A good number of the Zoroastrian population in Perth partook of a well organised Jashan and Ghambar on the 5th of July, 2020. At least a hundred humdins attended the Dae Mahino Jashan ceremony, which was to take place earlier but was delayed due to the pandemic restrictions. With the Australian government recently relaxing the […]
Last week, Neville Sanjana, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at New York University (NYU) and at NYU’s School of Medicine, was awarded the prestigious ‘Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers’ (PECASE), as announced by the White House. These awards identify outstanding scientists and engineers who will broadly advance science and […]
On July 4th, 2020, the Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC) held an outdoor event – a day of cultivating vegetable plants at the ZAC Center – organized by our ZAC Youth coordinator – Dr. Armaiti May, along with Marina Batliwalla and her children – Avamehr, Rasha, and Rishad; Armaiti’s mother – Dhun May; Vista – an invitee […]
Over the course of the previous month, the XYZ Foundation held its fun ‘Junoon In June’ challenges, which included simple, one-minute easy and fun challenges set by different XYZ group members, with a whopping 2,232 participants over the course of the month! These challenges served as great stress busters and kept the participants engaged, healthy […]
Since we are following the mandatory social distancing and places of worship are closed, we are offering an opportunity for our humdins to participate in the Muktad prayers through Zoom (digital platform) from their own homes. Some people may not be in favor of performing ceremonies over Zoom but we have to do our best in the given circumstances. Hence, considering […]
The fourth part of ‘The Zen Series’ shares the short story about the man on the horse… “A horse suddenly came galloping quickly down the road. It seemed as though the man had somewhere important to go. Another man, who was standing alongside the road, shouted, “Where are you going?” and the man on the […]
Switch on the TV and there’s news of the coronavirus. Read any newspaper – same old news. Talk to anybody and they’ll talk about how everybody is getting the virus! But, not everyone is getting it. Some people, it seems, catch every bug, germ and virus while others never seem to fall ill. WHY? It’s […]
Zarathushtra best reveals Thee, Ahura Mazda, to mankind. One of mind with Amesha Spentas, the Archangels, he spoke with the tongue of the Amesha Spentas. He was beloved of both men and angels. His sublime life became an unfailing source of solace and comfort of all. His heart beat in sympathy with the throbs of […]
This is a simple app which allows you to stitch upto 9 images together and load them onto Instagram, which otherwise allows you to add only one image at a time. This way, you can combine multiple images into one collage pic. You can also tweak various parameters of pics including the size, border width […]
Success, Failure And The Numbers Game… Dear Readers, With Board results out this week, we had a good number of excited parents and grandparents sharing with PT the academic successes of our talented and hard-working young students, who had made us all proud with their fabulous results. As always, PT’s ‘Parsi Pride Brigade’ (Pg. 4) […]
I don’t know how many of you out there love the monsoon as much as I, but the onset of this season somehow always brings a smile to my face… born in August on the day, supposedly when Mumbai was hit by one of the worst deluges in years. Perhaps the first sounds I heard […]