LLNL’s Huban Gowadia named to State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Huban Gowadia has been inducted into the state of Alabama’s Engineering Hall of Fame<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = “[default] http://www.w3.org/2000/svg” NS = “http://www.w3.org/2000/svg” /> (EHF). The principal associate director for Global Security, Gowadia was one of 10 engineers inducted into the… Continue reading Huban Gowadia named to State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
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Empowering Mobeds Trust Inauguration Event
Saturday April 23, 2022 will forever be a red letter day in the annals of the Parsi Irani Zarathushti community in India, and all over the world. It was on this day that the Empowering Mobeds Trust held their first function after officially forming the Trust per government guidelines. It has been a long road… Continue reading Empowering Mobeds Trust Inauguration Event
Nariman Karkaria: How a young Parsi from Gujarat went to fight in World War I and had the adventures of his life
An excerpt from ‘The First World War Adventures of Nariman Karkaria: A Memoir’, translated from the Gujarati by Murali Ranganathan. Article in Scroll India From Manchuria station, a separate line goes towards Mongolia and Inner Manchuria, but we have nothing to do with it. We are going to board the train to Siberia, which leaves… Continue reading Nariman Karkaria: How a young Parsi from Gujarat went to fight in World War I and had the adventures of his life
When the British asked the French to jail Madame Cama
When the British asked the French to jail Madame Cama, the ‘mother of Indian revolution’ For decades, the British government surveilled the Parsi freedom fighter. Article by John O’Brien A postal stamp depicting Bhikhaiji Cama. | India Post/ Government of India/ Wikimedia Commons The struggle for Indian independence from British rule was not only carried… Continue reading When the British asked the French to jail Madame Cama
Bombay Parsee Association Celebrates 165th Birth Anniversary of Sir Hormusji Cowasjee Dinshaw (Adenwalla)
THE BOMBAY PARSEE ASSOCIATION PAYS HOMAGE TO SIR HORMUSJI COWASJEE DINSHAW (ADENWALLA) ON HIS 165th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY The Bombay Parsee Association paid homage to Sir Hormusji Cowasjee Dinshaw (Adenwalla) on his 165th Birth Anniversary on April 4,2022 at 9. a.m. President Xerxes Vispi Dastur, garlanded the statue of Sir Hormusji at Veer Nariman Road (Near… Continue reading Bombay Parsee Association Celebrates 165th Birth Anniversary of Sir Hormusji Cowasjee Dinshaw (Adenwalla)
It’s time to tadka your pasta with ghee: Perzen Patel
Why I switched to the good old Indian secret I was raised on a steady diet of ghee. Ghee was in my bowl of white rice as a toddler, in the simple vegetable dishes mum cooked, in the daal I loved eating, slathered on my toast if mum ran out of butter and yes, even… Continue reading It’s time to tadka your pasta with ghee: Perzen Patel
“Kawasji–Patel” mango trees still stand tall at Europe, US farms and gardens
Mango plants sent from the Ganeshkhind Botanical Gardens, Poona still stand tall at various farms and gardens in Europe and the US. Experiments at the farm showed that the plants must be small, hardy, and dormant with no diseased or weak branches The mango, “Kawasji – Patel”, was gathered green with white pulp. It had… Continue reading “Kawasji–Patel” mango trees still stand tall at Europe, US farms and gardens
Roshan Bharucha Felicitated With Pakistan’s Sitara-i-Imtiaz And Balochistan Excellence Award
On March 23, 2022, Pakistan-based Roshan Bharucha – the only Zoroastrian in Pakistan to have been elected as both – Senator and Minister in the Federal Government – was felicitated with the prestigious Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the Government Of Pakistan for her selfless dedication, commitment and services in the field of Social Service. The ‘Star of… Continue reading Roshan Bharucha Felicitated With Pakistan’s Sitara-i-Imtiaz And Balochistan Excellence Award
Shireen Isal: The Parisian impresario from Bombay
Meet the one-woman army who became the force behind some of Indian classical arts’ heavyweights who performed in Europe in the 1980s and ’90s In the Bombay Parsi home that London-based writer and former impresario Shireen Isal grew up in, it was Western music that prevailed. She was brought up on, and extensively studied, the… Continue reading Shireen Isal: The Parisian impresario from Bombay
