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SOAS PhD Survey: ‘Zoroastrians-By-Choice’ And ‘Zoroastrians-By-Birth’

ByPT Reporter 24 July 202123 July 2021

PhD student, Ruzbeh Hodiwala, has been conducting research on the ‘Zoroastrians-By-Choice’ and their interactions with ‘Zoroastrians-By-Birth’, under the supervision of Dr. Almut Hintze, the Zartoshty Brothers Professor of Zoroastrianism, and Dr. Arshin Abid-Moghaddam, Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies at SOAS, University of London. Ruzbeh has began researching the ‘Zoroastrians-By-Choice’ since 2015 and has…

Community News

Tata Sons Prepare To Buy Air India

ByPT Reporter 24 July 202123 July 2021

Tata Sons has started the process of due diligence of government-owned Air India and its subsidiary, Air India Express. Air India is nearly Rs. 40,000 crores in debt, and has been looking for divestment opportunities since 2017 – when it owed creditors upwards of Rs. 50,000 crores. Expressions of interest were invited in 2019, and – after a…

Community News

XYZ’S Got Talent 2021 Unveiled

ByPT Reporter 24 July 202123 July 2021

XYZ conducted one of its most anticipated yearly events – ‘XYZ’s Got Talent’ on 17th July, 2021. The Talent show commenced with elimination rounds of video entries sent in by members in the Under-8; Under-12; and Under-16 age groups in categories including Dance, Music, Acting and Mixed Bag. Over 90 participants sent in 1-minute video…

Ruby's Column

Holy Wedlock Or Unholy Deadlock!?

ByRuby Lilaowala 24 July 202123 July 2021

Marriages may be made in heaven, but today, most do not last too long on earth. So, what goes wrong? Why does the wedlock turn into a deadlock? Why does a ‘better-half’ become a ‘bitter-half’? Could it be that when responsibility enters through the door, love flies out the window? Or could it be a…

Special

The Attributes Of Intelligent People

ByVeera Shroff Sanjana 24 July 202123 July 2021

Teaching is genuinely a gratifying profession. Ask any teacher who teaches for the love of it. For years, I have taught truly gifted students as also those now categorised as development students… the ones who most has sort of give up on, the ones often told they need more remedial classes before they’re even allowed…

Technology

TechKnow With Tantra: Telegram

ByYazdi Tantra 24 July 202123 July 2021

Telegram is a Messenger service and is fast replacing Whatsapp as a more secure service, across devices. You can send media and files without any size limitation (unlike Whatsapp) – your entire chat history requires no disk space on your device, and is securely stored in the Telegram cloud for as long as you need…

Religion

The Divine Energies In Our Wells

ByPT Reporter 24 July 202123 July 2021

Our holy wells contain water which is blessed and charged with invisible energies bestowed by Pak Ahura Mazda. Our Zoroastrian religion enjoins the use of flowing water (as opposed to stagnant water) which is open to the rays of the sun, to be used for religious and ritual purposes. Two easily available sources of flowing water…

Contests

Parsi New Year Contest 2021

ByPT Reporter 24 July 202123 July 2021

Parsi New Year Contest 2021

Community News

Rayomand Khambatta Awarded Top Spot At Dubai’s Custom Car Show 2021 With ‘Kraken’

ByPT Reporter 24 July 202123 July 2021

Canadian citizen, Rayomand Kersi Khambatta was recently awarded first place in Dubai’s Custom Car Show 2021 held at the Dubai Trade Center, for his 1200 HP Beast aptly named, ‘The Kraken’. Passionate about cars since childhood, 40-year-old Rayomand has been a Homeland Security Analyst working a day job for Singapore Defence. Raised in the Ontario…

Letters To Editor

Letters To The Editor

ByPT Reporter 24 July 202123 July 2021

Dear Editor, I, Sam Chothia request you to please publish the attached Resolution which was passed unanimously at the Meeting of West Zone B Anjumans (Anjumans of Gujarat) on Sunday, 18th July, 2021. Nineteen Anjumans sent their representatives for this Meeting, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat. Even the heavy rains did not prevent most from attending….

Profile | Special

Jasmin Arethna: A Passion For Cycling

ByRazvin Namdarian 24 July 202123 July 2021

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] The Arethna Sisters, Jasmin and Armin have over 40 National Titles to their Name!! These prestigious awards include 5 Asian Medals, the Shiv Chatrapatti Award and the Arjuna (State and National) Award. Such has been the single-handed contribution of this family to Indian cycling. Jasmin describes her ride into arena of competitive…