Merit Makes Man

Merit Makes Man

Meek and unassuming is true merit. As credit creates confidence and counts for wealth in business and banking, so is man’s merit valued highly in this world. It is merit alone that opens the portals of paradise for man’s soul in the world to come. Merit is more praiseworthy than birth and rank. Merit wins…

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Congratulations to BPP Trustees for their wise, bold and progressive move to bring peace, harmony and happiness in our peace-loving Community! We all share a fundamental wish to live a happy life with peace and harmony. Poverty, illiteracy and over population hinder progress and development. Luckily, we are a small community, affluent in status and highly…

Dasturji Kookadaru Saheb

Dasturji Kookadaru Saheb

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. She credits her learnings and insights, shared in her articles, to all Zoroastrian priests and scholars whose efforts…

Worth And Not Birth Imparts True Nobility

Worth And Not Birth Imparts True Nobility

With pride and gratefulness do I look backward to my early illustrious ancestors in Ancient Iran and to my renowned forebears in India, who have made my community and its glory by their memorable achievements. Priceless is the inheritance of their exemplary lives. Ennobling are the cherished memories of their illustrious names. Never will I…

Un‘Tie’d And Classy!

Un‘Tie’d And Classy!

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]When it comes to Traditional, Ethnic or Western men’s wear in our Community, one needs not look beyond Kaizad Wadia’s fine fashion and perfect fits.  He dresses his eclectic range of clients with impeccable style and timeless grace – be it our traditional wear like Daglis, or the more formal custom clothing like…

From the Editors Desk

From the Editors Desk

Where Credit And Support Is Due… Dear Readers, Even as we enter our New Year on a note of positivity and hope, BPP’s latest announcement helps restore and cement our faith in the Community’s august, apex body. A couple of days ago, BPP shared a Press Release announcing that all seven Trustees have unanimously agreed…

Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) Understanding Growth After Suffering

Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) Understanding Growth After Suffering

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parisha Jijina Mehta is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Baroda’s MS University since 2013. A trained Clinical Psychologist and Hypno-therapist, she is currently the Assistant Director of the Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical & Applied Hypnosis. Her research areas include Health Psychology and Positive Psychology. She is passionate about spreading Mental Health…

Hyderabad Parsis Celebrate Khordad Saal

Hyderabad Parsis Celebrate Khordad Saal

The residents of Bai Maneckbai Chenoy Agiary complex Hyderabad, celebrated Khordad Saal with much delight, starting with a morning Jashan by the Agiary Trust, performed by Erwads Mehernosh Bharucha and Dinshah Surti. Attended by a large number of devotees and special invitees from the twin cities, the evening included a cultural program arranged by the residents….

10th RFP World Council Appoints Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor and Homi Gandhi

10th RFP World Council Appoints Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor and Homi Gandhi

The 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace (RFP), held from 20th – 23rd August, 2019, in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany, took place in partnership with the Foundation Peace Dialogue of the World Religions and Civil Society. Over 800 senior religious leaders, youth and women of faith from over 125 countries participated in the Assembly, which celebrated the theme,…