Parsi Pride Brigade

Parsi Pride Brigade

Peachy Pearl! Pearl Arzan Singpurwalla, from Bombay Scottish School, secured 97.16% in the ICSE examination, scoring 100% score in Math, Biology, History and Physical Education. Pearl has won the Audrey D’silva prize for essay writing and stood second at the DSO Throwball Championships representing her school. She is fond of dancing and has won various prizes…

Parsi Pride Brigade

Parsi Pride Brigade

PT’s Parsi Pride Brigade celebrates the academic performances of our young achievers who have triumphed in the Board exams, across schools and colleges. We are delighted to feature our bright sparks who make our community proud! We invite you to celebrate your success too with our community and feature in PT’s Parsi Pride Brigade! Mail us…

Parsi Pride Brigade

Parsi Pride Brigade

PT’s Parsi Pride Brigade celebrates the academic performances of our young achievers who have triumphed in the Board exams, across schools and colleges. We are delighted to feature our bright sparks who make our community proud! We invite you to celebrate your success too with our community and feature in PT’s ‘PARSI PRIDE BRIGADE’! Mail us…

XYZ Holds Exciting ‘Indoor Mania’

XYZ Holds Exciting ‘Indoor Mania’

On 22nd September, 2019, XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) – the Community’s premiere organization for children aimed at nurturing their sense of community camaraderie, culturing understanding and social growth and sensitization – held its ‘Indoor Mania’ event, at the Bai Avabai Petit Girls’ High School.  With a participation of a whopping 212 members, across 3 different…

Parsis Shine At 24th World Scout Jamboree (USA)

Parsis Shine At 24th World Scout Jamboree (USA)

Scout participants Rayaan Dadiburjor and Rayan Deventri of Sethna Scouting Society and 6 IST participants Jehangir Foroogh of 32 West Bombay and Vistasp Pochara, Hoshedar Pochara, Khushroo Pastakia, Baeshaz Pastakia and Sohrab Sethna from Sethna Scouting Society, represented India at the 24th World Scout Jamboree, which was in West Virginia, USA, last month. The Jamboree…

Pervin Watchmaker Receives Avantika Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award-2019

Pervin Watchmaker Receives Avantika Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award-2019

On September 15th, 2019, Ahmedabad’s Pervin Rustom Watchmaker, Principal of Euro School (Nadiad) was conferred the prestigious Avantika Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award – 2019, in recognition of her outstanding contribution in the field of education and for being a good shikshak (Educator). Instituted by Delhi-based Avantika Group of contemporary artists and intellectuals, the award…

LCB Celebrates Teachers Day

LCB Celebrates Teachers Day

Lions Club of Bombay (Host), the premier legacy Lions Club in India and part of the Lions International District 3231A1, continued its tradition of celebrating Teachers Day by honouring distinguished teachers and academicians across diverse backgrounds, on 5th September, 2019, at Jade Gardens, Worli. President Lion Zubin Billimoria welcomed all and spoke of the indispensable…

JB Petit Tops EWISR for Day School (Girls) & J B Vaccha at No.9

JB Petit Tops EWISR for Day School (Girls) & J B Vaccha at No.9

In the recently released Education World India School Rankings (EWISR) 2019-20, which lists the top thousand schools of India, the Mumbai-based J B Petit High School for Girls (Fort, Mumbai) topped the category under ‘Day Schools for Girls’, with the J B Vaccha High School (Dadar, Mumbai) coming in ninth on the list in the…

Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) Understanding Growth After Suffering

Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) Understanding Growth After Suffering

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parisha Jijina Mehta is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Baroda’s MS University since 2013. A trained Clinical Psychologist and Hypno-therapist, she is currently the Assistant Director of the Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical & Applied Hypnosis. Her research areas include Health Psychology and Positive Psychology. She is passionate about spreading Mental Health…

Bharda New High School Inaugurates Pre-Primary Section

Bharda New High School Inaugurates Pre-Primary Section

On 18th June, 2019, The Bharda New High School and Junior College inaugurated a brand new, sprightly and welcoming Pre-Primary section, with walls depicting the theme of the evergreen hit and children’s favourite film – ‘The Jungle Book’, painted by three students from the JJ School of Art. The Pre-primary section has been brilliantly redesigned…

Pakistan’s BVS Parsi School Celebrates 160th Anniversary

Pakistan’s BVS Parsi School Celebrates 160th Anniversary

The Bai Virbaijee Soparivala (BVS) Parsi High School in Pakistan, founded in 1859 by Seth Shapurji Hormusji Soparivala, celebrated 160 years on 24th May, 2019 with prayers and a grand Milad. Meant for Parsi children, after the Indo-Pak partition in 1947, the school’s then principal Behram Rustomji opened its doors for to non-Parsis on the…