Dear Readers, Before all else, I simply have to thank you for the overwhelming participation we received for PT’s ‘EGGstra-Special: World Egg Day Contest’! How absolutely indispensable the unassuming ‘Eedu’ is, to our daily meals, is a given… which is why I knew this contest would draw a good number of entries, but nothing could […]
Scout participants Rayaan Dadiburjor and Rayan Deventri of Sethna Scouting Society and 6 IST participants Jehangir Foroogh of 32 West Bombay and Vistasp Pochara, Hoshedar Pochara, Khushroo Pastakia, Baeshaz Pastakia and Sohrab Sethna from Sethna Scouting Society, represented India at the 24th World Scout Jamboree, which was in West Virginia, USA, last month. The Jamboree […]
CRICKET Virat Kohli Brings Victory For Indian In 2nd T20: An outstanding knock of an unbeaten 72 from India skipper and Man of the Match Virat Kohli helped India win the second T20 by seven wickets against South Africa, at Mohali. Batting first, South Africa scored 149-5 in 20 overs, as Quinton de Kock made […]
The 12th World Zoroastrian Congress (WZC 2022) will be held in New York, USA, in 2022, hosted by ZAGNY (Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York), a member of FEZANA (Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America). The organizing team of the WZC2022 has announced a competition to design a logo for the Congress which celebrates the […]
The 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace (RFP), held from 20th – 23rd August, 2019, in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany, took place in partnership with the Foundation Peace Dialogue of the World Religions and Civil Society. Over 800 senior religious leaders, youth and women of faith from over 125 countries participated in the Assembly, which celebrated the theme, […]
Four hundred Zarathushti youth from across the world (India, Pakistan, UK, UAE, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Iran, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kenya and the host nation USA) gathered at the beautiful Pacific Palms Resort in California, USA, to participate in the week-long, 7th World Zoroastrian Congress (7WZYC), hosted by California Zoroastrian Center (CZC), which kicked off […]
The 24th World Scout Jamboree, which will be held at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia, USA, from 22nd July to 2nd August, 2019, will witness the participation of Zoroastrian scouts and scouters from all over the world. A Humbandigi prayer, led by Scouter Ervad Ratansha Vakil, will be performed on […]
On 21st June,2019, Pune’s chapter of the World Zarthusti Chamber Of Commerce (WZCC) held a Members’ Nite as part of its regular networking meetings, attended by over fifty members and guests, at Hotel Shree Panchratna. Tehmasp Bharucha, Chapter Chair, Pune, and Director, WZCC-India, gave a warm welcome to all and spoke about the WZCC Global […]
12-year-old Pearl Amalsadiwala, from Salsette Parsi Colony (Andheri East), is proving to be quite the Table Tennis prodigy, especially with her recent win at the prestigious fifth edition of the ‘Mumbai Super League’ (MSL) – a franchise based team tournament at a Mumbai Level, on the lines of the IPL. Conducted by the Mumbai and […]
Would it be right to say that Comedy King Diniyar Contractor is no more? One could turn philosophical and say that he is no more in body on the stage of planet earth. But, even this would be incorrect, because the body of his work on stage and screen will continue to entertain and inspire […]
Many in this life forget that they have a mission to fulfil and a duty to discharge. Idlers lounge on the lawn, the negligent spend their time in merry making and the epicures live for the chase of pleasure and amusement, before Thou, Ahura Mazda, dost give them a rude awakening to reality and rouse […]