The spirited members of ZANZ (The Zarathustrian Association of New Zealand) have indeed kicked off 2023 amidst much revelry and camaraderie. Responding to the New Zealand Police and Auckland City Council’s call in mid-February, for greater involvement of communities celebrating Navruz, ZANZ alongside their Afghani, Iranian, and Kurdish brethren, organized ‘New Zealand’s Inaugural Multi-cultural…
Organ Donation And Zoroastrianism [otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#00″] Noshir Dadrawala, scholar in Zoroastrian religion and culture, responds to queries sent in by readers seeking answers to various religious and cultural questions [/otw_shortcode_info_box] Query From Parsi Times reader, Yasmin Patel: “I’ve been reading the Religious Questions column in Parsi Times with great interest and feel emboldened…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#1e0175″ background_color=”#fffedb”] In a recent issue, Parsi Times had published and applauded the much-needed community service initiative for the elderly – the ‘WAPIZ Helping Hands For Seniors’, the brainchild of WAPIZ Trustee – Karryesh Patel, who has been staunchly devoted to the cause of our community for over a decade. PT catches…
બોમ્બેના લાયન તરીકે વર્ણવેલ વ્યક્તિના માનમાં મુંબઈની સૌથી પ્રખ્યાત પ્રતિમા છે. દરરોજ, હજારો પ્રવાસીઓ દક્ષિણ મુંબઈમાં સીએસએમટી ખાતે મ્યુનિસિપલ હેડક્વાર્ટર બિલ્ડિંગની બહાર સર ફિરોઝશાહ મહેતાની આકર્ષક પ્રતિમાને જોઈ તેની પ્રશંસા કરે છે. 3 એપ્રિલ, 1923ના રોજ, બોમ્બેના ગવર્નર જ્યોર્જ લોયડ દ્વારા બોમ્બેમાં મ્યુનિસિપલ ગવર્નમેન્ટના પિતા એવા સર ફિરોઝશાહ મહેતા દ્વારા શહેરને આપવામાં આવેલી સેવાઓની યાદમાં…
વાપીઝ (વર્લ્ડ એલાયન્સ ઓફ પારસી ઈરાની જરથોસ્તી), સમુદાયની અગ્રણી બિન-લાભકારી સંસ્થાઓમાંની એક, જે સમુદાય-સેવા માટે સમર્પિત છે, તેણે સમુદાયના વૃદ્ધોના સમર્થનમાં તેના નવીનતમ પ્રોજેકટ – વાપીઝ હેલ્પિંગ હેન્ડસ ફોર સિનિયર્સના પ્રારંભની જાહેરાત કરી છે. સમુદાય માટે ખૂબ જ જરૂરી અને આવકારદાયક પહેલ, હેલ્પિંગ હેન્ડસની કલ્પના કરવામાં આવી છે અને વાપીઝના ટ્રસ્ટી – કાયરેશ પટેલ દ્વારા…
The Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank has increased interest rates on Fixed Deposits significantly and is now offering interest rate of 7.25% to its Senior Citizens for Fixed Deposits of 1 year to 3 years. Interest rates for general public (other than Senior citizens) is 7% for tenures from 1 year to 3 years. Details of interest…
The dynamic father-son duo – 52-year-old Jehangir Randeria and 23-year-old Kaiwan Randeria – continue their magnificent winning streak in the field of bodybuilding, this time scoring top places in the ‘3rd National Bodybuilding Competition & Fitness Championship 2022-23’, organised by ABAM (Amateur Bodybuilders Association of Maharashtra), on 8th and 9th of April, 2023, at Sanjay…
On 9th April, 2023, Avan Yazad was revered and attuned, across the seven seas, by the members of the Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC), by offering prayers including a Humbandagi, the Avan Ardavisur Nyaish, Dooa Nam Setayashne and Tandarosrti prayers, which were led by Ervad Zerkxis Bhandara, at Santa Ana river, in Orange City, CA. It was indeed heart-warming to see so many Zoroastrians, ranging from the…
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Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 19th April 2023. . [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Disclaimer: Some of our ‘Caption This’ Contest photos are taken from freely available, public online resources and are published in a light and…
Celebrating The Perpetuation Of Parsi Legacies! Dear Readers, One of the bigger heartaches that comes along with the sorrow of a dwindling population of a community as glorious as ours, is the distressing disappearance of our long-standing legacies, which make us one of the world’s most respected communities, despite our minuscule numbers. This is why…