On the 20th of August, 2016, which marked the Birth Anniversary of India’s Ex-PM, Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi, the Mumbai Congress Minority Wing (MCMW) felicitated select members of the Parsi community for their achievements, with the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Awards’, at the YIAMAS Hall, in South Mumbai. Chief Guest, MP, Ashok Raoji Chavan (President, Maharashtra […]
1) Zoroastrians.Net: Can be defined as a holistic ‘Resource Base’ for any Parsi! Categories offered include food, Parsi galleries, matrimony, job vacancies, navjote ceremonies, prayers, future dates and months in all three Zoroastrian calendars and more. Check out the website: zoroastrians.net 2) The Parsi Directory: Provides structured and tabulated comprehensive information, to facilitate quicker, more […]
The MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) has created a Greater Mumbai Disaster Management Authority (GMDMA) which is doing wonderful work for the last several years. Please visit their website at http://dm.mcgm.gov.in/ for resources on the following : Live Updates on weather, rainfall, high-tides, diversion of traffic, rail schedules Complete List – Ward-wise – on […]
Elevate is a brain training program designed to improve your attention, speaking skills, vocabulary, computing skills and much more. Each person is provided with his own training program which improvises as he takes each test. Depending on individual skills and gaps, the program takes you through various levels of tests – if you do well, […]
The popular Uthamna SMS Service brought to you by Yazdi Tantra, is now available on Whatsapp – especially helpful to those living outside India. To subscribe, add (+91)9892219340 to your contact list and message the word “Subscribe” to this number on Whatsapp, to activate the service of receiving daily Uthamna daily. (You could unsubscribe by […]
We all have issues regarding the data speed provided by our Service Provider – be it Airtel, Vodafone, MTNL, Idea or Reliance. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is taking this very seriously. Reporting by the Service Provider is erratic and sometimes misleading. So, the best way to handle this is to put the […]
Reaching Soon is the answer to one of the most often asked questions on your Mobile Phone – “Where are you?” You can locate your friends and family on the move, using this App, with the help of GPS. You can add as many friends/ relatives as you want, at a time. The recipient of […]
Very often we come across plants, flowers and fruits and are unable to identify them. Pl@ntNet is an image sharing and retrieval app which helps in identification of plants, flowers and fruits. It is developed by scientists from four French research organizations and the Tela Botanica network. Once you install the app, just choose an […]
We all use WiFi at home and at work. WiFi Analyser helps us get the best signal strength for our devices. Once you have downloaded and installed the WiFi Analyser, click on the menu and go and lookup the Channel Graph. The Channels will be listed on the X-Axis and the signal strength is on […]
A few decades ago, when Parsi mums prided their sons saying, “Mohro dikro toh Bank ma saari naukri par lagelo chhe,” Yazdi Tantra chose not to conform to the norm of the day as a bank-employee. Instead, he made mommy even prouder by pursuing his passion for IT and computers – a relatively nascent industry […]
We often have difficulty in transferring files to and from friends and family – whether music, video or photographs, when we are face to face. Mostly, we use either a cable, an internet connection or Dropbox or Google Drive, each of which involves several steps to achieve the desired goal. In comes 4 Shareapps. Once […]