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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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. Our own ZAGBA member, Daryush Mehta, who is the Zoroastrian Chaplain at Harvard is one […]
Dear Friends, As announced last week by email and at the Jashan/Gahambar event, ZAGBA Board has decided to work with the Outreach Program to sponsor packaged meals to the Puerto Rico survivors. We, the Board are putting together a charity event on November 18, 2017 at the Temple Shalom Emeth, 16 Lexington St Burlington, MA 01803, from Noon to 4:30 pm (approx)., where the ZAGBA volunteers […]
Dear ZAGBA Community: It is our pleasure to invite you and your family & friends to the 2017 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 […]
Photos of the Dar-E-Mehr visit. Please click on each to see full size and expand to full size. You may download each by right clicking. As you all know from previous emails and Evite, we have organized a community trip to ZAGNY’s Dar-e-Mehr Zoroastrian Temple, located in Suffern, NY on September 16th. THE EVITE IS […]
Dear Friends, FEZANA Welfare & Critical Assistance Committee is requesting donations for helping the people affected by Hurricane Harvey. Please read the below email from FEZANA. You may donate online by clicking on the button below. Thank you! Best wishes, Firoza, Anahita, Kaio, Aban & Yasmin (ZAGBA Board) Dear Zarathushtis, Further to FEZANA Executive’s email announcement on the tragedy caused […]
Photos of 2017 Shahenshahi New Year Function
Last Sunday, 20th August 2017, Dr. Zareen Karani Araoz was invited to conduct the entire Service on Zoroastrianism at the Winchester Unitarian Church. The Service was very well received. The focus of the sermon was: Happiness to those, who bring Happiness to others. There were Readings on the Law of Asha, read by Phyllis Preston, […]
An alphabetic introduction to the concepts, teachings and customs of the Zoroastrian religion. This book is an alphabetic introduction to the Zoroastrian religion, it’s teachings, customs and significance. Everything a Zoroastrian should aspire to learn about, and 26 reasons to be proud to be called one! From basic concepts of Good Thoughts, Good Words and […]
Picnic Photos — Dear Members: It’s time to have some Summer fun!! ZAGBA is organizing its annual summer picnic on Saturday, July 15th. So let’s get together and have some good times with great food, drinks, games, swimming & water sports. Feel free to bring your friends/family visiting you. Note: Please come to the park […]
Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York (ZAGNY) announces with great sorrow that our beloved Prof. Kaikhosrov Irani (KD and Keku to his associates and close friends) passed away on June 29, 2017 at the age of 95. Condolences may be sent to his niece Zarine Weil, zbweil@comcast.com and Zarine’s son Darius Weil, darius.weil@gmail.com. At Prof. […]
WZCC PRESENTS AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM FOR YOUTH 5 – 18 YEARS BY SPARK BUSINESS ACADEMY WZCC–New York (NY) Chapter is pleased to announce its new initiative to bring Spark Business Academy to our Dar-e-Mehr and introduce our youth to the concept of entrepreneurship through a three-day program in financial education. WZCC-NY Chapter is the first […]
