, 2024. Vasant (meaning spring) Panchami (meaning fifth or the festival falling on the fifth day of the Hindu month of Magha), is considered an auspicious day to begin any new venture. In like manner, Zoroastrians, especially in Iran celebrated Jashn-e-Sadeh on 30th January, 2024, fifty days […]
On 21st August, 2023, the BPP Trustees were invited to the capital to discuss concerns on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), in a consultative process set up by the 22nd Law Commission Of India, presided over by Chairman – Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi (Retd.) and other appointed members of the Law Commission. Adv. Zerick Dastur […]
16th July, 2023, marked the fifth anniversary of the popular ‘ZoroKids Classes’ – a prayer group initiated for our community’s tots with the aim of ingraining in them the beauty of our religion and setting them on the path of ‘Dharmagyan’ or religious wisdom. Around thirty-six excited ZoroKids, all dressed up in finery, converged at […]
As per the Zoroastrian Shahenshahi calendar we are now observing the twelfth and last month of the year namely Aspandarmad / Spendarmad. In fact, tomorrow (Sunday, 16th July 2023) marks the Parab of Aspandarmad (Roj Aspandarmad, Mah Aspandarmad). Since this holy month is dedicated to Spenta Armaity – the Divinity that presides over Mother Earth, […]
The Dar-e-Meher in Daman, which was undergoing renovation for a while has now been completely restored and is open to the people, all thanks to the generous benevolence of Kairus Dadachanji, Chairman of Dadachanji Group of Companies.
We often talk about our Holy Avesta Scriptures. However, what exactly are these scriptures? How many are extant and how many have been lost over the vicissitudes of time? Twenty-one volumes of Avesta: It is believed that there were originally twenty-one Nasks or volumes of the Avesta from the time of Asho Zarathushtra, which […]
Ardakan, the capital city of Ardakan County, and second major city in Iran’s Yazd Province, has applied for membership and been nominated in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. Two other Iranian cities – namely Hamedan and Kelardasht, have also been nominated alongside Ardakan. The historic city of Ardakan, located 60 kms from Yazd, is one […]
Dae Mah Jashan at Ashburner Agiary A Dae Mah Jashan will be performed at the Seth Cowasji Maneckji Ashburner Agiary on 4th June, 2023 (Roj -Daepdin, Mah Dae; YZ 1392), at 10.00 am. All Parsi/Irani Zoroastrians are warmly invited to attend. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Sett Agiary To Hold Dae Mah Jashan Sett Maneckji Nowroji Sett Agiary (Bazar […]
The Zoroastrian Youth Association (ZYA), Poona, partnered with J J Building Sports Committee to organise the very first chapter of the ‘All-Pune Parsee Indoor Sports Tournament’, over the last couple of weekends. Headed by Cyrus Malegamwala, the event had over 140 participants, from ages 10 to 78 years, vying to get top place competing in […]
In recent times, we have unfortunately reduced Gahambar to a travesty. In not-so-distant history, we have been witness to so-called Gahambars hosted by individuals who had aspired to become Trustees of certain community institutions or by those who won the elections. There is also a variety known as the ‘fee no Gahambar,’ which is a […]