Thirty young and talented students from Surat’s Utkarsh Dance Academy LLP, represented India at the ‘Yilan International Children’s Folklore Festival’, which was held in Taiwan from 5th to 16th July, 2019. Under the guidance of Behnaz S. Todiwala, Director of Utkarsh Dance Academy LLP since last 25 years, these dance enthusiasts, aged seven to fifteen…
On the 20th and 21st of July, 2019, The Federation of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India (FPZAI) held its Annual General Meeting and Executive Council Meeting in Ahmedabad (Gujarat), at the Sir Navroji Vakil Hall, where 60 Representatives representing 38 Anjumans from all over India were present, including Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) Chairman Yazdi Desai and…
[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 share his HOWLARIOUS take on his musings as regards whether the Parsi Community is Matriarchal or Patriarchal, in our monthly monthly column, Cyrus The (Not So) Great![/otw_shortcode_info_box] .s I’ll start with the greetings Mark Anthony used when he saw Brutus…
The Community’s Leading Men’s Fashion Designer & Consultant “That’s not my waist size! I’m certain it is 3 to 4 inches lesser!” That’s a line I regularly hear from my customers! Most of us know specific measurements (in inches and/or cms) when it comes to detailing the right lengths of our trousers… preferably just touching…
The Art Of Giving (Back) Dear Readers, It is said that the real essence in the art of living lies in its core component – the ‘Art of Giving’. The one race that is known to have embodied just that, and gone on to become synonymous to the concept of Charity, is us, the Zoroastrians…
App in the Air is your personal ‘Flying Assistant’ – your Travel Planner and Flight Tracker. It keeps you up-to-date with your flight: real time status, airport tips and in-airport navigation maps, flight profile with all your flights logged. It also keeps track of the loyalty programs: frequent flyer miles amount changes, importing your flight history. The…
In Hinduism, there’s a concept of renouncing the world and taking ‘sanyas’ or refuge in a forest or an ashram and living an ascetic life. This practice started with Buddha’s abdication of his ‘Raj-Dharma’ (Royal duties) and ‘Grihasthi-Dharma (Householder’s duties). This concept of ‘sanyas’ causes an unnatural divide between those seeking spiritual evolution and others…
Darius the Great concentrates all evil in Drauga, “Falsehood”. He advises his successors to beware of falsehood and to fight it and destroy it wherever it is found, if they wished their kingdom to prosper and live. The Ancient Persians, my illustrious forbears held Falsehood as most disgraceful and as the embodiment of all wickedness….
. CRICKET England Wins World Cup, New Zealand Wins Hearts! Hosts England and New Zealand were involved in one of the best encounters ever in the history of the World Cup as the final ended in a tie, as did the Super-over! Eventually, England were declared champions for the first ever time based on a…
The Boxer is a handsome, loyal, family companion and one of the most exuberant breeds around. Highly valued as an affectionate pet and guardian of home and family, the breed was developed in Germany by crossing the mastiff-type Bullenbeisser with the English bulldog. Beisser dogs were used by the Germans to hunt down wild boar…
No Treatment For The Ailing P G Hospital After a long and bitter strife, there is no outcome and it seems the Parsee General Hospital is going the PLlH way. It is sad that our premier healthcare institutions, once in the limelight, now face oblivion. Today, the occupancy has come down to less than 30%…