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What do Freddie Mercury and the family that founded Tata Steel have in common? Apart from global success, they all...

There is something incredibly heartwarming and hopeful happening right now in the beautiful English countryside. This...

KARACHI: The geriatric ward at the infirmary of the Bomanshaw Minocher-Homji (BMH) Parsi Medical Relief Association was decorated with pink, white and gold balloons. You could see flowers everywhere...

The November 2021 Ba Humata Series will feature Ervad Brigadier Behram Panthaki (USA) Ervad Farmaan Dastoor (India) Zariab Karkaria (New Zealand) Dr. Merezban Katrak FRCS. (UAE) Dr. Karishma Koka;...

Tata’s management efficiency will allow Air India to better exploit operating assets like the lucrative routes to South east Asia, Latin America and Australia. With simple improvements in...

The prodigal son has returned. The government on Friday announced Tata Group as the winning bidder for Air India, clearing the way for the cash-strapped Maharaja going back to the founder exactly 68...

Parsis have supported many of the country’s institutions and nurtured business and the arts. But their numbers have dwindled at an alarming pace. Khurshed Dastoor, a Parsi priest, at his house in...

The October 2021 Ba Humata Series will present Ervad Cyrus Darbari (India) Mobedyar Omid Mehrayin (Iran & USA) Dina McIntyre (USA) Sanaya Khambatta  (United Kingdom) Moderated by Dr....

MIQ’s Hunger Games begin Former Times news editor Farida Master shares her experience from Canada of an anxious four-hour wait in the new MIQ Virtual Lobby with 22,909 desperate Kiwis ahead of her...

A Parsi herself, Kapoor has penned a book about her community, Veteran Indian journalist Coomi Kapoor, who herself is a Parsi, has penned a definitive book about her community, The Tatas, Freddie...

Tandy’s Creamery was founded in 2019. The brand wants to make wafer ice cream sandwich reach the masses. Despite the ups and downs caused by the pandemic, the brand’s revenue is touching Rs 7 lakh a...

Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India, which has a large majority of Hindus and smaller shares of Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and other groups. In recent years,...

Petitioners allege that women marrying non-Parsis, and their offspring, are not allowed to participate in the community’s religious, social and other activities R. Balaji   |  ...

We are thrilled to read about the new app that will ultimately help save lives and make trucking in India safer. Our dear friend and WZCC Global Youth Director Jehaan Kotwal has been working on this...

On August 29 2021 our dearest friend, mentor and India’s greatest holistic health and wellness guru Dr. Mickey Mehta will be stepping into super sixties. Four decades normally seem very long, but...

Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Supreme Court’s ‘Renaissance Man’, retires on August 12 Article by Krishnadas Rajagopal ‘His is an absolute integrity matched by phenomenal memory and a capacity for...

The August 2021 Ba Humata Lecture Series will present The Spirit of Zarathushtra: Cooperation and Fellowship: Yenghe Hatam and related prayers On Sunday, August 1, 20218:00 AM Pacific | 11:00 AM...

Over the past one year alone Marzy Parakh has raised over Rs 2 crore for relief initiatives like distributing ration kits, cooked meals and reimbursing hospital and medicine bills of the needy in...

With graduation ceremonies being cancelled or turned virtual around the world, students have not been able to truly celebrate their well-deserved achievements. As a community, please join us to...

The Gujarat high court on Friday heard the petition filed by a Parsi religious body and reserved its order on the demand to permit them to dispose of the bodies of those who died of Covid-19...

Our dear friend and PhD. student Ruzbeh Hodiwala is conducting a survey as part of his dissertation. In November 2020, we had published his first pilot survey request, and he has further tweaked...

India’s oldest running newspaper, Mumbai Samachar, turns 200 The Gujarati newspaper, with its office located in an iconic red building at Horniman Circle in Mumbai’s Fort area, was first published...

Amid the controversy over the naming of the greenfield airport at Navi Mumbai, a member of the Tata family has thrown in the hat for JRD Tata, who brought civil aviation to India. “I...

The July 2021 Ba Humata Lecture shall be held on Sunday 04 July 2021. The topic of discussion is Creating a Bountiful and Prosperous Earth with the Good Mind (Yasna 51.5 and 51.7 and related...

