Blessed With The Gift Of Giving Dear Readers, It’s always a joy heading into this fun festive season – we’re all happy to be done with the monsoons and the potholes and water-logging and those serpentine traffic jams – our spirits are painted over in mood-changing shades of sunshine and vibrancy! Many of us are…
History is almost always recorded by victors and vanquishers. A fragment of coincidence then that Shrabani Basu, while on a visit to the Queen’s summer home at the Isle of Wight in 2003, found a couple of objects which aroused her curiosity and heightened her interest in the subject – enough to pen it all…
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી . ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. 27મી ઓકટોબર સુધી શનિની દિનદશા ચાલશે તેથી મુસાફરીના પ્લાન કરતા નહીં અને કરો તો સંભાળીને ટ્રાવેલ કરજો. કોઈ વ્યક્તિ ખોટી રીતે તકલીફ આપી જાય. નાણાકીય બાબતમાં ખેંચતાણ રહેશે. થોડું ઈન્વેસ્ટમેન્ટ અવશ્ય કરજો. ‘મોટી હપ્તન યશ્ત’ ભણવાથી મનને શાંતિ મળશે. શુકનવંતી તા. 7,…
Situated within the premises of Khareghat Colony, the Alpaiwalla Museum is probably the only Zoroastrian museum in the world that houses rare artefacts and collection but had been shut, due to much needed repairs. However, the Government of India (GOI) has stepped in to renovate and restore this ground plus one storey structure owned by…
14-year-old Shareez Sidhwa was selected to represent Mumbai at the ‘34th National Handball Sub-Junior Tournament’ held in Haryana, from 25th to 29th September, 2017. The selection that took place a month before the tournament, involved 200 best handball players across schools, competing for a period of a month. Shareez got selected to represent Mumbai in the…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]As Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) completes three years, PT catches up with Hoshaang Gotla, the founder and the force behind this leading organisation for Parsi children.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] . PT: So what’s the latest at XYZ? Hoshaang: Well, we’re starting yet another group, ‘Vistasp’s Vikings’ in Pune. We’ve hosted numerous events this year too, like…
Parsis as a community love to celebrate. Not just our own feasts and festivals, even Diwali and Christmas are celebrated with equal gusto. However, often in our enthusiasm, we end up violating certain fundamental precepts of our own religion. Take for example the misuse of firecrackers during the festival of Diwali. Not only are firecrackers…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]On 5th October, 2017, Masina Hospital inaugurated its latest project, the ‘Skin Bank’, in corollary of the Eric Kharas Memorial Burns Unit, in the presence of Trustee Burjor Antia, Managing Trustee Homi Katgara, Medical Director Dr. Vispi Jokhi and Consultants and staff of the Hospital. The Skin Bank is a state-of-the-art facility with…
The Modi Shahenshahi Atash Behram in Surat celebrated its 194th Salgreh on 2nd October, 2017, with a ‘Maachi’ at 7:00 am in Havan geh, attended by over a hundred Parsis. The highlight of the salgreh celebrations was the ‘Kavyani Zando’ which was paraded through the streets near the Atash Behram with a decent Parsi population…
Roj Sarosh, Mah Ardebehest, marked the 161st salgreh of Sheth Shapurji Sorabji Kappawala Aderian, Tardeo, commemorated with a Havan Geh Machi and two jasans performed by Panthki Er. Jamshedji Bhesadia and his team of mobeds, in the presence of the Trustee, Meherji Makati. The evening jasan was also performed by Er. Bhesadia and other mobeds…
મરહુમ એરવદ ડીબી મહેતાની ઝોરાસ્ટ્રિયન અંજુમન આતશ આદરિયાનની 105મી સાલગ્રેહની ઉજવણી કરવામાં આવી. જશનની પવિત્ર ક્રિયા સવારે સ્ટે.ટા. 10.00 કલાકે એરવદ જિમી તારાપોરવાલા, એરવદ વિરાફ દસ્તુર, એરવદ દારાયસ કરંજીયા, એરવદ બહેરામશા કરંજીયા દ્વારા કરવામાં આવી હતી. કોલકત્તાના પારસી સમુદાયના લોકો આતશ પાદશાહના આશિર્વાદ લેવા મોટી સંખ્યામાં હાજર રહ્યા હતા. આદરિયાનના ટ્રસ્ટીઓ નોશીર ટંકારીવાલા, યઝદેઝર્દ દસ્તુર…