The new BPP Board started working in October 2015. For the first three and a half years, we proudly proclaimed to one and all, that BPP was not selling any houses and genuinely catering to the needs of the poor and underprivileged community members, especially in need of Housing. However, from Day One itself, my…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] 26th August, 2021 marks International Dog’s Day, also commemorated as International Pet’s Day, across the world. As a community, we inherently love pets, especially dogs, as they fill our lives with ‘paw’sitivity and happiness with their unconditional love and acceptance of us. No wonder we treat these little angels as our very…
Today, Saturday, 21st August, 2021 is Khordad Roj of Fravardin Mah, which we traditionally celebrate as Khordadsal, commemorating not just the birthday of Asho Zarathushtra, but also rededicating our lives to His timeless message of attaining happiness by making others happy and perfecting the imperfections in our lives by making the right choices. In the…
The Global Tipping Point Summit (GTPS) is the brainchild of the highly innovative, internationally eminent educator, literary critic and author, Dr. Coomi S. Vevaina. While many would be content with one doctorate, she has two Ph.D. degrees – one in Literature and the other in Education. She is the Founder Director of the Centre for…
Saal Mubarak to you and all your loved ones! We welcome the New Year with a sense of hope and much needed healing, in keeping with the challenges, damage and loss caused by the second wave of the pandemic, not too long ago. Life goes on, and as we learn to adjust and adapt to…
“The prayer performed with sincere heart and pure intention serves for us a very powerful weapon against the wicked, and against superstitious and frightful thoughts. True prayer produces in us a sort of heroism and thereby we become powerful to prevent, to a great extent, hardships arisen against us. When all the daevas and drujas…
Aaderji Writer steps out of his house. Remember him? Adarji the Angrej, an absolute anglophile, more British than the Brits! He notices Sherry, the colony’s adorable arm-candy and ‘Miss Parsi Colony – 2012’ approaching him. Adjusting his behesti papa’s Tootal tie, he tries buttoning up his tweed jacket that was de rigueur, way back when…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Veera is a published Author (‘Endured’ and ‘#LoveBitesLifeHacks’) and Columnist; a passionate Educator and Counsellor; Poet and Philosopher… but most of all, a lover of all things literary. [/otw_shortcode_info_box] Us Parsis are remarkably unique, undoubtedly quirky, comparably idiocentric, with a race, religion and ethos all our own….
This Shahenshahi New Year, let’s co-create with Ahura Mazda and with His Wisdom, a kinder and more loving world to live in. Let this be a promise we make to ourselves individually and collectively, as a community. Let us resolve to make this goal an attainable purpose of our daily living. Let this not just…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] (Iconic Bollywood star and theatre actor extraordinaire, soulful singer, brilliant photographer and producer, – Boman Irani, the pride and joy of our community is as humble as he is legendary! Down to earth, a gentleman to the core… always spreading his effervescent energy like the rays of the sun, leaving warmth and…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] Veera is a published Author (‘Endured’ and ‘#LoveBitesLifeHacks’) and Columnist; a passionate Educator and Counsellor; Poet and Philosopher… but most of all, a lover of all things literary. [/otw_shortcode_info_box] No matter who you choose to marry, partner or single out, there are always early signs that distinguish a man from the boys….