As we extend our efforts to address inequity one step at a time, is a society with no economic discrimination in education attainable? This talk by Freyaz K. Shroff focuses on the certainty of it. Born and raised in India and educated in the USA, Freyaz K. Shroff moved back to India in 2006 with… Continue reading Bridging the Opportunity Gap | Freyaz Shroff | TEDxChandivali
Month: April 2022
Ba Humata Lecture Series: May 2022
The May 2022 Ba Humata talk shall be on the theme Atarsh Niyayesh, Yasna Ha 43.3 And Related Prayers Speakers: Ervad Solicitor Zerick Dastur from India Dr. Dolly Dastoor from Canada Mobedyar Sarvar Taraporevala from Iran Farishteh Shroff from UAE & Pakistan Moderator: Dr. Karishma Koka, Founder, Host And Moderator of Ba Humata Please Reserve… Continue reading Ba Humata Lecture Series: May 2022
Huban Gowadia named to State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
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
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)
