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Dr Rupa Bai Furdoonji – The World’s First Female Anaesthesiologist!
Furdoonji’s tryst with the medical field began in her hometown at the Hyderabad Medical School (HMS), in the erstwhile capital city of the Nizam’s dominion in the South. Hyderabad’s Furdoonji has the...
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Once Upon a Try – Epic journeys of invention and discovery
Explore humanity’s greatest inventions and discoveries in a new interactive online project by Google Arts & Culture, in collaboration with Parzor Foundation. Wednesday, March 6th – Today, Google...
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Indian-American Neomi Rao Sworn In As Judge Of DC Court Considered Second...
Neomi Jehangir Rao. (Wikimedia Commons) Indian-American Neomi Jehangir Rao has been sworn in as US Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, widely considered to be the...
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Z-Camp 2019 – San Jose
Dear Zoroastrian Community, We are happy to announce that Z-Camp 2019 will be held at San Jose Dar-e-Mehr from July 25th to July 28th.We accept campers between the ages 13 thru 17 years old. They will...
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Soonie Aunty celebrates 100th birthday!
Dear Friends & Well-wishers We are delighted to share the good news, that one of very our own became a centenarian today – Saturday 13thApril 2019 and received a congratulatory message from Her...
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Two decades from now, Pakistan will have no Parsis
Just before sunset, five elderly men leave their homes in the Cyrus Minwalla Colony, the oldest settlement of Karachi’s Parsis, and sit themselves down on cement benches placed alongside a pavement....
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64-year-old dentist, Arnavaz Havewala, injured in Mumbai’s lift crash, dies
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The Parsi burial ground is a sign of Pindi’s rich heritage
* On Murree Road, in the heart of the city, a lane leads towards a heavy iron gate that opens out on an era of Parsi history Resting place of a WWII soldier of Royal Indian Air Force at Parsi Cemetery...
View ArticleThe Parsis of Sri Lanka
A small but vibrant community Very few people today have heard of the Parsi community in Sri Lanka, because there are only about 60 in all including men, women and children. Although small in number,...
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67-year-old Mumbai resident makes water from thin air
Dhobi Talao resident Meher Bhandara on launching a pioneering technology that makes water out of air Meher Bhandara with the home unit. Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi Twenty-five years ago, when Meher...
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The only Parsis in a 1,000km radius
A sea-loving Parsi family moved to Port Blair 35 years ago, to a house that had no electricity, no toilets, and on one occasion, no roof. Today, they run a thriving homestay, a spice farm and a...
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BVS Parsi High School celebrates its 160th anniversary
KARACHI: The Bai Virbaijee Soparivala (BVS) Parsi High School celebrated its 160 years with prayers and a grand Milad on Thursday. The BVS Parsi High School was founded in 1859 by Seth Shapurji...
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THE QUEST IS ON TO SAVE THE DYING ZOROASTRIAN TONGUE
Zoroastrians are dwindling, but Russian academic Anton Zykov is making sure their distinctive tongue is not forgotten. Anton Zykov Growing up in Moscow, Anton Zykov was surrounded by “all things...
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Whatson – Monthly Newsletter from Karachi Zarthosti Banu Mandal
July 2019 THERE WILL NOT BE A SALE ON SHENSHAI NAVROZE But KZBM clothing will be on sale at the Mandal Hall on Saturday 27th July and Saturday 3rd August from 11 am to 1pm KZBM PROGRAMME “Come dip in...
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Z-Camp 2019 – San Jose
Dear Zoroastrian Community, We are happy to announce that Z-Camp 2019 will be held at San Jose Dar-e-Mehr from July 25th to July 28th.We accept campers between the ages 13 thru 17 years old. They will...
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Mumbai Muktad Diaries 2019
During the recent 10 day farvandian/muktad days I posted some observations on social media. Below is a compilation of all the posts. Many of the images were in black and white, but a lot of people...
View ArticleBoman Irani sings at ZTFE Khordad Saal function
On the auspicious day of Khordad Sal, Thursday 22nd August 2019, the ZTFE hosted the Parsee Gymkhana Cricket Team for dinner at the Grade II* listed Art Deco Zoroastrian Centre, London. The Parsee...
View ArticleHistoric UN Gathering in Salt Lake City Attracts Thousands
Global Civil Society Representatives Adopt Outcome and Youth Climate Compact (Salt Lake City, 28 August 2019) At a first-of-its-kind UN gathering in the western United States, representatives of...
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Inauguration Ceremony of Udwada Railway Station
Dear Parsi/Irani Community, Today the 6th Sept 2019, Mah: Farvardin – Roj: Ram Y.Z. 1389, marks the day for the Inaugural of our restored Udwada Station, with Feliciation ceremony of our Vada Dastoorji...
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Persis Amrolia – Patients with incurable leukaemia declared cancer-free after...
A new treatment for an incurable form of leukaemia has been hailed by experts after it left patients without a trace of the disease. The patients were treated with a faster acting version of CAR-T...
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