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Workshop for Priestly Development: Jiyo Parsi
Dear Friends, For many years we have been discussing the importance of giving respect to our Priests and enabling them to become Pastors to the Parsi community, as are the Catholic Priests as well as...
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PARSI INGENUITY AT ITS BEST
I have a dreaded fear that I am sharing in the open. When I grow old, I may become feeble. When I become old, my children may be far from me. When I grow old, I may become lonely. In perhaps no other...
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Generic Drug Names
Medicines are prescribed (by doctors) by brand name not by the generics (Ingredients). Hence we end up paying more money for the same medicine. The following websites help you find substitutes for...
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Nisaba Godrej named chairperson of Godrej Consumer
Nisaba Godrej will take over as the executive chairperson of the Godrej Consumer Products from her father Adi Godrej. Nisaba Godrej will take over as the executive chairperson of the Godrej Consumer...
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Does Muslim Prayer Come From Zoroastrianism?
A viewer asks, “Some people (among theme are some “Quranist” muslims) say that our 5 daily prayers are borrowed from zoroastrianism, because according to the claimants zoroastrians pray 5 daily “namaz”...
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Dastur Khurshed Dastoor of Udvada appointed on the National Minorities...
Khushed Dastoor, a high priest of the Parsi community has been appointed as the Zoroastrian representative on the National Commission for Minorities. His appointment comes amidst the bickering within...
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Farida Master in New Zealand!
A typical Bandra girl with a disciplined upbringing under the strict eye of Roman Catholic nuns, Farida Master moved to the pensioner’s paradise of Pune in the eighties to start the iconic Citadel...
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ZOROASTRIANISM
Pen may be mightier Than the sword The “Holy Word” Is very powerful potent Of them all! Everyone has the same eyes But no one has the same view! “The sovereignity is not good Let there be one sovereign...
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How Parsi Refugees From Yesterday Became Citizens of Today
Let alone India’s first cotton mill, first steel plant and first institute for fundamental research in science, we have Parsi Theatre to thank for the musical routines of Bollywood! In the last few...
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FACING THE BAN
Despite a 72-hour ban on Facebook, blogger Jehangir Bisney vows to remain outspoken “I am quite clueless why Facebook imposed the ban on me. I never post anything vulgar. Yes, my posts, especially on...
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Dr. Roozan Bharucha – innovator
Dr. Roozan Bharucha is a proposer and innovator of the AI-Prosthetic Device Group research conducted and completed at the SystemX Research Centre. The entire article of the Press Release of the SystemX...
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Meet Pune’s young and rising
Daniel Dorabjee, 27, director, Dorabjee’s Royale Heritage Mall Daniel joined the family’s iconic business at Dorabjee at the age of 18 and runs the Royale Heritage Mall with his dad in the city. He...
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Documentary on TAQ KASRA, the capital of Persian Empire
Dear Friends @ Zoroastrians Net, I am working on a documentary film about TAQ KASRA, the capital of Persian Empire in Sasanian era and the world largest brickwork vault. I have been in Iraq twice in...
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Wanted: Parsi Engineer for Mumbai Metro
The HP Wadia trust, managing the fire temple, has asked MMRC officials to find a ‘Parsi civil engineer’ for conducting the survey from inside the temple as non-Parsis are not allowed inside the...
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Aava Water Bags Global Awards
Aava Water Wins another Global Award For Superior Taste In Brussels On 14 June 2017, Aava Natural Mineral Water- India’s highest selling Natural Mineral Water, was judged by an independent panel out of...
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Good climate, low rents draw Parsis to Pune
Shernavaz Katrak was driving her car in Mumbai in 2004 when an army truck crossed the median and crushed her vehicle. The accident left her with multiple fractures in her arms, legs and hips. And...
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Success Story – Ruzbeh Gev Master
Ruzbeh Gev Master, a 19 years young engineering student from Surat has designed the world’s first all wheel drive bike and has gained an entry in the Limca Book of Records. He has received an...
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Iran’s Yazd City Inscribed on World Heritage List
The historical city of Yazd in central Iran has become the country’s 22nd world heritage site after the World Heritage Committee voted in favor of its inscription on Sunday during the committee’s 41st...
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A LITTLE LIVING BEFORE DYING
A better death is as important as a good life, say the founders of two of the city’s newest palliative and end-of-life care centres. Nobody thought he would be able to play the piano again. But before...
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Cdr Kavina passed away in Australia last week
Cdr Kavina passed away in Australia last week, Indian Navy attended funeral The Karachi harbour attack by a group of three small missile boats of the Indian Navy — stretched to their endurance...
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