CRICKET ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 India Vs. South Africa: Rohit Sharma Rocks India’s Opening Match: An outstanding century from ‘Man of the Match’, Rohit Sharma (122), with Yuzvendra Chahal’s four wicket haul (4-51) helped India start their World Cup campaign with a 6-wicket win against South Africa at the Rose Bowl, Southampton, England. Batting […]
10-year-old Raamin Sanjana, son of Kaneeza and Er. Zubin Sanjana, was ordained Navar on Roj Daep-din, Mah Dae YZ 1388, at Malcolm Baug’s Bai Motlibai Wadia Adaran in Jogeshwari, under the guidance of Er. Eric Dastur and Er. Khushru Kanga. Er. Raamin is the grandson of Freny and (Late) Soli Bhagat and grandson of Er. […]
Aryan Patel, from GN Khalsa College (Matunga), scored 89.53% in the HSC Board exams in the Commerce stream. The son of delighted parents, Navil and Hufriz Patel, Aryan secured a fantastic 99% in Accountancy and 94% in OCM. Crediting his success to my parents, “they stood by me like my pillar of strength,” says Aryan. […]
Mumbai’s Meher Bhandara has been at the forefront of launching a pioneering technology that makes water out of air. 67-year-old Meher is one of the founders of WaterMaker (India) Pvt Ltd, an organisation that manufactures ‘Atmospheric Water Generators’ (AWG), which employs a technology that uses optimised dehumidification techniques to extract and condense moisture in the […]
9-year-old (Er.) Verzan Karkaria, son of proud parents Jennifer and Er. Cherag Sam Karkaria, was ordained Navar on 2nd June, 2019, at Kappawalla Agiary (Tardeo, Mumbai), under the able guidance of Panthaki Er. Zubin Dalal, Er. Adil Bhesania and Er. Farshid Dalal. The Navar ceremony at Kappawalla Agiary was performed after a gap of over […]
FEZANA UN-NGO Committee has appointed Sabrina Bilimoria as the Youth Representative to the United Nations. Sabrina graduated from the University of Michigan in 2017 with a BA in International Studies and Psychology – with an academic focus on Human Rights, International Law, and Social Psychology. Her honors thesis analyzed the impact of democratic reconstruction on […]
The Chairman and Trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet deeply mourn the sad demise of veteran thespian Dinyar Contractor (77), the High Priest of Humour on the Parsi Stage in the true tradition of the one and only Adi Marzban. It was in the fitness of things that he regaled huge audiences with his caustic […]
The Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League (CBUSWL) held its customary Dae Mahino Jashan celebrations on June 1, 2019, with two Jashans – one performed at the Cusrow Baug Gym premise, followed by the other, at the Sir Cusrow Wadia Pavilion. Post the ceremony, a large gathering of Cusrow Baug (CB) residents, across all […]
All superhero and science fiction films should come with a cautionary rider: if any part of the film, especially its premise, comes across as deja vu, the viewer is deemed to have been watching too many of this genre! It’s 1975 and a young girl, Jean Grey’s super powers causes a major crash in which […]
The Bhagarsath Anjuman of Navsari has elected seventy-four-year-old Ervad (now Dastur) Kaikhushru Cowasji Ravji as the eighteenth successor to the ecclesiastical seat and title of MeherjiRana. Earlier, the seventeenth MeherjiRana Dastur Kaikhushroo Navroze Dastoor had succeeded Dastur Meherji Dastur Kekobad, in January 2010. This would be an appropriate time to gain a brief yet adequate understanding […]
In keeping with tradition, the successor to the Meherjirana Gaadi was announced after the Uthamna of Vada Dasturji Kaikhashru Navroji Dasturji, 17th Meherjirana. 74-year-old Er. Kaikhushru Cowasji Ravji, a Yozdathregar Mobed, was anointed as the 18th heir to the Meherjirana Gaadi (priestly seat) by the Bhagarsath Anjuman of Navsari. Sharing more information about him, Er. […]