The All-Parsees Rink Football Tournament organised by the Bai Jerbai Baug Sports League culminated with an exciting final match on 18th March, 2023. A total of 25 teams and about 175 players participated in two categories – ‘Under-18’ and ‘Men’s’ in this 3-week long tournament. The final event was presided by Chief Guest and BPP…
India’s racing champ – Jehan Daruvala swept to a double podium finish in the Saudi Arabian round of the Formula 2 championship, over the weekend, in Jeddah. The 24-year-old, who races for Dutch team, MP Motorsport, had gone from fifth to third, after engaging in a hard-fought battle for the win in the Sprint Race on…
On 23rd March, 2023, the Thane Zarthostis gathered to celebrate the auspicious Ava Roj-Ava Mahino at the Patell Agiary, with a Jashan followed by a Humbandagi at the holy well of the Agiary. Zarthostis offered floral tributes, coconut, Dar-ni-pori and lighting the divo at the well in the morning. In the evening, the holy well…
Ahura Support, an NGO for the benefit of differently-abled individuals needing special care at all stages of life, held its fourth Annual Sports Day at the Sir Ness Wadia Memorial Pavilion, Rustom Baug, on 5th March, 2023. The event flagged off with a march past followed by various races designed to suit each beneficiary. Activities…
The Zoroastrians of Switzerland met for an early Navroz celebration, on 19th March, 2023, in Geneva. The get-together was held at the Iranian restaurant, ‘Hafez’, where the young and old of the community got together to bring in and celebrate the Season of Spring. Amdist all the ‘soo khabars’ and ‘majama cho’, interspersed with smatterings of French and…
Recently, the Ladies Wing of World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC-WE) organized an industrial visit to Mustang Socks and Accessories Factory (Palghar), owned and run by two dynamic women entrepreneurs –Naazeen Katrak and Lubeina Shahpurwala. Over twenty WZCC members visited the factory, alongside Global Chairperson of WZCC’s Ladies Wing and President, India Region – Behroze…
The Ateshgah Baku fire temple, located in the capital of Azerbaijan, was built over a natural gas vent, and constructed between the late 17th and early 18th centuries AD. There is evidence, however, that an older temple once stood at the site. One of the interesting features of the Ateshgah Baku fire temple are the…
The Young Rathestars – our community’s leading Social Welfare Association, from Dadar Parsi Colony – held an exhibition-cum-sale at the Sorab Palamkote Hall, on 11th and 12th March, 2023, with the aim of providing community members, especially entrepreneurs, the much-needed support and encouragement and to showcase their creativity and talent. A total of 74 exhibitors…
Bandian complex, a site museum chockful of Sassanid architecture and arts in northeast Iran, offers visitors to travel back in time to the longest-lived Persian imperial dynasty, which endured for over four centuries, from 224 to 651 CE. The archaeological discovery was originally a fire Temple situated in Dargaz county of Khorasan Razavi province, near…
On the occasion of World Hearing Day – 3rd March, 2023, a Hearing Camp was conducted in Panvel, by Vahishtai J. Daboo, the Founder and Principal Consultant of Integrated, Services for Listening and Spoken Language (a center for children) and Co-founder and Managing Trustee of VConnect Foundation, a parent support group for children with hearing…
Held across 18th and 19th February, 2023, the 38th Late Jal D. Pardivala All Parsees Annual Athletic Meet -2023, witnessed over 400 participants taking part in 100 events, conducted across 16 age groups, with a huge crowd turnout comprising parents, friends and well-wishers, all cheering for their favourite participants! This Meet salutes the spirit of Parsi Sportsmen with contests held for all right from the under-6-year-old…