Known for her exceptional musical talent for playing the harmonica, for over half a century now, Rustom Baug resident – 82-year-old Coomie Sam Kasad, was felicitated for her musical genius, at Hamsanada Foundation’s event – ‘Harmonica Vaibhava’, which was held at the Sri Krishnadevaraya Kalamandira, in Malleshwaram, Bengaluru, on 4th June, 2023. A known face…
XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians), under its MAD (Make A Difference) Initiative, titled ‘XYZ Vessel-a-thon’ organised a vessel collection drive, aimed at providing vessels to all in the city who eat off newspapers and cannot afford to buy vessels to cook or eat in. Over the last 3 weeks you have been reading about this drive…
BPP Athletic Camp trainee, Mehrshad Nava, made a mark for himself during his Udayachal High School’s annual athletic meet, by securing 5 Gold medals in the Senior Boys division – 400m, 800m, 1500m, High Jump, and 4x400m Relay. He was felicitated with the ‘Best Athlete Award’ among senior boys and the ‘Overall Best Athlete’ trophy….
On 17th November, 2018, Rustom Baug’s Senior Citizens group (supported by Rustom Baug Association and SNWMP), held the annual Mela-vedo at the SNWMP lawns. As the name suggests, it was a combination of ‘Mela’ with food, fun and entertainment and a get-together’ (Mela-vedo’), which awarded prizes to children for the Prayer, Art and Elocution contests,…
The Senior Citizens Group of Rustom Baug, fondly known as the ‘Super Silvers’, with support from Rustom Baug Welfare Association and Sir Ness Wadia Memorial Pavilion, successfully organised the 6th annual charity ‘Mela-vdo’ on 19th November, 2017, at the Rustom Baug lawns. Commencing with a prayer and monajat by children of the colony’s prayer classes,…
Wings’17, the All-Parsi Sports and Cultural Festival, organized in association with the Sir Ness Wadia Memorial Pavilion, will kick off on 26th October, 2017, with over three hundred teams and individual registrations. Wings’17 promises to be a buzzing festival with a jam packed schedule including indoor and outdoor sports and virtual gaming. Its finale event…
On 24th September, 2017, twenty children of XYZ’s Jamshed’s Giants (JG) group attended a workshop on ‘Positivity with Family’, conducted by Kerafrid Damania, which commenced with a very creative introductory session, where children introduced themselves using a positive adjective that aptly described their personality. This was followed by short skits where children enacted the challenges…
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s Athletic Coaching Camp at Rustom Baug concluded on 28th May, 2017 (started on 2nd May). It comprised over 80 participants split up into groups including ‘Tiny Beginners’, ‘Sprinters’, ‘Hurdlers’, ‘Jumpers’ and ‘Throwers’. Ten coaches and helpers explained and demonstrated the fundamentals and supervised the actions of the trainees. Well-wishers and past…
On 9th April, 2017, Rustom Baug Association, under the noble initiative – the ‘Navar Maratab Felicitation Program’, along with Anahita and Yezdi Desai and Khuda Parast Zarathosti, awarded certificates and cash prizes to sixteen Navars, fifteen Maratabs, Avesta Scholar, Er. Viraf Dadachanji and a Special Achievement Award to Er. Yazdi Panthaky. Guest of Honour, Er….
An overcast sky and the lush green grounds of Sir Ness Wadia Memorial Pavillion, Rustom Baug, made for the perfect setting for the ‘XYZ Monsoon Games’ on 26th June, 2016 as hosts – ‘Jamshed’s Giants – XYZ Group of Byculla’ pepped up the environment. As buses from the other XYZ centres rolled in, the grounds…