Udvada’s Iranshah Atash Behram celebrated its salgreh in accordance with the Fasli Calendar on Thursday, 24th November, 2016 (Roj Adar, Mah Adar). A jasan ceremony was performed by Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor and six other Dasturs at 9:30 am. Around four hundred and fifty devotees paid their homage to the Holy Fire and enjoyed delicious…
Asia’s largest short film club, ‘Shamiana’, founded and run by Cyrus Dastur, held a successful screening of numerous ‘Oscar Nominated Short films’ to a packed audience of over six hundred people at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) in Ahmedabad on 19th November, 2016. Having a strong presence across multiple cities of India, Shamiana has now…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Demonetization fever has gripped our society these days. Everywhere one goes, it is the same lament and people are really in distress about not having enough money in small denominations. Meherbai decided to hold a seminar on this hot issue with her usual mandli to exchange ideas and find ways to mitigate the…
‘Art knows no boundaries or age limits’ was aptly demonstrated at St Mary’s School’s art exhibition ‘Dreamatorium’ held at Cymroza Art Gallery, where students showcased their creativity. The variety of the displayed artwork was astounding with paintings covering several genres and artistic styles, ranging from figurative to abstract and nature to architecture. The masterly control…
The 86th Humbandagi took place at the Bhikha Behram Well on 24th November, 2016 (Ava Roj) at 5:30 pm. This was followed by a speech on Shahnameh writer, Firdowsi Toosi by Er. Darayesh R. Katrak, where he highlighted the fact that had it not been for Firdowsi and his writings, we would have been in…
A. H. Wadia Baug Welfare Centre organized its Sports Day, ‘Wadia Baug Fun Sports’ on 18th November, 2016. The event included sports for all – races, lemon-and-spoon and book-balancing for children and games also for the middle-aged and senior citizens. The races for tots received great cheering by the onlookers. A new ‘marathon’ was introduced…
We all have a large bunch of old photos either in old photo albums or just bound together lying somewhere in our cupboards or attics, unseen, untouched for years. We have tried digitizing them so that they are available on the cloud, but the results have been atrocious! Photoscan by Google solves this problem. Just…
On 20th November 2016, XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) inaugurated its Thane chapter with founder Hoshaang Gotla, volunteers and members. He addressed a meeting with over 20 parents who attended registered their children as XYZ members so they can also partake in the numerous events conducted by XYZ. XYZ, which has centres all over Mumbai and…
When Karma Boomerangs Dear Editor, Democracy has become ‘democrazy’! The volcano has erupted without notice. The present upsurge is the outcome of the caption. We are pondering over the lesson this episode has offered. However, we may compromise and again become complacent as our basic values have degenerated. We seem to have changed the course…
Dear Readers, I understand a lot of us would be excited to read this editorial based on the above headline, hoping to find innovative solutions to help garner some ‘change’ – the most sought after commodity currently in our country that has gone into chaos, ever since our PM proclaimed the ‘D’ word! Now that…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Start your weekend with positive vibes with inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’ by Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla of Karachi.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Thou art eternal light, Ahura Mazda. Thy very nature is light. Be Thou my light. O lord of light. I grope in the dark: scatter the darkness. Shed…