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Ba Humata Lecture Series: October 2023

The October 2023 Ba Humata Lecture Series shall be on the Theme: IN LIFE - FOCUS ON THE INVINCIBLE IN THE INVISIBLEReference: The Gathas including Yasna 47.1, 2, 3, and other Zarathushti PrayersSpeakers: Mobedyar Armita Dalal (USA & Iran)Ervad...
Omim Debara dies due to Cardiac Arrest

Omim Debara dies due to Cardiac Arrest

Eminent social activist Omim Maneckshaw Debara passed away on Thursday morning due to cardiac arrest. Debara retired as chief engineer of VST and passionately worked for various causes, including...

Lawyer Dara Irani passes away at 67

Lawyer Dara Irani passes away at 67

Dara Irani, a noted lawyer from Pune cantonment and former president of Poona Parsi Panchayat, passed away due to multi-organ failure on Sunday. He was 67.Irani is survived by his wife, two...

Ba Humata Lecture Series September 2023

Ba Humata Lecture Series September 2023

The Ba Humata Lecture Series continues on Sunday, September 3, 2023 with the theme “In Life, Focus On The Blessing Not On What One Is Missing” Ref: Yasna 47.6, 48.3 and Related Verses of the Gathas...

Ba Humata Lecture Series July 2023

Ba Humata Lecture Series July 2023

The July 2023 Ba Humata Lecture Series shall be held on Sunday July 2, 2023 on the theme “ ONENESS CARRIES THECONSCIOUSNESS OF ALLNESS “ ….Ahunavad Gatha & The AhuravarSpeakersErvad Bomanshaw...

Blood, sweat and Percy-verence!

Blood, sweat and Percy-verence!

Percy Hakim, 85, legendary swimming and water polo coach, mentor to a legion of Mumbai swimmers and water polo players, passed away on Sunday. He was cremated at Shivaji Park on Monday morningPercy...

Dinsha Mistree in Conversation with Rahul Gandhi

Dinsha Mistree in Conversation with Rahul Gandhi

Our dear friend Dinsha Mistree moderated a Q&A with Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress at Stanford University. The New Global Equilibrium: Talk by Rahul Gandhi at Stanford University...

Ba Humata Lecture Series: June 2023

Ba Humata Lecture Series: June 2023

The June Ba Humata Lecture will be on the theme “ DISCIPLINE IS A SENSE, NOT A FENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG: VohuKhashtra Gatha”Speakers: Mobedyar Bomi Damkevala (USA)Ervad Ardavan Solan...

The Defunct Jalna Tower of Silence

The Defunct Jalna Tower of Silence

Below is a video of the Towers of Silence in Jalna, Maharashtra. The video commentary is in Marathi and it talks about the total abandonment of the Towers of Silence and many other Zoroastrian...

Remembering Sherna Gandhy

Remembering Sherna Gandhy

Bachi Karkaria writes about her friend Sherna Gandhy the legendary journalist and editor who passed into the ages on April 28 after a long battle with cancer.Of forgetting and  RememberingTwice...

Ba Humata Lecture Series: May 2023

Ba Humata Lecture Series: May 2023

The May 2023 Ba Humata Lecture is scheduled for Sunday May 7, 2023The month’s topic is: Life is an Expression of Our Deepest Realization… Yasna Ha 51.22 & Yenghe-HatamSpeakers:Ervad Rustom...

Ba Humata Lecture Series April 2023

Ba Humata Lecture Series April 2023

The April 2023 Ba Humata Lecture series shall be on the topic “ ME-NESS & WE-NESS IN CONSCIOUSNESS “Yasna Ha 51.22 & Yenghe-HatamSpeakers: Moobadyar Dr. Nooshin Jahangiri, MD (Iran...

Ba Humata Lecture Series March 2023

Ba Humata Lecture Series March 2023

The March 2023 Ba Humata Lecture will be on the topic “LIFE IS FOR-GIVING AND FORGIVING Ushtavaiti  Gatha Yasna Ha 43.1”SpeakersErvad Poras T. Balsara (United States)Ervad Farhan Panthaki...

Chaos and Nuisance Reign Outside JJ Agiary in Pune

Chaos and Nuisance Reign Outside JJ Agiary in Pune

Devout Parsis visiting the Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Agiary on Dastur Meher Road in the Pune Camp area have been sending up a silent prayer for freedom from the chaos prevailing outside their sacred...