Ardaseer Wadia’s Contributions Recognized By English Heritage

Ardaseer Wadia’s Contributions Recognized By English Heritage

On 19th May, 2021, English Heritage unveiled a blue plaque in a West London house, in honour of a man respected to be ‘The First Modern Engineer Of India’ – Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, who was the first South Asian Fellow of the Royal Society, Britain’s oldest national scientific institution. The plaque is part of a…

Dr. Mazda – Dahanu’s Flying Doctor, Takes His Final Flight

Dr. Mazda – Dahanu’s Flying Doctor, Takes His Final Flight

The morning of 27th May, 2021, marked the unfortunate passing of 62-year-old Dr.  Behramshah Mazda, one of Dahanu’s most popular and cherished residents, famous as the ‘Flying Doctor’ in keeping with his weekly, Sunday-morning ritual of flying his ultra-light aircraft across the Dahanu-Gholvad shores. He passed away at the Mumbai Hospital after he had tested…

WAPIZ Provides Life-Saving Oxygen Concentrators To 16 Baugs And Colonies

WAPIZ Provides Life-Saving Oxygen Concentrators To 16 Baugs And Colonies

In today’s critical times, when our miniscule community is battling the deadly Coronavirus, we hear tragic news daily of someone’s loved one passing away due to either lack of timely treatment or lack of availability of hospital beds or worse still, a lack of Oxygen.   Constantly looking out for the welfare of the community, WAPIZ,…

The Vispa Humata Prayer

The Vispa Humata Prayer

Prayer forms the mainstay of our Mazdayasni Zarathushti religion and reciting the ‘Vispa Humata’ prayer blesses our lives with good health, wisdom, abundance and joy. In the Avestan language, ‘Vispa’ means ‘all’.  The Vispa Humata prayer is composed of simple words of the Avestan language, which help us comprehend it easily. The verbatim English translation…

Issues Of Concern  Service Charges, Dokhmenashini And The BPP

Issues Of Concern Service Charges, Dokhmenashini And The BPP

The Refund Of Service Charges… A few weeks ago, in my address to community members, particularly those staying in BPP baugs, I had reported my suggestion to the Board, as regards the Service Charges issue. I had reiterated, that since the community members, who had not paid the Service Charges had been allowed to pay…