Minorities and land predators
The Zoroastrian community of Karachi has been fighting to save its communal properties from destruction for over a generation now. The Karachi Parsi Cooperative Housing Society is an island of serenity...
View ArticleRatan Tata Conferred One of UK’s Highest Awards
Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata was on Monday honoured with Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), one of the highest civilian awards of Britain.British High Commissioner,...
View ArticleLondon “Aachoo Michoo” for Vada Dasturji & Hi Tea & Tea-Low !
This was at the Z Centre yesterday, when we did ‘aachoo michoo’ to Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Kaikobad Dastur. Dasturji, amongst other speakers, spoke so well. He took us on a journey of the...
View ArticleRussi Mody passes away
Russi Mody, former chief of the erstwhile Tisco, former joint chairman of Air India and the erstwhile Indian Airlines, passed away at the age of 95. The end came at a private nursing home near his...
View ArticleThird North American Mobeds Council Seminar held in Houston
The Zoroastrian Association of Houston Library Committee sponsored a day-long religion education seminar on February 15, 2014. The third NAMC seminar, organized by the North American Mobeds Council,...
View ArticleProgress and Sabotage at Doongerwadi
PROGRESS AND SABOTAGE AT DOONGERWADI by Homi Dhalla The Doongerwadi estate is the largest and most valuable property of the Parsi community worldwide. I have been involved in its amelioration on a...
View ArticleBest Journalist – Kainaz Amaria
Bay Area Zarathushtis & ZANC members would be pleased to learn that Kainaz Amaria of Foster City,Calif. (niece of Ervard Kobad Jamsheed) was presented with the BEST JOURNALIST AWARD by the...
View ArticleA new jewel along the river
Harvard Business School (HBS) officials marked the completion of the campus’ executive education quad with a dedication ceremony Monday afternoon to celebrate the opening of Tata Hall. Dean Nitin...
View ArticleMarlene Kanga wins Order of Australia
It pleases me to inform you that this Saturday is the official Queen’s birthday weekend in Australia and it is when the government announces its various Awards for those who have made a significant...
View ArticleUmbergam Maroli Port-Capt K.R. Mistry
Dear All, This Article [Umbergam Maroli Port.Capt K.R. Mistry] certainly needs to be widely circulated —for all to read and understand the implications of what will happen to the ecology of the...
View ArticleCall for Submissions: 2015 Nowruz Banner Contest
Call for Submissions: 2015 Nowruz Banner Contest Farhang Foundation invites you to showcase your artistic talents and share your passion for Iranian culture all at once LOS ANGELES, CA, June 16, 2014...
View ArticleMumbai Monsoon 2014
Mumbai Monsoon 2014: Mumbai Lake Levels, Flood Risk High Tide Dates High Tide Dates in 2014 Mumbai Monsoons that are a Flooding Risk In 2014, there are 23 days during Mumbai’s Monsoon season when high...
View ArticleNew Agiary at Navi Mumbai
Foundation being laid for the upcoming agiary at Koparkhairne planned by the New Bombay Zoroastrian Association Charitable Trust. http://www.parsiana.com/news/news-details.aspx?id=9kzbRiuYttY=
View ArticleBillionaire NRI Dadi Balsara no more
Billionaire NRI Dadi Balsara found dead in his Taj room One of the richest NRIs from Singapore, 71-year-old Dadi Balsara, who had been living in a suite of Taj Mansingh Hotel, died late Wednesday....
View ArticleMumbai Samachar: Going strong at 192
On July 1, Mumbai Samachar, the city’s second most circulated Gujarati paper, will reaffirm its position as the oldest surviving newspaper in Asia. When copies of the Mumbai Samachar (MS) hit the...
View Article2015 Nowruz Programming Proposals
Call for Submissions: 2015 Nowruz Programming Proposals Now Being Accepted Call for Submissions: Nowruz Programming Proposals Now Being Accepted Submit your programming proposal and become an integral...
View ArticleAfter restoration, Khada Parsi stands tall
After over two years of tedious restoration work, the iconic 150-year-old “Khada Parsi” statue, a Grade I heritage monument in Mumbai, was unveiled on Friday in the presence of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav...
View ArticleRatan Tata gets honorary doctorate from Canada’s York University
Canada’s world-famous York University has conferred an honorary doctor of laws degree on former Tata group chairman Ratan Tata for his quest for innovation and role in promoting corporate social...
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