One of Mumbai’s most popular restaurateurs, Boman Kohinoor, the senior partner of the iconic Parsi-Irani café, Britannia & Co, (Ballard Pier), passed away at the age of 97, on 25th September, 2019, at the Parsee General Hospital, having been admitted here for over two weeks in the ICU. The much-celebrated eatery was set up in…
ZWAS (Zoroastrian Women’s Assembly Of Surat) has been keeping all our Surtis all charged up with its delightful sequence of events lined up. In August 2019, a Prayer Competition was organised at Pak Kadim Atashbehram, where the children exhibited their religious fervour with great devotion and dedication. The Prayer competition was judged by Er. Navroz…
Parsi Times is delighted to share that the Parsi Zoroastrian matrimonial meet organized in Ahmedabad last year in October, has borne fruit and great tidings for our community, with at least five couples deciding to tie the knot! Covered in detail by PT, the Matri-Meet, organized by Dhanjishaw and Manijeh Gamir Charitable Trust, with support…
The community’s annual, premier Sports, Cultural and Talent Festival, is back this year – WINGS’19. This November, founders and organisers of this much sought after extravaganza – Zaara Dastur, Anahita Karanjia and Jeyhaan Carnac – launch the fourth edition of their brainchild – Wings’19 – an All Parsi Sports and Cultural event, that will be…
[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…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#0f1bff” background_color=”#85edff”]Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, is back to make you guffaw through the weekend with his hilarious take on the monsoon rues of us Bawajis, in PT’s Monthly Blockbuster and Exclusive Column, Cyrus The (Not So) Great![/otw_shortcode_info_box] . First a slice of history… when the Parsis decided to…
The Jiyo Parsi scheme, launched in December 2013, has successfully added 207 babies (as of 19th September 2019). Consistent efforts by Team Jiyo Parsi have paid off, with financial reimbursement for fertility treatments, financial assistance for childcare and elderly support, advocacy through workshops, events and advertisement campaigns, all culminating into awareness within the community and…
The popular and much needed prayer book, ‘MAZDA – YASNA’, the little prayer book which comprises some of the fundamental, daily prayers in Roman script with English translation, has been re-published by Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, in loving memory of his dear wife, Late Villoo Cyrus Poonawalla, for FREE distribution within the Zoroastrian community. This will be of tremendous importance to those in our Community who…
Established in 1991, the World Zoroastrian Organization Trust (WZOT), along with its sister concerns – WZO Trust for Women and Children (1993) and WZO Trust Funds (1995) – has been providing exemplary services to support, uplift and empower the underprivileged sections of our Zoroastrian community, as well as taking up causes crucial to the survival…
To further their long-standing community services in Pune, the PZSM (Poona Zarthosti Seva Mandal) inaugurated yet another much appreciated and needed activity, on 7th September, 2019 – special weekly classes for tots titled ‘Zappy Zoroastrians’, for Zoroastrian children in and around Pune. The fortnightly classes will be held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of…
[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…