‘She Believed She Could, So She Did!’ Dear Readers, It is rightly said that women are the real architects of society, cultures and even nations. A woman is the timeless symbolism of love, tenderness and beauty, but this should not be misconstrued as weakness… those who have, often end up learning the hard way, of […]
Tag: Volume 09- Issue 47
WZCC Pune Celebrates 15th Anniversary
29th February, 2020 marked the fifteenth anniversary celebrations of Pune’s World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC), at Hotel Aurora Towers. Established in 2004, the Pune chapter of WZCC had indeed come a long way and had numerous accomplishments to reminisce and be proud of in these glorious and fruitful fifteen years Speaking nostalgically on the […]
Community Benefits Greatly From WAPIZ’s Free Cancer Detection Camps
As the cases of breast cancer are on the rise, it is imperative for women to get themselves checked up regularly as early detection can be treated effectively. In order to convenience the breast-cancer check-up for our community’s women, last year WAPIZ initiated Free Breast Cancer Detection Camps in our colonies and baugs. On 23rd […]
India’s Serum Institute First To Test Coronavirus Vaccine
Human Trials Expected In Six Months Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd (SII) – the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses produced and sold globally – announced that a vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is expected to progress to human trials phase within six months. The vaccine candidate developed by SIIPL, […]
NMA Launches J N Tata Memorial Lecture Series
The Navsari Management Association (NMA), an initiative of Rotary Club of Navsari, has launched a lecture series dedicated to Jamsetji Tata – the pioneer and doyen of Indian Industries, and the illustrious ‘Son of Navsari’, on his birth anniversary dated 3rd March, 2020. This will be an annual event, with the first of the lecture […]
M J Dharmagnan Class Holds Gala Annual Day
On 2nd February, 2020, the Mancherji Joshi Dharmagnan Class at Dadar celebrated its Annual Prize Distribution Day at the Mancherji Joshi Hall of the Dadar Athornan Institute. Each year, the Annual Day is presided over by a Chief Guest who is an accomplished ex-student. This year, Counselling Psychologist and Classical Ballet dancer-cum-choreographer – Urveez Kakalia […]
Adar Poonawalla Bites The Biscuit!
Adar Poonawalla – the son of the community’s leading tycoon and one of the foremost names in the Indian and global pharma industry – the founder of Serum Institute of India, Cyrus Poonawalla – made his debut investment in India’s Food Service Sector. Adar has acquired a stake in a specialty coffee in biscuits, founded […]
A’bad’s SFDCT Holds Program Honoring Prof. Firoze C Davar
On the eve of 16th February, 2020, a number of Ahmedabad’s Parsi community members gathered at the Parsi Sanatorium for the Sheri Bhojan Program, sponsored by Dr. Armaity Davar, Managing Trustee of Late Sunamai and Firoze Davar Charitable Trust (SFDCT), which she manages in memory of her late parents. Daraysas Hoshangji Kavina, the grand-nephew of […]
TechKnow With Tantra: Kodi – Media Player
Kodi is a media player software. It is open source and free and is available across platforms. It can play almost any type of media. If you have any movies or TV shows already downloaded on your device, you can organize them and play them seamlessly through Kodi. Alternatively, you can watch content from a […]
Meher Yazad
‘Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering; There is a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in!’ – Leonard Cohen In the normal course of our daily prayers, we pray the Khorshed Nyaish and Meher Nyaish together, as they are the mandatory daily prayers that we must offer. […]
A Celebratory Eve At M J Wadia Agiary
The Muncherji Jamshetji Agiary was packed to the rafters as the Jashan ceremony got underway to celebrate the glorious 13th anniversary of the renovation of the Agiary and its hall, on the eve of Roj Meher – Mah Meher, 28th February, 2020. It also marks the day on which the ‘Structured Religious Course’ was initiated, […]