Why Tata’s founder was ahead of his time
I admire Tata primarily for his three last projects. He conceived them late in life. He must have known they could take decades to complete. A truly visionary entrepreneur builds for succeeding...
View ArticleLive Encounters Magazine February 2015
People of the Good Faith: A brief history of the Parsis by Aryaa Naik, Parsi cuisine by Peri Avari and introspection from Adi Patell on the dwindling tribe of Parsis (Zoroastrians). Click Here for the...
View ArticleBollywood Funk Class
Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York (ZAGNY) As part of next week’s Adult Lecture series during the Prayer Class Sunday, we will be having a Bollywood Funk Dance Class. This class shall be...
View ArticleSadeh Celebration by Iranian Zoroastrian Association
The Iranian Zoroastrian Association (IZA) will be celebrating the ancient Iranian Jashan of Sadeh on Saturday February 07, 2015. Due to the construction of the new Darbe Mehr in Pomona New York, this...
View ArticleRustom’s Parsi Bhonu
Home-style Parsi food, like your friend Dhun’s mummy used to make it. There’s a sudden flood of appreciation for Parsi food in Delhi, and I’m not at all surprised. With its abundance of meaty fare,...
View ArticleTata Sons ties up with Bombay Heritage Walks for weekend walking tours for...
How many Tata Group employees would know that George Wittet, the Scottish architect who designed the Gateway of India was one of the first board members of the Tata Engineering Co, the earlier avatar...
View ArticleXYZ Games
Upcoming event for your children hosted by XYZ Games on Sunday, February 15 at 9:30 am at Cusrow Baug in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Rules: 1. Each Team has 11 participants – 10 children + 1 XYZ Parent...
View ArticleMaj Gen Cyrus Pithawalla
Maj Gen Cyrus Pithawalla (centre) at the Republic Day Parade yesterday. He holds the unique distinction of being the only member of the Armed Forces to have been awarded both the Ashok Chakra and the...
View ArticleKnow your batasas
Click here : Interiors: Paris Bakery (1955) 287, Dukargully, Dhobi Talao (presently Dr. C. H. Street). When customers at the Paris Bakery ask about the price of a packet of batasa biscuits, Paris’...
View ArticleHamazor Issue 1-2015
Dear Readers For your reading pleasure I send you Issue 1/2015. Click : Hamazor 1 2015 best wishes Toxy
View ArticleKerman holds biggest Zoroastrian Sadeh Festival
Every year, on 30 January, thousands of Zoroastrians or even the Muslims in Iran as well as other countries gather in Kerman, the city with the greatest Zoroastrian population, to celebrate the...
View ArticleWhy Hungry Vultures Miss Iran’s Towers of Death
The Zoroastrian ritual of placing bodies on top of towers to be picked apart by vultures was supposed to ensure the circle of life continued. It was also Nina Strochlic really gruesome. Across Iran,...
View Article59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59)
9-20 March, 2015 : 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) The Commission will undertake a review of progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform...
View ArticleParsi winter warmer – Vasanu
Meet the makers of vasanu, a Parsi speciality that takes 30 ingredients and calves of steel, and promises to energise the immune system.The first of a series on little-known community sweets Not even...
View ArticleOf Steel, Metal Birds And More
Scenes from a picnic The author’s parents (left) with the Tatas and their dog Pinocchio The Tata sky is a limitless firmament, and its gods a generation of Parsi gentlemen like no other ZAREER MASANI...
View ArticleSpecial Pre-Youth Assembly Session
Apply to Attend: Special Pre-Youth Assembly Session 10 February 2015 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM Led by and with support from Microsoft YouthSpark A small, select group of youth are now being selected to meet:...
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Save the Date Nowruz: A Persian New Year Celebration Saturday, March 7, 11 am–5 pm Freer and Sackler Galleries and Ripley Center Dance, play, and feast your way into the Persian New Year at the Freer...
View ArticleThe men of steel with a softer side
By Vibeke Venema BBC World Service Tata, the Indian company that owns Tetley Tea and Jaguar Land Rover, prides itself on its ethics – 66% of the business is owned by charities. Its unique character...
View Article5 Reasons Why Food-Lovers Must Visit Udvada
Proud Parsi that I am, I like visiting Udvada for quite another reason – the food! This has to be the only town where you can feast like a king on all kinds of Parsi food without having to wait for...
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