The Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League (CBUSWL) held its annual Dae-Mahino Jashans on 27th May, 2023. As is the practice, two Jashans were conducted – one at Cusrow Baug’s ‘Power Gym’ and the other, at the Pavilion. Over seventy residents attended the Jashan ceremonies, following which an encouraging session of acknowledgment for children…
Dear Readers, December is always an interesting time of the year – it’s a mix between the buzz and excitement of all the festivities, navjotes, lagans… and yet, it’s also a time of personal reckoning, as we look back at the year gone by. Some of us sheepishly chuckle (or sulk) at those untouched or…
Recently, the Zoroastrian Youth Association (ZYA), along with the Poona Zarathoshti Seva Mandal (PZSM) and other donors, arranged for free Navjote ceremonies of four Zarthosti children, at Pune’s Kadmi and Shahensahi Anjuman Daremeher. ZYA’s Farah Khambatta shared with Parsi Times that ZYA plans to organise more such events on a larger scale and on a…
Six girl students from the Surat Parsi Punchayat (SPP) run ‘Nariman Girls Orphanage’, namely Jennifer Dehnugara, Monaz Pithawalla, Pinaz Pithawalla, Farzana Avari, Shernaz Gole and Armin Gole) and Dinyar Gole from ‘Parsi Boys Orphanage’, were ordained into the Zoroastrian faith through the Navjote ceremonies organised by the SPP, at the Nariman Girls Orphanage, on 14th…