While many the world over will celebrate Christmas with gifts, Christmas trees and much merriment, few would know that these festivities trace their roots to the ancient Zoroastrian feast of ‘Yalda’, observed annually around 21st December (sometimes 20th or 22nd December) coinciding with the winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere. Yalda, is the longest and…
The Jiyo Parsi Program announced the launch of three new initiatives – ‘Jiyo Parsi Care’, ‘Jiyo Parsi Campaign’s Phase 3’ and the ‘Jiyo Parsi Calendar’, on Thursday 20th December, 2018, at the Sir Ratan Tata Institute in South Bombay. The event was held by the Parzor foundation and Madison BMB, in collaboration with the Bombay…
Incident At The Royal Hunt Once, when Artabanus went hunting, Ardashir and the eldest son of Artabanus began chasing an elk in the desert. As Ardashir neared the elk, he shot an arrow with such strength and skill that it pierced right through the animal’s belly and killed it instantly. Artabanus was wonder-struck. On inquiring…
In a glittering ceremony in Abu Dhabi, on 10th December, 2018, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, Founder of Serum Institute of India (SII) and Chairman of Poonawalla Group, was felicitated with the first ever ‘Vaccine Hero’ award by the Vaccine Alliance – Gavi, in recognition of his lifelong commitment and contributions to furthering vaccine coverage in some…
Zerbanoo Gifford, founder and mentor of the ASHA Centre in the UK, has been welcomed into the Honorable Society of the Knights of the Round Table, a three-hundred-year-old organisation set up to follow the chivalry of the knights of old with emphasis on (courtesy, mercy, faith, generosity and hospitality) as their model following in the…
Dr. Farokh Jamshed Master Ph.D. M.D. (Hom) was recently honoured with the title of ‘Pioneer Of Homeopathy in the 21st Century’ (Die Pioniere Der Homoopathie Im 21.jahrhundert), by the globally eminent German doctors and journalists – Dr. Heidi Brand and Dr. Anne Devillard. Dr. Farokh Master was one of the only twelve doctors from across…
Mumbai’s Delnaz Balsara Sharma, who was crowned the First Runner-Up in the national, prestigious ‘MRS. INDIA SHE IS INDIA 2018’ Pageant (July 2018), represented Asia as ‘MRS. ASIA UNIVERSE’, at the prestigious MRS. UNIVERSE 2018 Pageant, where she did our community, our country and our continent proud, being awarded the sub-title of ‘MRS. UNIVERSE BRILLIANT…
The 6th Asian Gujo Karate Federation (AGKF) Championship and Festival, 2018 held at Jakarta, Indonesia, from 22nd to 25th November, 2018, witnessed numerous Yudansha Kobujitsu Karate Doh Federation (India) students, trained under 6th Dan Black Belt, Shihan Jehangir Shroff and his son, 3rd Dan Black Belt, Rohaan Shroff, make a mark at the competition. Organized…
‘Jiyo Parsi’ – the Government of India’s undertaking which supports our community’s efforts in arresting the declining Parsi population and aid in its increase – kicked off its latest Campaign titled ‘Jiyo Parsi – CARE Movement’. Having tasted a fair amount of success in its previous two campaigns, the new campaign is based on a…
The Karname-e Ardashir-e Babakan or the Book of the Deeds of Ardashir, son of Babakan, is a legendary Middle Persian tale written during the Sasanian period (226 – 651 A.D.). This book narrates the epic adventures of the man who not only builds a great Persian empire but resurrects the Zoroastrian religion like the proverbial…
For over 300 years now, our Community’s most sacred Dokhma in Mumbai, Doongerwadi (Estb. 1672), which is spread over 55 acres, atop the Malabar Hills area, has been unparalleled in terms of providing solace, serenity and according respect to the deceased as well as mourners. As one of our oldest and most holy structures maintained…