The President and Trustees of Surat Parsi Panchayat (SPP) organized an HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) vaccine camp on May 04th, 2023, to provide injectable vaccine, free of cost, for the prevention of Cervical Cancer, for Parsi girls and ladies, between 10 and 45 years of age, at Seth R D Tarachand Surat Parsi General Hospital,…
The WZO Trust Funds, the community’s premiere non-profit organization devoted to the cause of community welfare for decades, organised a fun and exciting, five-day Summer Camp for Parsi Zoroastrians children between nine and sixteen years of age, on 1st May, 2023. Eighteen girls and twenty-four boys participated at this camp which was held in Navsari,…
Pune’s oldest Agiary – the Sardar Seth Sorabji Ratanji Patel Agiary, celebrated its glorious 180th anniversary on 2nd May, 2023 (Mah Adar, Roj Behram) with a Machi offering and a Jashan in the evening, which was performed by fifteen mobeds. About 200 Zarthostis came to pay their respects on the momentous occasion to the Patel…
At the recently concluded Lions International District Convention, held on 30th April 2023, Lion Feroze Katrak MJF, was elected (unopposed) the second Vice District Governor of District 3231-A1. Lion Feroze, a Lion since 1989 with the Lions Club of Byculla (LCB), has numerous achievements in his career with Lions International. As the first Vice- President of LCB, he…
The Indian Association of Secretaries and Administrative Professionals (IASAP) celebrated ‘Administrative Professionals Day’, on 22nd April, 2023, at a venue in South Mumbai. President Kashmira Gamadia gave the welcome note introducing the keynote speaker for the occasion – Dr Adil Malia, Business Coach, Thought Leader and CEO of ‘The Firm’ commanding over four decades of…
XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians), the community’s premiere non-profit association which caters to the all-round social and cultural development of the community’s tots and teens, had some of its groups setting the pace this summer with various fun and growth-oriented activities. Believing that the best way to learn about our religion and customs is through…
‘The Parsi Lady’ – a century-old, unfinished painting of legendary artist Raja Ravi Varma, which had remained folded and shelved in the studio of the 380-year-old Kilimanoor Palace, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has now been restored and was unveiled by the Kilimanoor Palace Trust, at the Palace itself, on 29th April, 2023, which marked the 175th…
The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India – D Y Chandrachud, and comprising Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph, has recommended Parsi lawyer, Advocate Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla, for appointment as a Bombay High Court judge, rejecting the objection put forth by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) about Pooniwalla being junior to an advocate…
The Perozsha Ardeshir Patel’s Fire Temple, located in Andheri West, Mumbai, celebrated its glorious 115th salgreh amidst much pomp, in memory of its founder – Seth Ardeshir Bicaji Patel (Andheriwalla) on 21st April, 2023 (Mah-Adar, Roj-Adar). A Jashan was performed at 5:00 pm in the Agiary, by Panthaki Er. Kersi H Katila and his team…
In a prime land deal, a Parsi-owned bungalow named ‘Sunny Ville’, located on Carmichael Road in Tardeo, South Mumbai, and belonging to late Ernevaz Kharshedji Dubash (who passed away in 2013), was sold to BGH Properties Ltd – an Aditya Birla Group company, for Rs. 220 crores. BGH Properties Ltd purchased the half-acre bungalow along…
In a recent award ceremony held in Tampa city in Florida (USA), Professor Dr. Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla was awarded the ‘2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award’ from Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program. The McKnight program aims to increase the number of African Americans and Hispanics in Florida who earn PhDs. Unwalla’s lab in the Department…