Indian American attorney Firdaus Dordi, a former public defender and co-founder of the Dordi, Williams, Cohen law firm, has been appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown to the Los Angeles Superior Court. Article by Sunita Sohrabji | India West Dordi is the nation’s first Zoroastrian judge, according to the South Asian Bar Association. He is… Continue reading United States First Parsi Judge Appointed to Los Angeles Superior Court
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Ronnie Screwvala: After Building a Media Empire, What’s Next? Lifting One Million From Poverty
Ronnie Screwvala sat cross-legged early last month on the floor of a three-room schoolhouse here in Nate, a village about 100 miles from Mumbai, the city of his birth where he built a billion-dollar media conglomerate. Watching a group of children playing with colorful educational games, Mr. Screwvala, a boyish-looking 54-year-old, appeared as wide-eyed and… Continue reading Ronnie Screwvala: After Building a Media Empire, What’s Next? Lifting One Million From Poverty
Sail Away: Zephyr Khambatta
Zephyr Khambatta is a Singaporean singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, model and host who also plays the drums. An engineering dropout from the National University of Singapore, it did not take long before Khambatta topped various classes at LASALLE College of the Arts across music and performing art disciplines. A creative force to be… Continue reading Sail Away: Zephyr Khambatta
WZCC CHARMS HONG KONG
In its pursuit of attaining its goals to promote Entrepreneurship and Professionalism, WZCC’S venue for this year’s Global Meet was Hong Kong – strategically located at the mouth of the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, with its lush green hill slopes, secluded beaches, leisurely rural landscape and rocky shoreline. The Global Meet was held… Continue reading WZCC CHARMS HONG KONG
How food inspires names of India’s Parsis
It is no exaggeration to say that Parsis, the Zoroastrians of India, take their food seriously – very seriously. Love of good food and drink plays a central, oftentimes quirky, role in nearly every aspect of our culture. When our babies sit upright for the first time, we celebrate by making them sit on top… Continue reading How food inspires names of India’s Parsis
Global Working Group 2016 Meeting in Hong Kong: Press Release
The Global Working Group brings together representatives of Federations in the diaspora. The GWG met in Hongkong on 15 and 16 December. As per tradition, the meeting was presided by the host Federation Chair which this year was Mr Neville Shroff of Hongkong. The meeting coincided with the AGM of the WZCC which was also… Continue reading Global Working Group 2016 Meeting in Hong Kong: Press Release
How a Mumbai cemetery tour turned into a debate on religion and menstrual rules
On December 11, professors from Wilson College and the principal of a Zoroastrian religious school led a group of 25 people, including a few foreign travellers, on a one-hour tour of Doongerwadi, the Zoroastrian forest cemetery on Malabar Hill. The walk should have been an inconsequential one – like the many others organised in Mumbai… Continue reading How a Mumbai cemetery tour turned into a debate on religion and menstrual rules
Heritage Walk at Doongerwadi
Dr. Viraf J. Kapadia opines on the subject in the Mumbai Samachar. Since the last few days turmoil has enveloped the orthodox members of the Parsi Community when the proposed 2 hours heritage walk by Asiatic Society with fees of Rs. 100/- and 200/- on Sunday, 11th Dec. 2016 at 10.30 to 12.30 with a… Continue reading Heritage Walk at Doongerwadi
Dr. Maneck Bhagat: Pioneering Pediatrician, Teacher, Musician
Dr. Maneck Bhagat: Pioneering Pediatrician, Teacher, Musician (1917 – 1982) Article by Dr. Patricia Steckler Bhagat 7:30 am sharp, Pediatrics Ward 2, at the King Edward Memorial (K.E.M.) hospital, Bombay: in came Dr. Maneck Bhagat, dressed informally in his plain shirts and pants. First stop: the ward toilets. Were they scrubbed clean? If not, there… Continue reading Dr. Maneck Bhagat: Pioneering Pediatrician, Teacher, Musician
