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Bats and slippery tunnels aren’t really normal props to celebrate 75 years of an association. But when it comes to Jamshedpur Parsi Association’s (JPA) platinum jubilee, expect the unexpected. Published in the Telepgraph India Members of the feisty and adventurous community enjoyed a two-day stint at an adventure camp in Tumung in East Singhbhum, 25km… Continue reading Jamshedpur Parsis Go Platinum With Rock Climbing

Mumbai has many beloved sons. Some were born here; some just lived here. Millions come here to change their lives. No one can say who will make it and who won’t. ‘Mumbai is all about fate’, they say. But there have been people who changed the fate of Mumbai itself. Destiny seems to be the… Continue reading Nari Contractor: The man who laughed at his own misfortune

WHILE we celebrate Pakistan’s sensational victory in the Asia Cup against Bangladesh at Dhaka we must also not ignore the fact that the game that we are passionately in love with owes much to the pioneering work initially taken up by the Parsi community who were the first ones in the subcontinent to fall in… Continue reading Parsi Cricket Pioneers in Pakistan

Indian Australian cycling ace Nosh Mistry has won a bronze medal at the 2012 Cycling Australia Masters National Championships. The prestigious annual event was held at the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Bankstown recently. Representing the St George Cycling Club in the Masters 2 age category (35-39 yrs), Mistry competed in the 3000m Individual Pursuit as… Continue reading Noshir Mistry: Ace Cyclist at the Australian National Championship

Sledging can be fun. As long as the right spirit and right humour is there, sledging can add up to the fun of the game. Parsi Cyclist was a team whose players were never short of a fun-foul word. It is as if that was their only vocabulary. Yet these words, though jeering, were said… Continue reading Parsi Cyclists played to enjoy : Cricket and Parsis

The Maharashtra National Cadet Corps (NCC) has bagged the Prime Minister’s Banner Trophy as Champion Directorate for the 15th time in 21 years. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presented the trophy to the Maharashtra Directorate Saturday evening after the NCC rally in New Delhi. A girl, Aneri R. Desai from the Maharashtra Directorate, bagged the best… Continue reading Mehrab Kaizad Bhaya Wins NCC Honour

Yazdi Tantra at Zoroastrians.net informs Ms Khurshid Mistry has won Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012- Half Marathon under the Veteran Category which was held on January 15, 2012.  Ms Khurshid completed 21 kms in 1hour 53 minutes and  secured  3rd position under the Veteran Category (2nd Indian women in the category). This year 9,876 runners… Continue reading Khurshid Mistry Wins the Mumbai Half Marathon in the Veteran’s category.

Former Indian captain Nari Contractor and India stumper Farokh Engineer believe the current Indian batting line-up is ageing and that it is time to look ahead with young new faces. By V.V. Subrahmanyam| The Hindu On a private visit to the city in connection with the Parsi Community festival cricket tournament, 77-year-old Contractor feels that… Continue reading Contractor, Engineer call for fresh faces in team