Mango lovers all around the country wait impatiently for the mango to sweeten their tongues as summer approaches, but in Gujarat, Sanjan hamlet in Umargam taluka of Valsad district holds a special place in the state’s past. Because this tree, which is thought to be over a thousand years old, continues to “walk” every year.… Continue reading Gujarat’s Legendary ‘Walking Mango Tree’ at Sanjan Village Where Parsis First Sought Asylum
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Navzad Dabu: A NYC Subway Concert of Radiohead Covers
Musician Navzad Dabu provided late-night commuters in NYC’s Metropolitan Avenue / Grand Street subway station with a phenomenal private performance. His graveyard shift concert included back-to-back covers of a dozen Radiohead tracks. We would have stood there for the whole show and missed our train. My name is Navzad Dabu. While living in Bushwick this… Continue reading Navzad Dabu: A NYC Subway Concert of Radiohead Covers
Monnock Parsee, Pendia Pattell & The British Flag
How an early version of UK’s national flag helped Bombay merchants grow their business A pass for ‘Monnock Parsee’ and ‘Pendia Pattell’ sailing aboard the Tiger was issued at Fort Bombay carries an impression of the ‘Union Seale’. Would it surprise you that there is an early representation of UK’s Union Flag on a pass… Continue reading Monnock Parsee, Pendia Pattell & The British Flag
Shernaz Cama Speaks at the Zoroastrian Museum in Singapore
Our dear friend Dr. Shernaz Cama was recently in Singapore to speak to the Parsi Association there at the new Zoroastrian Museum that was inaugurated last year. PARZOR writes: The Parsi Zoroastrian Association of Southeast Asia invited Dr Shernaz Cama to their annual Jashan for a talk on Parzors work over the years. Mr Homiyar… Continue reading Shernaz Cama Speaks at the Zoroastrian Museum in Singapore
The Fire That Never Goes Out
What can we learn about long-term thinking from millennia-old Zoroastrian fire rituals? By Richard Fisher | Long Now Apr 13, 02023 At some point in the late fifth century, as the Western Roman empire fell, a group of Zoroastrian priests in Iran’s Fars Province lit a very special fire. As the days passed, they kept… Continue reading The Fire That Never Goes Out
Zoroastrian Museum in Kerman, Iran
Zoroastrians anthropological museum is located in Kerman province, Iran. The museum is comprised of different sections and each section deals with one of the customs of Zoroastrians. Article By Shakiba Saberi Mehr News
Professor Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla Receives 2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award from Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program
Congratulations to Hoshang Unwalla, PhD, who received the 2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program. The McKnight program aims to increase the number of African Americans and Hispanics in Florida who earn PhDs. Professor Unwalla was nominated by his graduate student Maria José Santiago who also attended the awards… Continue reading Professor Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla Receives 2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award from Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program
Tehmina Karani: A Visionary and Pioneer in Early Education
“Our school days so happy, too soon will be over. The world with its sterner tasks must be faced, But oh! What a store we are gathering daily Of mem’ries so dear, which will ne’er be effaced” The above are opening words of the Tata School Song sung after their Annual School Concert since over… Continue reading Tehmina Karani: A Visionary and Pioneer in Early Education
Spotlight on Khushnooma Kapadia: Marketing Head at Marriott International in South Asia
“Marriott gave my passion, foresight and creativity the ‘wings’ and my abilities the ‘roots’!” ….Says Khushnooma Kapadia, Senior Area Director, Marketing, South Asia, Marriott International Khushnooma Kapadia, Senior Area Director, Marketing, South Asia, Marriott International, Hotelier India, this month, features India’s ace Corporate Communications’ leaders in the hospitality industry who are not only passionate about … Continue reading Spotlight on Khushnooma Kapadia: Marketing Head at Marriott International in South Asia
