http://www.zoroastriannews.com Gathering news, all around the world, from Zoroastrians, for Zoroastrians Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:36:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The following is a communique from Dinkoo Mistry of Vadodra (Baroda). We would love to carry such news and pictures of various Parsi celebrations in cities around the world. If you are a reader and would like to send us write-ups to be published here get in touch with us through ... http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/28/celebrations-of-the-baroda-parsis/ A very rare Souvenir published on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee Year of The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital (BDP PGH) in 1972 with articles from eminent doctors and community members like Dr. H.S.Mehta, H.P.Mama, Jal Pardivala, Rustom J Vakil, M.P.Bhagat, P.S. Jhabvala, Sohrab Hakim and many more. ... http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/28/parsee-general-hospital-souvenir/ California Zoroastrian center announced that the election for its new youth group will be held on Sunday September 7th, 2008 at 2PM. Candidates should be Zoroastrian, CZC member and between ages 18-35. Youth group of CZC website address is www.yczc.com http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/28/youth-group-election-california-zoroastrian-center/ In the last board meeting of Zoroastrian association of Chicago the following officers were elected for the 2008-2010 term: President: Hosi Mehta Treasurer / Vice President: Dinaz Weber Secretary: Roxana Dubash http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/28/zoroastrian-association-of-chicago-officers-election-result/ This is a brief report on the speech given by Dasturji Dr. Peshotan Dastur Hormazdyar Mirza at the launch of the Zoroastrian Information Center at Udvada, Adar roj, Adar mah, YZ 1377, April 24, 2008. Report submitted by Pervin J. Mistry on an email distribution list. It is reported that a small ... http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/28/zoroastrian-information-center-at-udvada-speech-by-dasturji-mirza/ Sudra is a special shirt of nine seams worn just next to the skin made of cotton and white in colour and prepared from one whole piece of cloth. On such a Sudra round the waist is girded a kusti. The Mazdiyasnis before the advent of Zarthustra, used to put on ... http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/28/significance-of-sudreh-and-kusti/ Kaevan Umrigar, a filmmaker, and good friend of Parsi Khabar runs his own blog. His latest article in on Uran Next on my itinerary was Mora Bunder at Uran, a small fishing village across the harbour from Bombay. The agiary wasn’t far from the jetty, and as I ... http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/27/the-last-parsis-tales-of-survival-and-extinction/ Today Hormazd Roz, Fravardin Mahino is the the first day of the new year according to the Shenshai Parsi calendar. It marks the beginning of the year 1378 YZ. Here’s wishing everyone a happy new year with all the best of health, wealth and happiness. May all your dreams and aspirations ... http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/27/navroze-mubarak/ Perizad Kolah Marshall: Pateti is the last day of the year for the Parsi community and generally falls in the last days of August as per the English calendar. Bawas don’t need an excuse for celebration, so you can imagine to what extent we go to bring in the New Year. ... http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/27/film-personalities-on-parsi-new-year/ Ratan Naval Tata has been called many things. Quiet. Reticent. Humble. A businessman par excellence. Tenacious. And a tiger, when pushed to the wall. As we all witnessed when it looked like the controversy about Singur, where the Tata Nano was to be manufactured, looked like escalating instead of dying down. The ... http://www.zoroastriannews.com/2008/08/27/ratan-tata%e2%80%99s-words-of-inspiration/