Heartiest Congratulations and Best Wishes for a Shining and Successful Future to our Young Guns… Clever Kiyona! 15-year-old Kiyona Adil Driver, from Walsingham House School, secured 97% in her ICSE Boards. Residing at Gamadia Colony with her proud parents – Ferzin and Adil Driver, Kiona is an artist at heart, drawing Mandalas, painting and sketching. […]
January (Lucky No. 17; Lucky Card: Star): This is the time for you to take care of your health. Finances will be stable. You are an expert at what you do and you will be able to deliver some of your best efforts at your workplace. Remember to follow your intuition. Learn how to move […]
Bringing even greater pride onto our community, two Gujarat-based, extraordinary, shining Parsi stars will be bestowed the distinguished ‘Gujarat Gaurav Ratna Award’ for their exemplary contributions to the State and society. Surat-based, iconic Gujarati theatre personality and recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri award, our most cherished actor par excellence – Yazdi Karanjia; and much […]
Almost every religious tradition observes a day or days for remembering their near and dear departed ones. They say grief is the last act of love that we offer to those we loved; and remembering them is akin to breathing life into their fading presence from our life. Most humans, by nature, are ritualistic and […]
To commemorate 101 glorious years of service in developing young Parsi boys into responsible citizens and Zoroastrians, the 16th East Zoroastrian Bharat Scout Group (EZBSG) and Young Zoroastrian Society (YZS) organised the annual day virtual celebrations on 1st August, 2021. A thanksgiving Jashan conducted by members and Er. Viraf Pavri (Panthaki, B C Batliwala Agiary), […]
The WZCC, Pune organized a very interesting and insightful webinar on Saturday, 10th April 2021, on the relevant, yet rather mysterious topic of the Dark Web. Titled, ‘A Journey Through The Dark Web’, our guide through this formidable terrain was the young and dynamic Meherzad Motafaram, Partner, PROTEQme Cyber Solutions. He shared some rather startling […]
With never-before surges in Covid-19 infection every day, a vaccine shortage in India couldn’t have come at a worse time, as India breaks daily records of spikes in COVID positive cases. Mumbai is experiencing its worst-ever wave of Covid-19 yet, and the most acute vaccine shortage in the country. The State has sent repeated requests […]
The Joke’s On Us… Again! Dear Readers, We just can’t seem to help it – we simply have to end up making fools of ourselves on a national platform, regularly. Only, this time, it’s about the disagreement regarding the BPP elections. I find two issues most disparaging… firstly, the fact that our leaders are unable […]
Every year on 8th March, Women’s Day is celebrated across the world. In India, on this day, special recognition is given to the contribution women make to society. The National Commission for Minorities celebrated International Women’s Day 2021 at their office in New Delhi, where eight dynamic women, belonging to minority communities, who had impacted […]
“Stop the Steal” was a term coined by supporters of former US President Donald Trump, who could not cope with the fact that their President got voted out because Joe Biden supposedly “stole” the elections, by allegedly rigging it. In the case of the Parsi community, no aspiring candidate allegedly rigged nor stole the hot […]
This past year has been very challenging for me. My husband, Yazdi Desai, suffered a stroke last April and it’s been emotionally grueling to adjust to the stresses and strains of his illness. We decided to submit Yazdi’s resignation from the BPP as Chairman and Trustee last December, when we realized his recovery would take […]