The World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce – India (WZCCI) and WZO Trust Funds (WZOTF) have announced a joint plan to support and promote Parsi/Irani Zoroastrian entrepreneurs, professionals and start-ups by funding selected projects in India with interest-free loans. Only the principal amount would have to be returned, over a pre-determined period. WZCCI and WZOTF invite…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#d09c2c” background_color=”#f0e0c3″] “As we step into a new dimension of spirituality, we need to understand that nothing happens without cause, except for divine interventions. All else needs a rationale. If everything ought to have a meaning, so does our existence. Have you found yours? Every soul’s software is good, with a few par…
The leading eye specialist of the nation who has won global accolades and stands out as one of the tallest feathers in our Community’s cap, the dynamic Dr. Cyres Mehta, is no stranger to progress. Like most self-motivated greats, he started his private practice in 2009 in a little 300 sq ft room near old…
A few days before Jamshedi Navroze, Meherbai’s Mandli met on the lawns of a posh upper-crust club for dinner and the conversation turned to the good old days or Asal-no-Jamano since they were all super senior citizens. Meherbai opened the topic with a keynote speech saying, “Our previous generations of Parsis had nothing compared to what we have…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#d09c2c” background_color=”#f0e0c3″] The past decade has seen an insurgence in many falling back to the ancient ways of healing – using that wisdom to set the body right on a more holistic level. Yoga, Reiki and such alternative forms of healing have now given way to Tai Chi, which is soon becoming a…
Through most of our adult lives when we’re working hard and trying to keep up with the rat race, many of us dream of having time off to fill our days vacationing, traveling, relaxing and spending more time with loved ones. But once we professionally retire, for many of us, it doesn’t turn out to…
Though Hong Kong is blessed with very few Parsis, they are a united, warm, friendly and generous lot. The Zoroastrian Club is an imposing structure that does justice to the high socio-economic status Parsis enjoy on this lovely island. Many roads in Hong Kong begin and end in a quiet corner of Happy Valley: the…
Established in 1980, the Mancherji Edalji Joshi Memorial Trust has flourished into one of the leading Trusts within Dadar Parsee Colony and Mumbai in our Community. Registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950, the Charity Commissioner of Maharashtra State and Income Tax Act, 1961, the Trust issues an 80G certificate of exemption under the…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#d09c2c” background_color=”#f0e0c3″] Asia’s Pioneering Canine Behaviourist and Trainer, Shirin Merchant looks at the various professional options available in the field of careers with canines in India. [/otw_shortcode_info_box] . If you have always loved dogs and dreamed of working with them, then here’s some good news – you can make a career of out…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#d09c2c” background_color=”#f0e0c3″] We, as a people, love our drinks, and increasingly, have been taken in by the eclectic and new-emerging delights of wine as a beverage. Here to give us an instant upgrade on our wine-knowledge is Arashasp Shroff, the 25-year-old culinary prodigy from Toronto, Canada, whose recent blog, ‘The View From Table…
An idiom plays a very lively part in making our speech and writings more lucid and elegant, and often makes the point of conversation, debate, or argument more explicit and impressive. Of course over-use of Idiomatic phraseS can reduce it to a cliché, so be careful how you use your idioms. Some idioms often sound…