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New Kid on the Block – Burzis Ustad
Burzis Homi Ustad, from Auckland, New Zealand won three awards at the recently concluded competition held for hospitality professionals. The competition was conducted by NZ Chef Salon Association...
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Mother Teresa of Surat – Nergish Hadvaid
Friends I would love to share the story of a lady who has inspired me in a way to lead a better life, a more satisfied life. She has helped me to see a life with a completely different perspective. I...
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Mumbai’s 99-year-old iconic Parsi Dairy Farm may shut shop
Parsi Dairy Farm is on verge of closure. (TOI file photo) MUMBAI: For almost a century, Parsi Dairy Farm has fattened generations of Mumbaikars on its high-quality milk, butter, ghee, and an...
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Parsi Dairy Will Not Close, Say Owners
The owners of Parsi Dairy have told NDTV the shop will not close. MUMBAI: After reports raised alarm that the iconic Parsi Dairy on Princess Street in Mumbai may shut down, its owners have clarified...
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Yo Workouts !
As has been his practice of expressing gratitude to the Universe on his birthday every year, global holistic health guru Mickey Mehta is giving the wellness industry a gift on his 53rd birthday today....
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Tanya Computer Centre for Visually Challenged
Hear Tanya’s vision for Tanya Computer Centre. A centre that trains visually challenged students to use the computer and internet, using a screen reading software called JAWS. Hey all, This is for your...
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In ’65 War, His Plane Crashed in Pak. Then, a Great Escape.
In the early part of the 1965 war with Pakistan, Dara Phiroze Chinoy, a young Flying Officer with the Indian Air Force found himself suddenly trapped behind enemy lines. “An anti-aircraft shell had...
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Award of Distinction from UNESCO for JN Petit Institute
“Libraries are less in use and getting redundant, so this honour is great news for Mumbai,” admits Vikas Dilawari, conservation architect, whose efforts with his core team ensured that the stunning and...
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Ratan Tata invests in food tech start-up Holachef
Announcing the investment of an undisclosed sum, an overjoyed Saurabh Saxena, Co-Founder and CEO of Holachef, said, “Ratan Tata’s name and body of work is synonymous with trust and consumer focus. With...
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Cure for a rare form of migraine could lie with the Parsi community
Two researchers, two continents apart, join hands to conquer a migraine that’s baffling doctors by studying the Parsi gene, which could beneficial for disease mapping due to the community’s endogamous...
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Zoroastrians in Kurdistan
ZAMWI members were not alone in discounting information last year on this site, that the Kurdish Yezedis whom ISIL was then slaughtering besides raping their young girls and women and turning into sex...
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Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital
Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai In 1932, Lady Meherbai Tata passed away after battling leukaemia. It was around this time that her husband, Sir Dorabji Tata, decided to set up a facility of international...
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Mumbai’s pillar: The Parsi Community
After the decay of the Armenian dynasty what followed was with gradual rise a community that is well known today as the Parsis. The Holy faith introduced by their prophet, Zarathustra is recognized as...
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Parsi matrimonial courts: India’s only surviving jury trials
Five-member juries, usually comprising retired men and women, spend six hours in the Bombay high court for up to 10 days during a single session, granting or refusing divorces to disaffected Parsi...
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ZARINE KHARAS RECOGNISED WITH QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOUR
JustGiving co-founder and chief executive Zarine Kharas has been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list for her contribution to business and charity in the United Kingdom. She has been made a...
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A gem of a community
Yesterday’s Forbes list of billionaires confirmed what we’d always known: the Parsis are by far the most brilliant community in India. Because despite being 0.005 per cent of India’s population, not...
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There’s Something About Parsis!
Hindi films that churn the box-office mill have never been known to be kind to the diversity of the country’s culture. Without losing much sweat you will find the money-minting Gujarati, the...
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Jamsetji Tata – permanent exhibition
The Restored Birthplace of JAMSETJI N. TATA in Navsari, with a permanent exhibition on the life of the late pioneer of Indian industry, awaits you. In case you are visiting our “Dharam ni Tekri” a.k.a....
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Parsis out to welcome NaMo in San Jose, California. Sept 27, 2015
The Early arrivals The few who got there early to beat the other 38,000. They came from far and wide. Treasure Island, Morgan Hill, Sunnyvale, Foster City , Campbell, South San Francisco & San Jose...
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