On the occasion of Senior Citizen’s Day, 1st October, 2017, a hundred children from Sett RJJ High School in Navsari visited the WZO Trust Funds Senior Citizen’s Centre to spend quality time with the residents. Engaging in meaningful conversations, the children escorted the senior citizens to their school in a procession, where after being felicitated,…
It wasn’t long ago in 2014, when Prime Minister, H’ble Shri Narendra Modi suggested to strategize a dynamic plan in the form of a ‘festival’ that would bring our miniscule yet appreciated community across the world together, and view Udvada as a pilgrim centre. With immense planning and collaborative efforts of ‘Foundation for Development of…
Continuing the coverage on Monaz Gandhi, PT has learnt that the brilliant pre-school teacher at the ‘Learning Curve’, Worli, has recently gone on to win two more awards – ‘The Harvey Youngest Achiever 2017-2018’ and ‘The Harvey Most Valuable Indian 2017-2018’ awards, at The Harvey Excellence Awards hosted in London, on 27th September, 2017. Recognised…
In an exemplary gesture of philanthropy, The Tata Trusts in 2016, gifted $70 million to the University of California (UC), San Diego (SD), USA, to set up an institute for Genetics and Society. On 12th September, 2017, the University declared that the new building for the divisions of biological and physical sciences has been named…
The International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) recently elected scientist and fellow at the National Academy of Sciences, India, Mahtab Bamji to receive the ‘Living Legend Award’ at their General Assembly to be held in in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 18th October, 2017. The IUNS Council presents this award to highly experienced individuals who have…
In keeping with Parsi Times’s commitment to not let good deeds go unnoticed, we are delighted to once again share that a group of dedicated Zoroastrian volunteers successfully managed to clean Seth Framji Naserwanji Patel Agiyari (Kadmi Adarian) in Mazagaon, Mumbai on September 24, 2017, just in time for its 172nd Salgreh, on September 26,…
On 24th September, 2017, twenty children of XYZ’s Jamshed’s Giants (JG) group attended a workshop on ‘Positivity with Family’, conducted by Kerafrid Damania, which commenced with a very creative introductory session, where children introduced themselves using a positive adjective that aptly described their personality. This was followed by short skits where children enacted the challenges…
The 96th Avan Roj Humbandagi was organised at the Bhikha Behram Well on 25th September, 2017, with a Jasan ceremony performed by Er. Khubcheher Tarachand and his brother Er. Nauzer Tarachand. Hoshaang Gotla, who commenced the Avan Roj Humbandagi eight years ago along with his friend Perzon Zend, said, “We initiated the idea guided by…
Media and marketing veteran, and Chairman and MD of leading Advertising and PR agency, Madison World, Sam Balsara, was felicitated with the Hallmark Award for his great contributions to the Industry, at exchange4media’s Media ACE Awards, 2017, held in Mumbai, on September 25, 2017. With 45 years of experience in marketing, advertising and media, Bulsara currently heads…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday or Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year on 2nd October. This year it will be his 148th. As Father Of The Nation, Gandhiji is immortalized for his leadership in India’s freedom struggle. However, very few are aware of the contributions of the Parsi community to Gandhiji’s struggle for India’s Independence…[/otw_shortcode_info_box]…
Promise Of Increasing Platform Height Comforts Community [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Two weeks after the tragic accident at Udvada station where Aspi Sepoy unfortunately lost both his legs, our community has stood by him in prayer and financial aid to ensure he gets back to normal functioning, thanks to the proactive efforts of WZO Trusts Chairman, Dinshaw…