The Global Soft Launch of DLC: Della Leaders Club is scheduled for Saturday June 12, 2021 at 7:30 PM India, 10:00 AM New York, 3:00 PM London This very first of its kind Business Platform is the...

Join 2021 Father’s Day Transformational Special MANIFESTATION IN MEDITATION with Global Leading Holistic Health Guru And Corporate Life Coach Dr. Mickey Mehta from India & Professional...

In the 1920s, long before the dawn of fake news, one Chinese man was told that Rabindranath Tagore had composed the Gujarati national anthem of the Parsi community that went: “We are old...

They have, for centuries, left their dead to be devoured by scavenging birds and decay naturally atop circular raised structures known as dakhma or Tower of Silence. But the pandemic has put a stop...

The June monthly Ba Humata Lecture will be honoring Ervad Dr. Soli P. Dastur Our Honorable Friend Dr. Ervad Soli P. Dastur passed away a few days ago. He served as the Guiding Light For Bahumata...

Mark Manuel’s tribute to Dr. MAZDA … The Irani doctor of Dahanu has gone, flying away… I bring sad news. Dr. Behramshah Mazda, MBBS, of Dahanu is no more. The message came on Whatsapp:...

On May 16th, 2021, the Southern Californian Zoroastrian Community gathered for the first time in many months at the ZAC Community Hall after the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. The community was...

– Aim To Provide Each Baug With 1 Oxygen Concentrator – The most heart-wrenching news heard daily, in connection with the ongoing pandemic, is that scores of people are dying due to lack of...

Soli Jehangir Sorabjee was born in 1930 in Bombay. He commenced his legal practice in 1953 in Bombay High Court. In 1971, he was designated senior counsel by the Supreme Court of India. He became...

The May 2021 Ba Humata Lecture shall be on the topic: THE LIGHT OF ZARATHUSHTRA “Aatarsh Puthra Ahuraheh Mazdaao” An Ode To Energy, Light and Life (Atash Niyayesh And Related Prayers) On...

Our dear friend Meher Amalsad shares a video about a new technological innovation called The Gatha Pen. This is developed by Mobedyar Dr. Rashin Jahangiri M.D. a Mmber of the Developing Team. Photos...

Gulshan Kavarana speaks about the support group she has been running for over two decades. Over two decades ago, a journey that started in a living room, has now offered help and growth to more than...

Around 40 members of community who succumbed to the infection in Surat denied the traditional funeral of consigning the dead to dakhmas and cremated as per Covid guidelines Monaz Bhesania, a...

Each had to fight with their backs to the wall." Cleopatra, Pope Joan, Razia Sultana are some of the figures featuring in Justice RF Nariman's speech on "Great Women of History."

An expert in Information Technology Yazdi B Tantra has been elected unopposed as the new Chairman of Multi State Scheduled Bank- Zoroastrian Cooperative Bank in the recently held election. He...

Based in Mumbai, Bharucha is the Mayor of London’s chief representative in India and leads the teams in India with offices in Mumbai and Bangalore, according to a statement. London & Partner on...

The April 2021 Ba Humata lecture shall be on the topic: From Humata to Hvarashta: To Protect and Heal the Earth (Spentomad Gatha 48.12) The lecture is scheduled for Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 8:00 AM...

No takers in first five days; Punchayet says 9 Parsis will get jabs on Friday; they are also offering free transport to vaccine-seekers BD Petit Parsee General Hospital at Cumballa Hill. Pic/Bipin...

Join the Ava Project’s effort to revitalize water’s importance in Zoroastrianism through service to our Earth Article By Kyra Singh | FEZANA The FEZANA Ava Project is an effort to rally Zoroastrians...

CEO at Serum Institute said to have agreed to pay Polish billionaire record sums for 25,000 square foot London mansion Article By Hayley Dixon | The Telegraph Adar Poonawalla is a member of one of...

ZTFE would like to invite our members and well-wishers to join us for a specially curated evening on the Epic Iran exhibition, from the comfort of their homes.  The exhibition explores 5,000...

Going purple for Census 2021 Harrow’s Civic Centre and the iconic Zoroastrian Centre on Alexandra Avenue will join more than a hundred buildings and landmarks across England and Wales lighting up...