Dara Doomasia, BPP Chief Athletic Coach, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bombay City District Amateur Athletics Association for devoting fifty years towards coaching and officiating service to the association. Dara has been the Joint Secretary of the Maharashtra State Association, manager of ‘Bombay And State Athletics’ team and timekeeper at National Games.
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) is a non-profit organisation that aims at making this world a better place for the underprivileged and spreading social awareness and skills amongst the youth. ‘Stepping Forward’ is a Shoe Collection Drive for the underprivileged. Media Partner Parsi Times catches up with XYZ Founder, Hoshaang Gotla, who explains this…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]In keeping with the recent developments that have occurred over the past week, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet would like to issue a statement to the community, in an attempt to stop all unnecessary speculations, and reassure the community about their commitment to protecting the interests and growth of the community.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Three of the…
On getting to know of Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor’s visit to Dallas (Texas), the Zoroastrian Association of Houston (ZAH), sent a formal invitation to Dasturji Khurshed and wife Havovi, which was gracefully accepted, inspite of the short notice and tight schedule. Dasturji’s cousin in Dallas, Er. Yazdi Dastoor kindly undertook the four hour drive to…
On 5th September, 2016, Er. Pervez Karanjia, Panthaky of Sodawaterwalla Agiary, was invited by Rustom Cooper from Rahnumae Mazdayasnan Sabha, to speak on the ‘Denkard Nama’, meaning, ‘acts of religion’, at Karani Agiary in Cusrow Baug. Er. Karanjia elucidated, “The Denkard Nama is a 9th century encyclopaedia about how we should live based on the…
The prestigious ‘UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit’ (for restoration) was awarded to Cama Building, a residential building situated in Marzban Colony at Mumbai Central on the 1st of September, 2016. This is the third UNESCO award for the Garib Zarthostiona Rehthan Fund (GZRF), which had previously teamed up for the restoration of Sethna Building…
Women Graduates Union along with Colaba Advanced Locality Management (CALM) and My Dream Colaba (MDC) organized an Anti-Noise Pollution Campaign at Cuffe Parade and Colaba on 20th August, 2016. The campaign was further powered with a talk cum presentation on ‘That Noise in Your Life’ by Convener of AWAAZ Foundation, Sumaira Abdulali on 2nd September,…
The Deolali Agiary, on the verge of its centenary celebrations, was burgled on 20th August, 2016. Parsi Times’ Reporter Khushroo Mehta, on investigating into this unfortunate incident, received an email from Firdaus Kapadia, the Head Trustee of the Nasik Deolali Anjuman. The email read: “During the night of 20th August 2016 at about 3:45 am., thieves…
On 3rd September, 2016, Australian Olympic gold medal swimmer, Michael Klim and his sister visited their coach Khorshed Bhathena, who trained them in the late 1970s at one of the city’s oldest pools, the Breach Candy Swimming Bath Trust (Breach Candy Club). The brother-sister duo invited the 81-year-old coach to the launch party of their…
The Thana Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman (TPZA) celebrated Parsi New Year and Khordad Saal on 22nd August, 2016, with a jasan at Patell Agyari at 5 pm, led by Er. Behramsha Sidhwa and, followed by a Humbandagi. TPZA felicitated fourteen children for their performance in academics, sports and special achievements. Adding a twist to their celebrations,…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times is pleased to share the success of the efforts by the partnership between Jiyo Parsi, WZO Trust Funds and DNM Sarvajanik Hospital (Navsari) for fulfilling the dream of a young couple from a Gujarat village, married for a decade and longing to have a child of their own. Our much loved…