The BD Petit Parsee General Hospital (PGH) has signed an agreement with the Medanta Group (The Medicity, Gurgaon), on 25th October, 2017, to equip, operate and manage a separate new cosmopolitan hospital, that will be set up in the premises of Parsee General hospital. Medanta will pay an annuity as well as a percentage of…
Women Entrepreneurs (WE) Wing of the World Zarathusti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC) organised a workshop on ‘Transforming Your Life With Source-Full Intelligence’ on 14th October, 2017, at Indian Merchants’ Chambers (IMC). The event commenced with Chairperson, WE, Homai Mehta delivering a welcome address, followed by Behroze Daruwalla introducing the convener of the World Zoroastrian Congress…
The Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC) commemorated the 100th death anniversary of Dr. Minocher Contractor with an ‘Ayathrem Gambhar’, organized on 14th October, 2017. Known for his exemplary services as a physician, freedom fighter and Trustee of the Surat Parsee Punchayat, who also founded the Surat Parsee Pragati Mandal (which recently celebrated its 72nd anniversary…
The only reason the director might offer for this film going haywire long before the end is that it was his debut feature. The premise, although a tried and tested one, promised much more. Two girls, unknown to each other and coincidentally sharing their first name, decide to go on a road trip to Sweden….
Manoj Bajpayee is one of the triumvirate of our current actors- Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui being the other two- who have challenged the oft-believed perceptions of commercial films, even while making mainstream cinema their very own. Caught in the quagmire of business politics and wrongdoings, Divakar Mathur (Bajpayee) attempts to expose his partner Robin…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#02106b” background_color=”#7b9af7″ css_class=”boxed”]The Tata Memorial Hospital at Parel has 700 beds, treating around 67,000 new cancer patients yearly, from across India. It also attends to 4.5 lakh follow-up cases annually. People from the Middle East and Africa also visit seeking medical attention.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] . . Resonating with the true spirit of Diwali, the Tata…
Belling The DisCriminATion Dear Readers, The past weeks have seen the sentiments of our Community hitting an all-time-high as numerous issues have converged upon us – the two most prominent ones include, what is popularly known in the circles as ‘the Goolrukh Gupta case’, where we keenly await the Supreme Court’s verdict as regards the…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Over the past few months, a large number of our Parsi and Irani Zoroastrians have already booked their three-day stay at Udvada in order to not miss out the exciting celebrations of Zoroastrian culture and festivities, which start on the 23rd of December, this year – the Iranshah Udvada Utsav (IUU). As we…
Why Is Sauce For The Parsi Goose Not Sauce For The Parsi Gander? Parsis have been in the national news again and as usual for all the wrong reasons. The ongoing dispute is essentially gender based: Why can only Parsi men marry outside the community and continue to enjoy full religious rights – including…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]In these trying times where our Community seems to be riddled with major challneges, let’s renew our faith in the power of Pak Aatash Padshah Saheb, the son of Dadar Ahura Mazda. With disagreements and speculation rife in our community, as regards the sanctity of our Atash Padshahs in our Agiaries and Atash…