The sixth salgreh of Zoroastrian Association of California’s (ZAC) Atashkadeh was celebrated with great religious fervor and Parsi gusto on 12th November, 2022. Preparations started a week in advance with a deep cleaning of the premises. On the salgreh day, chowk was done by Vira and Barjor Santoke, a Hama Anjuman Maachi was offered to Atashpadshah…
XYZ Foundation conducted its 4th edition of ‘Brainiax’, a competition of the mind with numbers, puzzles, and science, on 6th November, 2022. Eight teams of XYZ – from Colaba to Thane – converged at the BJPC Institution at 9:00 am to participate in competing events like Scientifix (science fair), Mathemagix (mental maths competition), Gridx (sudoku),…
Known for winning accolades in Taekwondo, the Olpadwalla brothers – Nekzaad and Shazaad Aspi Olpadwalla – continue their winning streak in 2022! The students of Sir Lady Engineer High School have yet again made their school, community and parents very proud, with Nekzaad winning the Gold medal and Shazaad bringing home the Bronze medal, in…
13-year-old Merzina Irani, student of J. B. Vachha High School for Parsi Girls, Dadar, won a Silver Medal in Kumite, at the Maharashtra State Sub Junior Karate Championship, 2022, held in Aurangabad, on 5th – 6th November, 2022, organised by the Karate-Do Association of Maharashtra. Merzina represented Mumbai City in the open weight category for…
– New Initiative ‘The ZTFI Helpline’ Launched – The Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India (ZTFI) held its Annual Fest 2022 at Cama Baug, on 12th November, 2022. The evening began with the auspicious and heart-warming Navjote ceremony of two Zoroastrian children – Varzan Bhagwagar and Tiana Sukhadiya, nobly organized by ZTFI, with the…
51-year-old Surat resident, Yezdi Noshir Dapotawala, continues to inspire one and all, this time having completed the second edition of ‘IRONMAN 70.3 Goa’ – an extreme endurance event – which commenced at the Miramar Beach in Goa’s capital – Panaji, on 13th November, 2022. Over 1,450 participants from 33 countries put their best to the…
The Society of Scholars of Zoroastrianism (SSZ) is an initiative to promote the study and scholarship of the Religion of Zarathushtra. The mission of the Society is to revive the tradition of scholarship within our community among athornans and behdins alike, and to promote interaction among academicians, theologians (priests), educationists, lay scholars and practitioners of…
The California Zoroastrian Center (CZC), which is a FEZANA Member Association, recently unveiled its third Dar-E-Mehr in San Diego, USA, making it the fourteenth Dar-E-Meher in North America. The Dar-E-Mehr property was recently purchased and a grand opening ceremony was held on November 7th, 2022. The center is located at 1721 Hornblend St, San Diego,…
Homavazir’s 11th C.B.D.A. Scout Group have been doing their bit in keeping with their Scout Promise, part of which mentions – ‘helping other people’. Recently, the Scouts collected unwanted denim jeans and donated them to ‘Project Blue Jeans’ – an organisation that repurposes them into sleeping-bags and distributes these to the homeless in the NCR…
15-year-old Yashna Naushirwan Commissariat was selected as part of the UAE Cricket team that played in the CISCE Girls U-17 Regional Cricket Tournament that was held in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, from end October to beginning of November, 2022. Originally from Rustom Baug in Mumbai, Yashna is currently schooling in a school in Dubai. Growing her…
On 5th November, 2022, the police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district registered a case for negligent and rash driving, against renowned gynaecologist, Dr. Anahita Pandole (55), who was driving the Mercedes that crashed near Surya River Charoti bridge, on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, killing industrialist Cyrus Mistry and his co-passenger, Jehangir Pandole, who were riding in the back seat of the…