XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians), the community’s leading non-profit organisation which aims at the all-round, social and cultural development of the community’s tots and teens, held its fun-filled, week-long Summer Camp 2023, from 21st – 27th May, 2023. The camp offered all participants a wide range of activities including indoor and outdoor experiences, which helped boost…
The Transmedia 18th Annual Gujarati Screen and Stage Awards (GSSA) has nominated Frohar Foundation’s Parsi Television serial, ‘Dudh Ma Sakar’ in two categories, under ‘Best Serial’ as well as ‘Best Director’ – Cyrus Dastoor. Frohar Foundation has been doing series on Parsi culture, tradition and heritage since the last seventeen years. It is reckoned to…
An initiative to nourish the underprivileged children, Xtremely Young Zoroastrians’ (XYZ) ‘Each One, Feed One’ program pledges to raise funds and provide meals to the underprivileged. Conceptualized by Tehmurasp’s Titans (TT) volunteer, Yasmin Bhadha along with the team of XYZ Foundation the program will feed one mid-day meal to around five hundred children for a…
Staying true to the spirit of Christmas, Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) groups visited various cancer hospitals and institutions in December 2017, as a part of the ‘Xtragavanza Cancer Drive’. XYZ’s Thane group – Noshirwan’s Knights – visited Sion hospital, while Cyrus’ Superstars (Khareghat Colony and Godrej Baug) visited St Jude’s Children’s Home which provides palliative…
Xtremely Young Zoroastrians’ (XYZ) Rustom’s Rockstars (RR) decided to spread smiles this Diwali by ‘Making A Difference’ to the lives of numerous cancer patients and their family’s at Sant Gadge Maharaj Dharamshala, Dadar (East). Commencing with a thanksgiving prayer at 7:30 pm, RR members and volunteers served dinner to four hundred cancer patients and their…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]As Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) completes three years, PT catches up with Hoshaang Gotla, the founder and the force behind this leading organisation for Parsi children.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] . PT: So what’s the latest at XYZ? Hoshaang: Well, we’re starting yet another group, ‘Vistasp’s Vikings’ in Pune. We’ve hosted numerous events this year too, like…
Xtremely Young Zoroastrians’ (XYZ) Tehmurasps Titans (Andheri group) organized a fun evening on 17th September, 2017, with ‘Adla Badli’ as the theme, where parents played the role of XYZ members, and vice-versa. Commencing with a game of Housie, the highlight of the evening was ‘The Talent Contest’ that saw parents participate with playing the violin…
Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) Behram’s Battalions (Dadar group) celebrated ‘Family Day’ on 20th August, 2017, at JB Vachha High School, where XYZ’s members’ parents put up stalls of food and other items. In spite of the rains, the event which included a play, dance and fashion show, was attended by two hundred people. The children…
After completing two successful sessions at Bund Gardens and Petit School in Pune, Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) inaugurated a new chapter, Pune’s ‘Vistasp’s Viking’s’ on 20th August, 2017 at the Lulla Nagar Parsi Colony, Pune. XYZ Founder, Hoshaang Gotla met with parents and started the day with a prayer, followed by tots between four to fourteen…
Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) will start its Pune chapter on Sunday, 20th August, 2017, at Poona Parsi Punchayet Community Hall, Parsi Colony, Jeejeebhoy Blocks, Lullanagar. All interested parents of young Zoroastrians are invited to attend the meeting from 11am to 12:30pm, which will discuss the prime objectives of XYZ – building a sense of belonging…
On 2nd July, 2017, XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) held its Literary Arts and Fine Arts Festival (LAFA) at the JB Vachha High School, Dadar. Over two hundred and sixty four members participated along with fifty volunteers, conducting educative and fun events including debate, impromptu speaking, spelling bee, poetry recitation and crossword-solving. A total of twenty…