The Shapoorji Pallonji Group has announced a Rs. 700-crore residential project in Pune’s Hinjewadi, under the Joyville brand, in India. Joyville is a $ 200-million platform by Shapoorji Pallonji, ADB, IFC and Actis, for developing “aspirational housing projects” in India. The Joyville project in Pune, Sensorium, is spread over 10 acres and will have 1,100…
The annual festival of ‘Azargan’, which was on November 23, 2020 (Manouchehr Arghavani), was celebrated online this year due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic which has gripped the world. In ancient Iran, Azargan was practiced along with other major national festivals like Noruz, Mehregan, and Arghavani. The head of Yazd Zoroastrians Association shared that…
Clarifications By BPP Trustees Kersi Randeria And Noshir Dadrawala On 4th December, 2020, the BPP had issued a public notice to the community related to the issue of violation of Doongerwadi’s status as a ‘No Fly Zone’, which did not carry the statements of Trustees Noshir Dadrawala and Kersi Randeria, who had provided reasons for…
Padma Shri recipient, Astad Deboo, respected as the pioneer of modern dance in India, passed away in the early hours on the 10th of December, 2020, at the age of 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer in November. He is survived by his sisters – Kamal Deboo and Gulshan Deboo. A private funeral was…
Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volumes – the Serum Institute of India (SII), was recently named as one among six people cited as ‘Asians Of The Year’, by Singapore’s leading daily, The Straits Times, for their work in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The Straits Times’ ‘Asians of the Year’…
In an immensely proud moment for Indian sport and our community, India’s F1 hope, Jehan Daruvala won the Formula 2 race at the Sakhir Grand Prix, Bahrain. A thrilling battle against F2 Champion – Mick Schumacher and Daniel Tictum saw our 22-year-old Indian racing prodigy emerge on top, in the support race of the Formula…
Fasli Iranshah Salgreh: 24th November, 2020 marked the Fasli salgreh of Pak Iranshah Atashbehram in Udvada (Adar Mah Adar Roj – Fasli Calendar). A Hama Anjuman Machi was offered to the sacred Iranshah in the Havan Geh. This was followed by a Jashan, led by Vada Dasturji of Iranshah Udvada – Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor.
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The Best Way Forward… Dear Readers, Wow! And just like that we’re in December – the end of the year. Undoubtedly, 2020 will go down in history as the ‘Year of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic’. Even as people across the world hope with all their hearts that the end of the year will mark, at…
Life seldom gives as much as we want. Often it gives us less than what we deserve. To many it gives not anything at all. The poor live a life of grinding toil. By day and by night they work to keep starvation at bay. Ill-clad, ill-fed, and ill-housed, they wear out their bodies and…
ZTFE Past President and one of the founding leaders of the World Zoroastrian Organization in the United Kingdom, Shahpur Framroze Captain, passed away peacefully at his home in Wilmington, Kent, on 1st December, 2020 (Mah Tir, Roj Rashne). His Uthamna and Charam prayers were performed at the Zoroastrian Centre at the WZO House. A much…