Pune’s Zoroastrian entrepreneurs will have a reason to celebrate this weekend as the city gears up to play host to over 200 Zoroastrian businesspersons and professionals across the country and the world. The occasion is the annual general meeting of rare chamber of commerce — the World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce’s (WZCC) — where veterans… Continue reading Zoroastrians to convene AGM with a difference
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Parsis from India Attending 4th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress
Young Parsis from India, and Zoroastrians from Iran, England, Pakistan, Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, the United States, New Zealand and around Australia will attend a week-long World Zoroastrian Congress in Ballarat from tomorrow. This will be the fourth World Youth Zoroastrian Congress, and will be titled “Back to the Future”. Zarathushtra’s call to look after… Continue reading Parsis from India Attending 4th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress
4th WZYC: Small in number but big in spirit, Zoroastrians lay claim as the original greens
IT IS one of the world’s oldest major religions, and certainly the smallest, but according to its followers its impeccable “green” credentials make it the ideal religion for the 21st century. About 300 young Zoroastrians — followers of the prophet Spitama Zarathushtra, who died about 1200BC — gather in Ballarat tomorrow for the fourth world… Continue reading 4th WZYC: Small in number but big in spirit, Zoroastrians lay claim as the original greens
WAPIZ celebrates Second Anniversary
When 2,500 Parsis gathered at the Mahalaxmi racecourse on Saturday evening, the main topic of discussion was the birth and death rates of the Message To Get My Ex Girl Back community, whose population has been on the decline. The community, which gathered to celebrate the second anniversary of the World Association of the Parsi… Continue reading WAPIZ celebrates Second Anniversary
Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak
On the occasion of Navroze, we wish all our readers worldwide, a very happy, healthy and prosperous Jamshedi Navroze. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our readers for their loyal readership.
A Glimpse of Things to Come
Architect Jimmy Mistry’s daughter’s Navjote is the setting for the Parsi community’s vast and varied cultural heritage serving as a precursor to his May festival “The Parsi youth today have become much dissociated from their culture; I want to bring it back to them,” is the ambitious and passionate statement of architect Jimmy Mistry. And… Continue reading A Glimpse of Things to Come
Persian Festival in Mumbai
As a prelude to eight-day Persian festival in Mumbai, the grandeur of the Persian empire is being re-awakened by the city architect Jimmy Mistry in the heart of the metropolis. It intends to reintroduce present generation Parsis and the general people to the rich cultural heritage of the empire. Mistry, who is a Paris, conducted… Continue reading Persian Festival in Mumbai
Zo Child Day for Zorastrian children only!
Organised by Vispy Kapadia, the event saw over 2,600 children from India and abroad participate in the event The fourth Zo Child Day, which took place recently at Shanmukhananda Hall, saw 2,600 Zoroastrian children from all over India (and some even from around the world) converge in what was possibly the largest gathering of Parsi… Continue reading Zo Child Day for Zorastrian children only!
ZAGNY Essay Competition For Children
As per brief on ZAGNY’s website. 2007 Gool Kothawala Essay Competition Topics: 1. “No, in fact, I’m Zoroastrian†(An unusual personal story about telling a new friend that you are a Zoroastrian.) 2. What I learned from my grandparent
