From October 11-13, 2019, Zoroastrian Association of Houston’s (ZAH) annual library event will showcase an enlightening program on how the knowledge of the past is a bridge to the future of a faith that has influenced all the major religions of the world. For the first time, the ZAH teams with FIRES (FEZANA Information Research…
As a humble and fitting tribute to founders, Late Naval and Burjor Godrej on their death anniversaries, and being a responsible corporate following a strong belief in giving back to society, Godrej and Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., is organizing their Annual Blood Donation Drive – 2019 on the 8th and 9th of August, at Godrej Memorial Hospital, Godrej Pragati…
To sensitize the youth of today and inculcate in them the values of empathy and compassion, the Guides of Std VIII of Gamadia Girls Hight School visited the resident of ‘Lady Hirabai Jehangir Health Unit’, an old-age home at Tardeo, as a part of their social service project, on July 26, 2019. The students presented…
15th July, 2019 marked the inauguration of Empress Worldwide Travelz, a leading Destination Travel Advisory based out of Mumbai, offering full service operations across Europe, USA, UAE, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. It is headed by highly sought-after travel expert, Kashmira Dumasia, who brings in…
When people ask where I get my enthusiasm, I share my secret – ‘Plan your work and life, as you plan your vacation!’ I think this is a great advice for people who are overwhelmed by all the different roles they must play! We all want harmony in our lives and we long for just…
Raell Padamsee’s Ace Productions presents a tribute show to the two stalwarts of Indian theatre – Padmabhushan Girish Karnad and Padmashri Alyque Padamsee, in the iconic ‘Broken Images’, in a whole different avatar. Shabana Azmi will deliver an on-stage stellar dual performance in a story about two sisters – an intellectually brilliant paraplegic and a…
45 years after ‘Gupt Gyan’, the first sex education Hindi film was released, debutante director Shilpi Dasgupta comes up with a film centred around a sex clinic. A few years ago, we had well-made flicks on the subject – Vicky Donor and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan. Sonakshi Sinha plays the protagonist Babita (Baby) Bedi, who inherits her…
This film, which lost out to last year’s Cannes winner, ‘Shoplifters’, is a riveting tale of love, sacrifice and life in North-west China, near Mongolia, at the turn of the century. Local gangster Bin (Liao Fan) is reluctantly pushed to the helm of affairs after his boss is bumped off by rivals. Bin’s moll Qiao (Zhao…
According to our Zoroastrian Religion, Spenta Mainyu represents the Good Force and Angre Mainyu the Evil Force. May times we find ourselves in a somber or negative state of mind which leads to negative instances happening to us – as we are surrounded by negative energy, outside or even within. It is there important for…
Close on the heels of India’s Independence Day, Police Inspector Cyrus Boman Irani was awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service on 25th July, 2019, by the Governor of Maharashtra, C. Vidyasagar Rao, in the presence of the CM Fadnavis and other dignitaries. The function was held at the Director General of Police Maharashtra HQ,…
On 1st August, 2019, the Supreme Court (SC) ended the 27-year-old dispute by ruling that the holy, century-old, Grade-II Atash Adaran (fire), at Pestonji Aslaji Doongaji Agiary in Bharuch, Gujarat, could be relocated to the Shirinbai and Khurshedji Hormusji Doongaji Daremeher, at Kopar Khairane, in Navi Mumbai. This would be the first time in twenty…