Parsi New Year 2018 Contest
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On 24th March, 2017, numerous Zoroastrians flocked to the Radio Club Pier in Colaba to worship Avan Ardavisur Banu on the occasion of Ava Yazad Parab. The celebrations commenced with twenty-one mobeds performing a jasan, headed by Vada Dasturji of Udvada, Khurshed Dastoor, with a special reference to a prayer from the Ardavisur Niyaish, followed…
Parsis as a community love to celebrate. Not just our own feasts and festivals, even Diwali and Christmas are celebrated with equal gusto. However, often in our enthusiasm, we end up violating certain fundamental precepts of our own religion. Take for example the misuse of firecrackers during the festival of Diwali. Not only are firecrackers…
22nd March, 2023 (Roj Adar, Mah Avan) marked the auspicious 19th Salgreh of Umrigar Adarian, located at Fatehganj, Vadodara. Vada Dasturji of Iranshah Udvada – Khurshedji Kekobad Dastur, presided as the Chief Guest at the celebratory function organised by the Parsi Panchayat Charitable Fund Vadodara and attended by many community members. An evening Machi was…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] We thank all our participants for the overwhelming response to our Jamshedi Navroz 2022 Contest, ‘What Being Parsi Means To Me’. We received some fabulous poetries and pics which displayed great talent and enthusiasm! Heartiest Congratulations to our following Top 5 Winners! [/otw_shortcode_info_box] WINNER 1: Nyrah Irani (our youngest 2½-year-old reader!) WINNER…
Aapra Adarji Writer, also known and Adarji the Angrej, remember him? He’s just polished off a breakfast of two scrambled eggs made in butter with a sprinkling of cheese atop, toasts, a good helping of last night’s papri-ma-kawab, all accompanied by a dollop of ‘ravo’, being the compliments from Jaiji Jilla next door, on the occasion…
25th October, 2019 (Khordad Mah, Ava Roj) marked the ten-year long auspicious celebrations of the ‘Pray Together, Stay Together’ Movement, at Mumbai’s Bhikha Behram Well, initiated in 2009, by two of our Community’s dynamic individuals – Perzon Zend and Hoshaang Gotla. The eve, which was attended by around 75 humdins who packed the venue, commenced…