Dear friends,

It is a pride and pleasure to announce that PEGASUS PRODUCTS, INC., a manufacturing company located in Somerville, NJ, and owned by our ZAGNY member, Farrokh R. Patel, was listed in the 12th annual listing of the top 100 Indian-American privately owned firms in the USA. VII 100 chronicles the emergence and growth of Indian-American privately held companies in the United States. The top 100 companies are featured every year, based on their annual revenues. For more details, visit News India-Times website www.news-india-times.com.

Congratulations to Pegasus Products, Inc. and Farrokh Patel for this honor. Pegasus Products, Inc. and Patel family had received an award of Excellence for Outstanding Zarathushti Entrepreneurs from WZCC in 2004.

May you grow from strength to strength.

Homi D. Gandhi
President , ZAGNY

Dhun, Shireen and Cyrus Deboo would like to thank the entire ZAGNY community for their show of support on the passing of their beloved Nariman Deboo on November 2. We loved Nariman, and we know that many of you did as well, and we will miss him dearly.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. To do so, access the “make a gift by mail” link at

https://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/60053.cfm?ContentFor=Special

or the “make a gift online” link at

https://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/60052.cfm?ContentFor=Special

Fellow Zoroastrians,

It is with great pride that I inform you that our very own Zoroastrian singer and song writer,  Shayan Italia today releases his debut single “Reflection.”  On 13th of October 2007 his “Reflection” music video was at 4th position in the TV Airplay Chart, having had 301 plays that week.  You can watch the music video on Shayan’s site http://www.shayanitalia.com/.

Many Zoroastrians heard Shayan performing for the first time at the Zoroastrian Centre for Europe during the 8th World Zoroastrian Congress in June 2005.   He impressed members of the community both young and old with his talent, to the extent that he was requested to perform for a second time on the closing day of the conference.

I urge you all to purchase Shayan’s single and help propel him to the top of the singles chart.  Please promote him to all your family and friends and support this young and upcoming Zoroastrian artist.  We wish Shayan great success in his endeavour.

Paurushasp B. Jila
President
Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe Inc.
http://www.ztfe.com/

Greetings!

Welcome to our October e-news, filled with information about exciting events to attend now that cooler weather is here and energy levels are up.
 
Regards,

Arnaz Maneckshana
Chapter Chair
WZCC-NY
(201) 592-2566

Hello All,

Hope you all had a great summer. Believe it or not it is “back to ZAGNY Class-&-lunch ” already, so welcome to a new ZAGNY Religious class year.

Looking back at 2006-07 we had an exciting year with more members coming in every month and staying back for lunch. With the enthusiasm of all the members for the first time we had a Chat party last year, which proved to be a great success. Many members have expressed their desire to have another one this year, and probably some other theme dinners … like Indo Chinese/ South Indian, or any other food let me know (guys keep in mind we have limited income). I will let you know in advance which month will be scheduled for theme lunches.  

To start with the Lunch money remains the same i.e. $3.50 (and $5.00 for walk ins).
Please note, in the past we charged the additional  .50 cents to cover the cost of the teachers and other miscellaneous expenses like dessert, pickles, salad, yogurt or any other additional item. Since we have a surplus of $464.00… and some change, we have decided to use this money towards the miscellaneous expense that will incur during the next school year and keep the current ZAGNY lunch charges the same. …Read the rest of this entry »»»

Dear Homi:
 
It would be a great pleasure to see you at our annual Gahambar on Sunday, Oct. 7, as well as any fellow ZAGNY members who could come. Would you please take this as a personal invitation to you from all of my ZAPANJ board and pass along the general invitation to all of the ZAGNY membership.
 
The event, again, is at the Palace of Asia banquet room along the beautiful Cooper River in Cherry Hill. It begins with jashan at 10:30 am, and is followed by dhanshak-kachoober and kavab luncheon. ZAPANJ will then hold its monthly prayer classes, and if there are an ZAGNY kids present, they are most welcome to join in.
 
Directions to Palace of Asia, from the North: NJ Turnpike to Exit 4; then Route 295 SOUTH; take exit 34B (Cherry Hill) to Route 70 WEST; stay on 70 West through two major intersections, and take jughandle for U turn (shortly after exits for Merchantville and Collingswood). Enter parking lot of America’s Best Inn/Palace of Asia. Emergency cell phone number: 856 278 0722.
 
Regards,
 
Porus