The Poonawallas and Flipkart co-founder, Sachin Bansal, will invest around Rs. 100 crores in small businesses lending platform – ‘U Gro Capital’. As per the Economic Times, the transaction will be undertaken through two separate securitisation and bond deals. The securitisation deal has already been done with Poonawalla Finance, which owns India’s largest vaccine maker, Serum…
On 8th October, 2019 (Daepdin Roz, Ardibehest Mah), over five hundred young and old Zarthostis from Surat, Mumbai, New Mumbai and Thane gathered to celebrate the 115th Salgreh of Umrigar Agiary, at Uran. The Havan Geh buoy bells in the Kebla rang at 7:20 am, signifying the presence of Er. Viraf Pavri fulfilling his buoywala…
The Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York (ZAGNY), a member association of the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA), will host the 12th World Zoroastrian Congress 2022 (WZC2022) in New York. It has announced a Logo Designing Competition for the WZC2022. The logo should have a Zoroastrian theme – Bridging the Global Zarathushti…
On 5th October, 2019, Indian hockey stalwarts got together to felicitate Dronacharya Awardee – Marzban Patel, known fondly as ‘Bawa’ (2019); as also Clarence Lobo (2018) – at St Andrews, in Bandra. As part of the reunion organised by the Bombay Republicans Hockey Club and India Rush SC, literally everyone, including Olympians – Joaquim Carvalho,…
Jashn-e-Mehergan was celebrated by Sazeman-E-Jawanan-E-Zartoshty-E-Irani, on 2nd October, 2019 at the NM Petit Fasli Atash Kadeh Hall in Mumbai. The program commenced with a Jashan at 5:00 pm, followed by Humbandagi. Darayush Zainabadi (Hon. Admin.) addressed the gathering in Persian about the significance of Mehergan. He also announced the date of the next Gambhar. Next…
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6th October, 2019, saw Mumbai’s popular boutique bookshop – KitabKhana (Fort) – brimming with as many children as adults to celebrate the 8th Poetry Festival for children and the 3rd book launch under the ‘100 Thousand Poets for Change’ flagship. Brilliantly coordinated by poet and literati, Menka Shivdasani, and conducted by former Principal, Queen Mary…
What Not To Forget… Dear Readers, It’s the fun time of the year again! We welcome the much-awaited and well-deserved festive season with enthusiasm and great anticipation, after having weathered the grueling summer and disruptive rains. Even as this infectious positivity proves a great enabler in helping us forget and let go of negative thoughts,…
Sifting through 500 hours of archival footage – most of it not seen before – Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia, has constructed a lively and obsessive documentary about the world’s best-known footballer of the 80s. The film begins when SSC Napoli, a little-known football club in Italy, welcomes their newest recruit, 23-year-old Maradona on 5 July,…
On 5th October, 2019, the community’s leading philanthropic institution – Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India (ZTFI), added a special sparkle to the festive season with their Diwali celebrations which were held at Cama Baug (hall). Known to support and sustain the lives and livelihood of the community’s underprivileged, ZTFI was yet again on a spree of…
India’s leading eye surgeon, renowned globally for his path-breaking research and for constantly setting new standards and breakthroughs worldwide in eye care, Dr. Cyres Mehta, keeps adding to the feathers in our Community very proud cap! Dr. Cyres was invited by the prestigious European Society Of Eye Surgeons to Paris to attend the 37th Congress of…