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Month: September 2016 Articles
Hormazd Narielwalla Amongst Winners at the 4th International Print Biennale
The winners of the 2016 Print Awards, part of the 4th International Print Biennale currently taking place across the...
Cyrus Todiwala and Zerbanoo Gifford Talk about Dadabhai Naoroji on BBC
Chef Cyrus Todiwala OBE chooses Dadabhai Naoroji, the ‘Grand Old Man of India’ who in 1892 became Britain’s first Asian MP for Finsbury Central. He later returned to India and...
WZCC Annual Global Meet Hosted By Hong Kong Zoroastrians
Below is a message from Edul Daver, Global Chair of the World Zoroastrian Chamber of Commerce. The 2016 Annual Global Meeting shall be hosted by The Incorporated Zoroastrian Charity Funds of...
Echoes of history
City physician and history aficionado Dr. Farokh Udwadia recalls the power and glory of the Achaemenid Empire For more than one hundred summers, the Cama Institute has been the go-to venue for...
The Mehergan Festival: Advent of autumn
Thursday, September 22, 2016 is the autumn equinox, the first day of fall. The autumn equinox marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the...
Paris call for Astad Deboo
As part of Namaste France festival, contemporary dance icon Astad Deboo will collaborate with Manipuri drummers at France’s Opéra Bastille He turns 70 next year, but there’s no stopping Astad Deboo....
Sanaya Bharucha Speaks at United Nations Youth Panel for Financing Global Education
Sanaya Bharucha, 28 years old, from Pune, India; works as Senior Manager – Training and Support with Teach for India, was selected as part of the United Nations Youth Panel for Financing...
Cornelia Sorabji Law Program at Oxford
Somerville College, Oxford Press Release THE CORNELIA SORABJI LAW PROGRAMME Cornelia Sorabji, the first female law student at Oxford in 1889 continues to provide a pioneering link between India and...
Kobad Zarolia Represents Zoroastrian Faith at Israel Conference on Ancient Faiths
Ervad Kobad Zarolia was invited to represent Zoroastrians at this Conference held in Jerusalem Israel. This was the brain child of Bawa Jain Secretary General of World Council of Religious...
At the WZO Center in Navsari The Wedding Bells Toll A Second Time
DESTINY PLAYS ITS PART FOR SECOND NUPTIAL AT WZO TRUST FUNDS BAI MANECKBAI P. B. JEEJEEBHOY SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER AT NAVSARI. By: Dara M. Rivetna On September 16, 2016 early in the morning there...
Young Soccer Star Arzan Todywalla from New Zealand Strikes Again
15 year old Arzan Toddywalla of Auckland, New Zealand has had the privilege of going to the United Kingdom thrice in last three consecutive years, and it has all been due to his immense passion...
Houston Welcomes Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor
Houston Welcomes Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor It began with a simple email from Ervad Soli Dastur of Florida, who wrote to some of us about Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor’s visit...
Najamai for Donald J. Trump
The amazing Zavare Tengra brings us “Najamai For Trump”. Najamai can’t wait for Trump to be her next President ! Imagine a country that’s all white like her !
A Trust deficit that needs to be bridged urgently: Noshir Dadrawala
Politics is too serious a matter to leave to politicians. Rightly did Federick Lewis Donaldson in a sermon at Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925 say: “The Seven Social Sins are:1....
Hormuz Mehta Speaks About The Recent Fracas
Below is a message we have received from Hormuz D. Mehta. Hormuz writes… When I got married earlier this year, I gave a commitment to my wife that I would not embroil myself in BPP politics,...
PARZOR Presents: An Evening with Boman Irani
Boman Irani gets candid discussing Parsis and Entertainment, while interacting with an audience in Delhi during the Parzor Cultural Events supported by Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla.
Kersi Randeria Speaks About The Recent Fracas
Below is a message we have received from Kersi Randeria, BPP Trustee. Kersi writes… I am a Trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, and I believe in and am committed to upholding the dignity of this...
Parsi Punchayet trustees fight in court, file assault cases against each other
A Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustee and its former chairman filed criminal complaints against each other after a fight at Ballard Pier magistrate court on Thursday. Kersi Randeria, the trustee...
Delkash Shahriarian Selected for ICC Cricket Camp in Philadelphia
DELKASH SHAHRIARIAN: Women’s cricket champion does it again! New York based architect and cricketer Delkash Shahriarian has once again been selected by the USA Women’s Selection Panel as part...
Inspirational Woman: Dr. Shernaz Cama
Dr. Shernaz Cama needs no introduction. Over the years she has done amazing work that has enhanced the community’s standing in the society and helped highlight and preserve the glorious history and...
Dr. Zarir Udwadia: Battling Drug-Resistant TB, and the Indian Government
IT is doubtful when he wrote a letter to a medical journal about patients in Mumbai afflicted with an untreatable form of tuberculosis that Dr. Zarir Udwadia was seeking to become the source of...
Freddie Mercury: Asteroid named after late Queen star to mark 70th birthday
An asteroid has been named after Freddie Mercury to mark what would have been the singer’s 70th birthday. The Queen frontman has had his name attached to Asteroid 17473, which was discovered...
Olympic gold medallist Michael Klim visits 81-yr-old coach Khorshed Bhathena in Mumbai
Australian Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer and sister visit their 81-year-old coach Khorshed, who trained them in the late 1970s It was a different homecoming of sorts for former Australian...
Freddie Mercury’s House Awarded English Heritage Blue Plaque
On the occasion of the 70th birth anniversary of Freddie Mercury (Fred Bulsara), his home was awarded the English Heritage Blue Plaque. Per a news release forwarded via email by Malcolm Deboo,...
History of the Famous Parsi Batasa: In Conversation with Cyrus Dotivala of Dotivala Bakery in Surat
WZCC Global President (and dear friend of Parsi Khabar) Edul Daver recently spoke with Cyrus Dotivala of the legendary Dotivala Bakery of Surat. The interview is published below with Edul’s...
Uncovering Shanghai’s Parsi Past: Mishi Saran
Q&A With Author Mishi Saran on Uncovering Shanghai’s Parsi Past sixthtone.com | Sep 2nd 2016 “Who says nationality is the sole barometer of belonging?” asks Indian novelist Mishi Saran. The...
Melbourne Parsis Celebrate New Year in Style
The enduring legacy of Zoroastrianism: Parsi community gathers to celebrate Nowruz Who would have thought that anyone could get a comprehensive taste of Zoroastrian culture in one day, in Melbourne?...