One of India’s major reforms which is the buzzword on most of our lips today – the Goods and Services Tax or GST, which is expected to transform India’s economy favorably, was discussed at WZCC’s (World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce) event on 23rd June, 2017 at the Indian Merchant’s Chamber, Mumbai. Eighty participants increased their…
Parel-based Palcare is a recently established Palliative Care center in Mumbai that treats people with terminal illness, primarily cancer, set up by Pheroza Bilimoria in December 2015, with help from the Tata Trusts and industrialist Anand Mahindra. Palcare, which comprises a team of fifteen, including doctors and nurses, and is currently treating two hundred and…
On 2nd July, 2017, the Government of Madhya Pradesh conducted a massive tree plantation programme by planting over two million saplings to enter the Guinness World Book of Records. The Parsi Community of Jabalpur did its bit by planting over one hundred and fifty trees in the cemetery compound. The Chief Guest for the plantation…
The ongoing Metro III (Colaba- Bandra- SEEPZ) work at DN Road in South Mumbai faced yet another backlash from the heritage structures officials who received complaints from one of the city’s oldest libraries, JN Petit Library. The Mumbai Heritage Conversation Committee has confirmed receiving a complaint from the library against Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited…
On 9th July, 2017, Bombay Zoroastrian Jashan Committee (BZJC) and Athornan Mandal held their annual Bahman Mahino Jasan at Albless Baug, performed by Er. Farshogar Madon, Er. Homyar Masani, Er. Pervez Madon and Er. Shazaad Arjani of Soonaiji Hirji Agiary. Trustees of the Bombay Zoroastrian Jashan Committee, Kersi Commissariat and wife Zarine, and Saroosh Dinshaw…
SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London has secured a donation of £5 million to create a world-leading ‘SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies’, a resource dedicated to enhancing research, learning and teaching in the field of one of the world’s oldest religions. The institute will be co-chaired by lecturer…
Neomi Rao, the second Zoroastrian Parsi to head an office in the current US Administration, who had been picked to become the ‘Regulatory Czar’ in the Trump White House, has been confirmed by the US Senate (by a vote of 54-41) to lead the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). In this…
Residents of the Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC) are up in arms against BMC’s proposal for widening a few roads in the vicinity, as this would reduce the green cover since most roads encircle open spaces. At a recent Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) meeting, the BMC tabled a proposal to widen roads lesser than 9m…
In yet another humane and touching community initiative by the Zoroastrian Trust Funds Of India (ZTFI) for the welfare of those in need, you could now be the reason for the smile on the face of those not as privileged as you, by conveying birthday wishes to the beneficiaries of our ‘Feed a Family’ Programme…
Mumbai-based, upcoming actor, Amyra Dastur has her sights set on entrepreneurship as she plans to start a South Bombay based restaurant serving authentic Parsi cuisine, in partnership with her brother, Jehangir Dastur, who recently graduated from London’s prestigious ‘Le Cordon Bleu’. It seems her love for Parsi home-made food as well as that served during…
On 3rd July, 2017, California’s Zoroastrian community lost a stalwart philanthropist, who served the North American and Global Zoroastrian community for three decades, with the passing away of DhunMai Dalal. A long-time resident of Southern California, DhunMai held various positions and roles at the ZAC (Zoroastrian Association of California) and FEZANA (Federation of Zoroastrian Associations…