Cooking for Kids Cookbook Paperback or Kindle edition. (Distributed for 2019 FEZANA Subscriptions) Welcome to Parsi Cuisine. It’s always a great idea to involve kids in the kitchen. As a mom and an avid cook for my family, I initiated my daughter and son into baking cookies, cakes, making scrambled eggs (akuri), pancakes, pizza and helping […]
Photo: L to R: Roshni Kapadia Hirjibehedin, Cyrus Hirjibehedin, Nazneen Vimadalal, Zubin Talavia, Pria Antia and Anahita Dastur Submitted by Nazneen Vimadalal – Zoroastrian Association of the Greater Boston Area (ZAGBA) On August 25, 2018 at the Zoroastrian Association of the Greater Boston Area (ZAGBA) Shahenshai Navroze function, Cyrus Hirjibehedin was recognized for receiving the […]
We are thrilled to share the news that our very dear friend Dr. Cyrus Farokh Hirjibehedin is a 2018 Royal Microscopical Society Medal recipient RMS Medal Series 2018 Winners Announced After a difficult decision-making process, the RMS is proud to announce the winners for 2018, spanning all microscopy techniques and applications. A new series of Medals […]
Zainab Mughal: Toddler with cancer spurs hunt for rare blood. A two-year-old US girl who needs several blood transfusions to fight cancer has spurred a global campaign to search for compatible donors. Zainab Mughal has one of the rarest blood types in the world, which makes it difficult to treat her condition. Campaigners say more […]
Dear ZAGBA Community, Please see below a very moving appeal from a father to help his daughter. ZAGBA Board urges you all to please read this appeal and donate if you can, for this very noble and genuine cause. (Link is below, if you wish to donate) Thank you. Warm wishes, ZAGBA […]
Dear ZAGBA Community, It’s that time of the year, where ZAGBA joins forces with the Harvard Chaplains and works side by side with religious and non-religious communities to pack thousands of meal boxes for the Interfaith Thanksgiving Meal-Packing Service Project. This is a community service event for all family members, so to families with younger […]
Dear ZAGBA Community, ZAGBA is organizing a meal serving volunteer event at the Pine Street Inn (homeless shelter) in Boston. Thanks to the generous donation by Andrea Gabert and Daryush Mehta, we will be able to provide a healthy nutritious dinner at the Pine Street Inn to approx. 300-350 people. DATE: Sunday, October 28th. TIME: […]
Dear ZAGBA Community, Please note the upcoming Volunteering opportunities. Individual emails will follow eventually, for each event noted below with full details. Event 1: Pine Street Inn, Boston, MA – Sunday, October 28th, 2018: . 4:00 pm till 6:30 pm. ZAGBA will be sponsoring a Volunteering event on Sunday, October 28th at the Pine […]
Dear ZAGBA Community: It is our pleasure to invite you and your family & friends to the 2018 Annual Jashan and Gahambar Celebrations (Jashan ceremony followed by Dinner). We will start the Jashan promptly at 4:40 PM. Please be mindful of the time and plan to arrive by 4:30 pm to minimize disruption during the prayer ceremony. […]
PHOTOS and VIDEOS are in! See Gallery UPDATE: Please note that we have the hall from 5:30-10:30 and instead of 6:30 as the start we ask that folks show up around 6 pm to partake in the social hour and appetizers. Address is: First Parish Church United 48 Main Street Westford, MA 01886 […]
Book review : by Jamshed Kapadia In Hot Blood—The Nanavati Case that shook India By Bachi Karkaria “Emerging Leaders” by Edul Daver & Yasmin Pavri Leaders provide a Vision : They set a direction to accomplish objectives and then align people & goals by providing motivation, inspiration and incentives. They look for incremental successes which […]
DARYUSH MEHTA, CAMBRIDGE, MA (35-45 YRS) Daryush has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a PhD in Speech & Hearing, Bioscience, and Technology from MIT. He has received several awards from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and won the Hamdan International Presenter Award at the 45th Annual Symposium of The Voice […]
In Hot Blood—The Nanavati Case that shook India By Bachi Karkaria; reviewed by Jamshed Kapadia Pps: 302 Price: Rs. 699 Publisher: Juggernaut Books ISBN: 978-93-8622-827-7 “In Hot Blood” is a true story of love, honor, infidelity, and deceit. This real-life drama has all the key elements of a best-seller fiction—a hero who spent months on […]
CYRUS HIRJIBEHEDIN, NEWTON, MA (35 – 45 YRS) Cyrus obtained his B.S. in Physics & Computer Science from Stanford University and an M.A & M.Phil and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Cyrus joined the IBM Almaden Research Center as a Postdoctoral Scientist. He taught at UCLA as Assistant & Associate Professor before moving to University College […]
Dear ZAGBA Community Please save the date for the ZAGBA Biking and Picnic on Saturday, June 16th at Millennium Park in West Roxbury. Further details and an Evite will follow in the coming days. ***Note: The biking/picnic event scheduled for May on the ZAGBA calendars was pushed back to the later June date. Thank you for your understanding.
Dear ZAGBA Community Please see the flyer below for information regarding Vakhshoori Scholarship and please pass this on to any deserving young Zarathushti. This past year’s winner’s include ZAGBA’s own Zarius Dubash and Zaal Panthaki. Vakhshoori Foundation Promoting leadership among Zoroastrian youth in academia, public life, and the arts Vakhshoori Scholarships 2017-2018 Award Winners Announcing Vakhshoori Scholarship […]
Welcome to the Newly Elected ZAGBA Board (2018-2020) President: Zubin Talavia Joint Secretary: Anahita Dastur Vice President: Nazneen Vimadalal Secretary: Jimmy Daruwalla Treasurer: Supria (Sarma) Antia
Photos of the Event: Dear Friends, It is our pleasure to invite you all, with family and friends to the Navroze/Nowruz function on March 24th, 2018. It will be a fun evening with some delicious food and live music!!. Please RSVP by March 5th and in your RSVPs please inform us the age of each of your kids. This […]
Dear ZAGBA Community, We the ZAGBA Board are enthusiastically announcing a New Year-2018 Celebration Party! This is in lieu of the Holiday Party in December, which unfortunately got cancelled due to bad weather. If you had already paid for the December’s Holiday Party, and are coming for this one, no need to send payment again. However, you need […]
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