The passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on 8th September, 2022, left many within the community with a sense of loss, especially amongst our senior community members, who still refer to her as ‘Aapri Rani’. But for Delnaz and Rohinton Marker it came as a surprise to see their 7-year-old daughter – Simone, being…
On 12th November, 2022, members of XYZ’s Behram’s Battalion (Dadar), enacted an hour-long play on Mushkil Asan – Behram Yazad, at the Dadar Athornan Madressa Hall, as a part of their religion theme. Over 25 members participated in the play and dance, after rehearsing for over a month, enthralling a packed audience of over 100…
Kudos to Kurush Wadia from Panthaky Baug for completing the extreme endurance sport – ‘Ironman 70.3 Goa’, in 6 hours and 7 minutes (Swimming – 42 mts; Cycling – 2 hour 51 mts; and Running 2 hours 20 mts, with some time in transition between sports). He stood 10th in his age group (40-44 years)…
Vapi-based Pezan Hemin Vapiwala secured a gold medal in his weight category, at the global event, ‘World Open Taekwondo Friendship Cup 2022’, which was held in Mumbai on 12th November, 2022. 21-year-old Pezan has been selected to represent India at the international Taekwondo Tournament which will be held in Nepal on 5th December, 2022, where…
– Parsi Charitable Trusts involved in commercial activities pertaining to housing to exercise extra caution! – The recent judgment of the Supreme Court of India pertaining to commercial or business activities and income from such activities by charitable trusts and institutions enjoying tax exemption is of far-reaching consequences to all trusts, including Parsi charitable trusts….
Industrialist, philanthropist, ex-Chairman of WAPIZ, and Ex-President of the Ahmedabad Parsi Panchayat, most popularly and fondly remembered as the founder of ‘Rasna’ (the world-famous soft-drink concentrate), Areez Pirojsha Khambatta, passed away on 19th November, 2022, due to a cardiac arrest, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, at the age of 85. Born in 1937, Areez Khambatta, took over the…
Responding to a call by Pope Francis, an international summit titled, ‘Sport for All: Cohesive, Accessible And Tailored To Each Person’, was held from 29-30 September, 2022, in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican, where sports enthusiasts and representatives of major sports and intergovernmental institutions and organizations met to discuss the social responsibility of…
Heartiest congratulations to Burzin Engineer and Percy Bharucha on completing the extreme endurance event, ‘IRONMAN 70.3 Goa’, on 13th November, 2022.
18-year-old Paashin Behram Sethna, residing in Bandra Tata Blocks, made a mark in the first edition of the ‘Jio Mumbai Cyclothon’, which took place on 13th November, 2022, (from 5:00am to 1:00pm), and successfully concluded with over 3,500 cycling enthusiasts having participated in the event and securing third place in the Men’s 50km 18+ Category….
Each year, in the month of November, the Gujarat Express train from Mumbai makes a special halt for one day at Sanjan station and the locals ponder on the reason and one of them realizes loudly, ‘Aree aaje to Parsi Day che ne etle gaadi ubhi rahi!’… even as Parsis alight from the train with…
On 13th November, 2022, thirty-two lovely little tots participated in the ‘Bonny Baby’ contest, held by the famous and much respected philanthropic organization – ‘Young Rathestars’ (estb. 1942). The excited children were accompanied by their enthusiastic parents and grandparents on a Sunday morning. Arnavaz Mistry addressed the gathering with a warm welcome note, alongside other…