The Russians have a commonly used phrase: ‘Doveryai no Proveryai’, meaning ‘Trust, but verify’! When dealing with an unknown person or stranger, you should take their talk on face value, but at the same time, verify what they are saying. Don’t blindly trust them, else they’d be able to manipulate and coerce you. The same […]
On the occasion of the 254th Anniversary of Atash Padsah of Navsari’s Pak AtashBehram, a Jashan was held at 9:30 am, under Vada Dasturji Raoji Maherji Rana along with Er. Homi Antya and Er. Freddy Palia, Trustee and Secretary, Er. Khurshed Homi Desai and twenty other Dasturjis. The place was packed with an attendance of […]
Established in 1991, the World Zoroastrian Organization Trust (WZOT), along with its sister concerns – WZO Trust for Women and Children (1993) and WZO Trust Funds (1995) – has been providing exemplary services to support, uplift and empower the underprivileged sections of our Zoroastrian community, as well as taking up causes crucial to the survival […]
Community members are aware that Global Working Group (GWG) – comprising the elected Parsi Irani Zoroastrian Federations, Associations in countries that do not have Federations and some prominent Zoroastrians – in keeping with the economic challenges faced by Mobeds (Priests) and widows of Mobeds, 60 years and above – had, due to the initiative and efforts […]
Over the past few months, the BPP’s renewed and assertive efforts – to retrieve Trust flats, in Parsi colonies and establishments under its purview, which are being wrongly kept unused yet locked by some Parsi beneficiaries – is bearing fruit. In a heartening and much appreciated turn of events, a number of such ‘holiday flats’, […]
The WZO Trust Funds’ 9th Annual Summer Camp kicked off with twenty-six enthusiastic Zoroastrian campers, aged nine to fourteen years, from Navsari and nearby villages, setting up camp at the Kilad Camp Site, developed by South Dang Forest Department in Taluka Vansda, Dist. Navsari, from May 4 to 8, 2019. Day-1 saw the excited campers […]
પારસી સેનેટોરિયમના ગ્રાઉન્ડમાં તા 28મી એપ્રિલ 2019ના દિને અમદાવાદના સુનામાઈ અને ફિરોઝ દાવર ચેરીટેબલ ટ્રસ્ટ તરફથી શેરીનું જમણનું આયોજન કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું. એપીપી (અમદાવાદ પારસી પંચાયત) ના ભૂતપૂર્વ ટ્રસ્ટી, પ્રોફેસર આરમઈતી ફિરોઝ દાવર દ્વારા 2017માં સ્થપાયેલા, તેમના માતા-પિતા, સુનામાઈ અને વિદ્વાન પ્રોફેસર ફિરોઝ દાવરની યાદમાં સ્થાપવામાં આવેલું ટ્રસ્ટ, પારસી અને કોસ્મોપોલિટન પરિવારોની જરૂરિયાતમંદ બાળકોને શૈક્ષણિક […]
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 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 […]
Navroze is celebrated worldwide, marking the welcome arrival of spring. Zarthostis get together to spread happiness, laughter, joy and last, but not the least, share great food! Parsi Times Reporter Binaisha M. Surti brings to you all the fun that took place, directly from the Dadar Parsi Colony Gymkhana grounds in Mumbai. The Mancherji […]