The Women Graduates Union (WGU) Mumbai organized its Diwali Mela on 20th October 2018, with CEO of WAPIZ, Anahita Desai, as the Guest of Honour. The event commenced with lighting of the lamp in the august presence of President, Bina Thadani, Vice President and Chairman of Program and Fundraising Committee, Dr. Arnavaz Havewala, Trustees, Sheila…
10-year-old Mehran Hodiwala, from Thane’s a student of Vasant Vihar High School, Thane, was awarded the Merit Plus Trophy for the prestigious National Level SpellQuest Competition for Classes 5 and 6 (Club 4), at a function in Nerul on October 6, 2018. The son of Dr. Anahita and Vistasp Hodiwala, Mehran is amongst one of…
On October 24, 2018, Tata Sons’ former Chairman, Cyrus Mistry, announced the formation of Mistry Ventures LLP that will invest in and nurture start-ups in India and across the world. Established with the aim of providing strategic insights and advice to businesses, incubate new ventures and provide seed, early stage and growth capital to start-ups,…
On Monday, 21st October, 2018, India’s Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu, honoured the country’s and our Community’s leading jurist, Sr. Advocate Fali Sam Nariman, with the prestigious ‘Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration’, at a function held in the capital. Naidu praised Fali Nariman saying that Nariman was known to have…
Living up to its motto, ‘Community First’, the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India (ZTFI), known as the Community’s premier service-oriented organisation, started a new initiative aimed at assisting our single bawas and bawis to find their companions for life. Aptly named ‘Soulmates’, the initiative provides the crucial platform for our Community’s youngsters to meet and…
Much to the joy of Jazz enthusiasts, NCPA’s International Jazz Festival is back, from the 23rd to 25th of November, 2018. On Friday, 23rd November at 6:30pm, the first band that will open the NCPA International Jazz Festival 2018 is the Latin band, ‘Los Gatos, Ay Mamá’, which encompasses six people including a Cuban percussionist, a bongo player from Panama…
The Parsi Punchayat Complex Welfare Association (PPCWA), Goregaon, organised a Dharmagyan session for children aged 4 – 16 years, on 13th October, 2018. Fifteen children attended the religious class which was inaugurated by religious scholar, Er. Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia, who spoke on the pressing need to create religious awakening amongst the youth. Similar sentiments were…
Ms. Hemavati Pal, the erstwhile Teacher, Principal and Administrator of Sir J.J. Girls’ High School passed away peacefully in her sleep on 12th October, 2018, at her home in Mangalore, at the age of seventy-nine. Born in Mangalore on 26th August, 1929, Ms. Pal completed her schooling and graduation in Mangalore and her MA degree…
The Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC) organised the ‘Ayathrem Gahambar’ at the ZAC Atash Kadeh, on 14th October, 2018. Attended by seventy-five Zoroastrians, the celebrations began with a Hama Anjuman Jasan sponsored by the Humbandagi group, and performed by Er. Zerkxis Bhandara, Er. Jal Birdy and Er. Minoo Katrak. Following the Humbandagi, Er. Zerkxis explained…
If ever there’s a rerun of Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘102 Not Out’ playing on television, Homi Rustomji Mehta would surely be smiling wistfully from up above. Born on 23rd June 1917, the popular Grand Old Man of Cama Park passed away in the early hours of 15th October, 2018, of old age. A keen sportsperson, his hundredth…
The Global Working Group (GWG), at their annual meeting, has decided to extend financial support to senior Mobeds, who subsist in economically challenged circumstances. The Zoroastrian Charity Funds of Hong Kong, Canton & Macao have also taken the initiative to channelize financial support from a foreign based corporate. GWG – ZCK HK will extend financial support to…