Dadar Parsi Zoroastrian Sports Club (DPZSC) is one of the well known maidan clubs in the city. It may not be on par...
Month: January 2011 Articles
Noshir Gowadia gets 32 yrs for selling US secrets
Indian-American Noshir Gowadia, a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer, was on Monday sentenced by a US court to 32...
Three Eminent Parsis Bestowed Padma Awards 2011 by Indian Government
Homai Vyarawalla, Late Dr. Keki Byramjee Grant and Dadi Dorab Pudumjee were amongst the 128 Indians bestowed with the Padma Awards. More about Homai Vyarawalla here. Legendary photographer Homai...
ZYNG Parsi Calendar Makes A Date With Controversey
By giving more than just the important dates concerning the Zoroastrian religion, a Parsi calendar released by the Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation (ZYNG), youth wing of the Bombay Parsi...
Dr. Ratan Marshall Passes Away
Eminent Parsi scholar Dr Ratan Marshal, who turned 100 in October last year, passed away on Sunday morning. He was not keeping well for the past three days. Marshal was the first to chronicle the...
15th North American Zarathushti Congress Houston: A Report
Houston: It was a spectacle of light, colour and movement that unfolded onstage as the fifty actors walked through their steps and captivated an engrossed audience in the huge ball room of the...
The Pioneering Parsis of Karachi
UPDATE: It has been brought to our attention that the article below was originally authored by Farishta Dinshaw and published on Vohuman.org. The original article is now available here. We regret...
Afshin Irani: How a Young Irani Girl Stumped Obama
Afsheen Irani, a Mumbai college student, asked the one question everyone wanted to ask the most powerful man in the world. ‘Why is Pakistan so important an ally to America so far as America...
Tuition class teacher held for sexually abusing students in Mumbai
Eight students of the class eight and nine have approached the Shivaji Park police station against their coaching class owner, Feroze Katrak, 49, who had reportedly sexually abused them. By Manish K...
Avesthagen Completes the First Whole Genome Sequence of a Parsi Breast Cancer Patient
Avesthagen Limited has yet again established its position as a leader in the successful application of next gen technologies as it announces the completion of the first Parsi breast cancer whole...
Dr. K B Grant Passes Away
Dr K B Grant, founder and chairman of the Grant Medical Foundation that runs Ruby Hall Clinic in the city, passed away here on Monday. He was 91. Credited as being the man who brought in some of the...
Poor Parsis can look forward to new homes
The New Year is bound to be good for some Parsis as they could get their much-awaited homes. By Ashutosh Shukla | DNA The poor Parsi housing issue was entangled in court cases, with the result that...
10 Predictions for Parsis for 2011
Taking a leaf out of Bejan Daruwalla, the renowned astrologer, Bombay Samachar takes a shot at predictions for Parsis in 2011 A BPP trustee will resign and elections will be held. Efforts to find a...
BMC Wants to demolish contested toilet block near Bhikha Behram Well
The much-contested toilet block, built almost 15 years ago near the Bhikha Behram well at Churchgate, will be demolished so that the facility does not block views of the newly restored garden at...