Category: Interview

Ms Diana Marfatia, has touched the lives of several thousand Zoroastrian youth over the past three and a half decades as Coordinator and Mentor of HPY. In addition, her work as Principal of well reputed and sought after schools is well known. (Currently, she is the Principal of Bai Avabai Petit Girls’ High School) She… Continue reading Diana Marfatia In Conversation: Mazda Multimedia

MAZDA Multimedia presents: Ahura Support Ahura Support is a secular registered charitable trust working with differently abled individuals and their families. They work towards bettering the lives of individuals with developmental or congenital disorders, most of who are mentally challenged. At their Day Care Centre and Residential Home, they endeavour to maximise opportunities for these… Continue reading Mazda Multimedia presents: Ahura Support

MAZDA Multimedia presents: Hoshaang Gotla, Founder XYZ In Conversation Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) is an organisation aimed at promoting togetherness and camaraderie within the youngsters of the community. Since its inception in 2014, XYZ aspires to mould the children of the Parsi community between the ages of 5 and 15 years to become better individuals… Continue reading MAZDA Multimedia presents: Hoshaang Gotla, Founder XYZ In Conversation

Bajun Mavalwalla and his son Baji Mavalwalla speak on NPR about their tours of duty in Afghanistan. The U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan is officially over. But for the more than 800,000 men and women who served there — not a day goes by that they don’t think about it. Some feel a measure of… Continue reading The Longest War: Veterans Reflect On 20 Years Of Conflict In Afghanistan

“There’s a mantra out there — ‘move fast and break things.’ I think it’s created a lot of problems beyond technology,” the Archetype Solutions Group exec said. “I think there’s a way to learn and not cause chaos for chaos’ sake.” Archetype Solutions Group’s new CTO, Shahrukh Tarapore, spent a lot of time in academia… Continue reading Shahrukh Tarapore’s journey to promoting purposeful technology

Brilliant chef and good friend Cyrus Todiwala writes about his recent medical bout with prostate cancer As one that has never stopped working nearly fifteen hours a day since 1976 and, thinking that I am OK, my recent escapade with the dreaded Prostate Cancer was a rude awakening. January 2020 our Grade Two star listed… Continue reading Cyrus Todiwala’s first-hand experience with Prostate Cancer

The activist, whose book has just been released, criticises Indian Marxists for being terribly dogmatic, and says it’s the system that has failed, not the ideology When he was arrested in 2009, headlines screamed ‘top Maoist nabbed’. Today, he’s juggling time between interviews and podcasts, after his book recounting his journey from London to Indian… Continue reading We can no longer keep saying revolution is inevitable: Kobad Ghandy

True tales of women breaking barriers to forbidden places, and bettering the lives of others, are inspiring. Mithan Jamshed Lam is one of these legendary women. Recently I chatted about this illustrious lady (who passed away in 1981) with another woman who is doing important civil rights work in contemporary India, the Mumbai solicitor Parinaz… Continue reading Mithan Lam: A Powerful Advocate for India’s Women

Zoroastrianism is the world’s oldest monotheistic religion, revealed by a prophet in Persia back in the 5th Century BC. Believing in one supreme deity, Ahura Mazda (Lord of Wisdom), creator and sustainer of all things, the central value is everyone has free will to choose between good and evil. Adherents express their faith through the… Continue reading This Mortal Coil: Zoroastrian Religion