S B Mistry & Sons – selling Liquor since 169 years
It’s been 169 years since S.B Mistry & Sons began selling foreign and country liquor to the people of Nashik . It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to be able to reach at this level and...
View ArticleEXPERIENCES OF MY SOJOURN AT NAVSARI
By Dara M. Rivetna, Chicago. My dear wife Dinsoo passed away at the WZO Trust Funds Senior Citizens Centre at Navsari on 24th December 2015 around 7 am. I reside in Chicago, but for the last many years...
View ArticleRatan Tata Backs This Engineer’s Generous Plan To Save Stray Dogs Around The...
Shantanu Naidu is an engineer at Tata Elxsi but more than that, he is a man with a golden heart. This 24-year-old engineer from Pune is winning hearts for his wonderful contribution for man’s best...
View ArticleFravahar Island in the Persian Gulf
The plan for building an artificial island in the shape of fravahar in the Persian Gulf is under completion .The agreed confirmation for this project has also been issued. This island is being built on...
View ArticlePUNE’S FIRST BOUTIQUE HERITAGE THEME MALL
Pune: Dorabjee’s Royale Heritage Mall or DRHM for short is a boutique mall having 4 lac sq. ft. of space which was inaugurated today at the hands of Hon. M.L.A., Smt. Madhuri tai Misal. Present...
View ArticleThus Shines Zarathustra
A two-month exhibition aimed at reviving interest in the Parsi community will open in New Delhi on March 19; it’s called ‘Everlasting Flame’ and it shines a light on Zoroastrianism and its followers....
View ArticleCyrus The Great Recognized By Israel
NOTE: We as Zoroastrians are very proud of our early Persian history and culture. Besides what is stated below, Cyrus is also recognized for The Cyrus Cylinder which was inscribed with the words of...
View ArticleBREAKING NEW GROUND
The efforts of the Hong Kong based Jal and Pervin Shroff’s family to provide a long-term, economically viable solution for The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital (PGH) moved a step closer to reality....
View ArticleWant to get an insight into the Parsi way of life? This cultural festival is...
Soak in the ethos and evolution of India’s dwindling Parsi community at a three-month long festival. We know them as dressed in mostly white, with prayer caps, cooking great food and very...
View ArticleEverlasting Flame: Ambitious exhibition on bright Parsi heritage
Everlasting Flame: Ambitious exhibition on bright Parsi heritage Showcasing the rich heritage of the Parsi-Zoroastrian community, the Everlasting Flame exhibition is perhaps the most ambitious in...
View ArticleCHURNING OUT MAMAIANS FOR 95 YEARS, AND STILL GOING STRONG
Mama School Karachi the Celebration of 95th anniversary of mama parsi school on 1-4-2013 People build institutions and then it is the other way around. The Mama Parsi Girls’ School, which turned 95 on...
View ArticleShireen Mistry awarded honorary MBE by Prince William
Press Trust of India | Mumbai April 11, 2016 Last Updated at 18:22 IST Shireen D Mistry, former Head of Communications and Public Affairs of the British Deputy High Commission for Western India, was...
View ArticleA warm Welcome to ADAR YAZAD
A warm Welcome to ADAR YAZAD The ninth day of the month and the ninth month of the year in the Parsi calendar is dedicated to Adar Yazad. For all those who are numerically inclined, Adar is the only...
View ArticleMATHEMAGICIAN MINOO JOKHI ENTHRALLS AHMEDABAD
Mathemagician Minoo Jokhi recently had a 7 day visit to Ahmedabad where he left a deep impression in the minds of the people. Minoo performed before the Rotary Club of Ahmedabad Metro, Rotary Club of...
View ArticleUdvada finally gets a police station, near fire temple
The town is home to a dwindling Parsi-Irani population, now numbering no more than a hundred, with mostly senior citizens, who are easy targets of crime. mid-day had reported about a dilapidated...
View ArticleWHAT DOES BOLLYWOOD HAVE IN COMMON WITH PARSI THEATRE?
Over the years, Parsi theatre has staged tales through dance and drama – and its productions have had an impact on Indian cinema The Buckingham Secret Think ‘theatre’, and the first name that comes to...
View ArticleFrazan Adil Kotwal
yderabad shared Jam-e-Jamshed‘s post. Jam-e-Jamshed added 2 new photos. #Jame #ParsiAchiever Frazan Adil Kotwal, a 23-year-old Mobed from Pune, is also an Opera singer (baritone). Frazan has...
View ArticleA PARSI TRUPTI, PLEASE
Parsi women have tolerated discrimination for over a century, and there’s no-one to fight for them. Trupti Desai’s efforts to seek equality between the sexes in matters of worship have been on the...
View ArticleParsis turn to cremations as vultures disappear from skies
Mumbai: Kaikobad Rustomfram always thought that when he died vultures would feast on his body, as is Zoroastrian tradition. But then the scavenging birds disappeared from India’s skies. The...
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