The Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation has come out with a calendar for 2011. This calendar has 12 Parsi models posing exclusively for the camera. This calendar has caused an unnecessary controversy. What is ironic is that many people are going on hearsay, and have not even seen the calendar. You can see the… Continue reading The ZYNG 2011 Calendar
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Pune Parsee panchayat in Rent War
Tenants of a Lullanagar society are accusing the Poona Parsee Panchayat of charging rent exceeding original terms. PPP refutes charges saying they charge according to the income of the tenant and that it is affordable By Anurag Bende / Pune Mirror An otherwise peaceful community seems to have landed itself into a controversy of sorts.… Continue reading Pune Parsee panchayat in Rent War
Noshir Gowadia gets 32 yrs for selling US secrets
Indian-American Noshir Gowadia, a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer, was on Monday sentenced by a US court to 32 years in jail for selling American military secrets to China. Gowadia, 66, has spent the past five years in prison. Prosecutors alleged that the Mumbai-born Gowadia, who showed no emotions as the judge announced the punishment,… Continue reading Noshir Gowadia gets 32 yrs for selling US secrets
15th North American Zarathushti Congress Houston: A Report
Houston: It was a spectacle of light, colour and movement that unfolded onstage as the fifty actors walked through their steps and captivated an engrossed audience in the huge ball room of the Intercontinental Hotel on the West Loop. For the uninitiated, the spectacle was a history lesson that covered a time over the millennia… Continue reading 15th North American Zarathushti Congress Houston: A Report
Afshin Irani: How a Young Irani Girl Stumped Obama
Afsheen Irani, a Mumbai college student, asked the one question everyone wanted to ask the most powerful man in the world. ‘Why is Pakistan so important an ally to America so far as America has never called it a terrorist State?’ By Abhishek Mande for Rediff.com As Afsheen Irani from Mumbai’s HR College uttered these… Continue reading Afshin Irani: How a Young Irani Girl Stumped Obama
Tuition class teacher held for sexually abusing students in Mumbai
Eight students of the class eight and nine have approached the Shivaji Park police station against their coaching class owner, Feroze Katrak, 49, who had reportedly sexually abused them. By Manish K Pathak | DNA The police had arrested Katrak on Sunday evening for allegedly having unnatural sex with his students after class in his… Continue reading Tuition class teacher held for sexually abusing students in Mumbai
Dr. K B Grant Passes Away
Dr K B Grant, founder and chairman of the Grant Medical Foundation that runs Ruby Hall Clinic in the city, passed away here on Monday. He was 91. Credited as being the man who brought in some of the latest medical technologies to the city, Dr Grant also set up the cardiological unit at the… Continue reading Dr. K B Grant Passes Away
