[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] It is that time of the year when we look ahead to new beginnings, new strategies and renewed hopes and aspirations. Here are five essential aspects that are recommended at the beginning of the financial year, for the continuous improvement of your financial well-being: [/otw_shortcode_info_box] (I) Review Your Portfolio: While long-term investing…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who carried out a three-city visit to get a “first-hand perspective of the preparations, challenges and roadmap in India’s endeavour to vaccinate its citizens,” on 28th November, 2020, spent over an hour at Pune’s Serum Institute of India (SII), headed by Dr. Cyrus and Adar Poonawala. SII has partnered with AstraZeneca…
The following are the details of the Covid-19 related welfare work undertaken by Team WZO Trusts in September, 2020. Every day, WZO Trusts receives numerous requests from individuals who have been financially impacted due to the Pandemic – either medically, or by way of loss of income due to loss of jobs, pay cuts in…
Our last (second) update was shared on June 6, 2020 (in Parsi Times) with donors, well-wishers and community members to apprise them of efforts undertaken by WZO Trusts to extend support to poor Zoroastrians affected financially due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. WZO Trust Funds shares the details of the third Update, as of 31st July,…
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die… dear Scylla donned her ethereal robes on 17th March, 2020 to progress to the higher realms, where she will for eternity be held in Divine Embrace. It was 30 years ago in 1990, that Bachi and I were blessed to have met Scylla for the very first time,…
In 1987, Dr. Cashmera P Bhaya conducted a sample (not census) socio-economic survey of poor Zoroastrians residing in the villages of South Gujarat. She identified 687 Zoroastrian families from 209 villages living in miserable conditions, many of them way below the poverty line, which in those days was pegged at an annual family income of…
Over 3,000 Community Members Attend Over 3 Days! [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#c2b3c2″ css_class=”boxed”]The much-awaited, third edition of the Iranshah Udvada Utsav or IUU 2019, held from the 27th to 29th December, 2019 in Udvada (Gujarat), turned out to be its best edition yet, with over 3,000 community members from all over the globe coming together to…
Community members are aware that Global Working Group (GWG) – comprising the elected Parsi Irani Zoroastrian Federations, Associations in countries that do not have Federations and some prominent Zoroastrians – in keeping with the economic challenges faced by Mobeds (Priests) and widows of Mobeds, 60 years and above – had, due to the initiative and efforts…
Our Community will be delighted and relieved to know that the revamping of the Udvada Railway station, which has been an ongoing project since two years, has now rendered the 123-year-old station the upgraded platform of a ‘Pilgrimage Destination Station’ at a cost of Rs 3.2 crore (in addition to the cost of the complete…
On 15th January, 2019, during the weekly meeting held by the BPP (Bombay Parsi Punchayet) Trustees, four of the Trustees voted to file a ‘No Confidence Motion’ challenging the leadership of BPP Chairman Yazdi Desai. Trustee Noshir Dadrawala moved the vote, which was seconded by Trustee Viraf Mehta and supported by Trustees Armaity Tirandaz and…
Nataraja Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) since 2009, was named the new Chairman of Tata Sons on 12th January, 2017. Chandrasekaran’s appointment as Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the $103 billion Tata Group, comes after the ouster of Cyrus Mistry on October 24th 2016. Rajesh Gopinathan has been…