Memo # 11, 14th May 2012, 3750Z Vancouver Conference, No Translation
Due to lack of requests for translation to Persian, this option is omitted form the conference. So all but one lecture would be in presented in English. For the only Persian one, English translation would be provided on the screen.
Details: www.3750Z.com/conference.htm
Vancouver, 3750Z Conference, Memo #11, All Lectures in English
Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Carrion Calls, Vultures
The presence of Diclofenac, a veterinary drug used to treat cattle has wiped out vultures in the City. The residue of the drug present in cattle carcasses has poisoned the birds. The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology estimates that the number of vultures in Andhra Pradesh has dropped from 8,500 in 1997 to a mere handful.Among the many drastic environmental and social changes of our age, this is perhaps the most poignant.
more…
http://postnoon.com/2012/05/
Parsis Petition Centre for Survival
The Parsis are a demographically declining community on the cusp of near extinction. This is what Keki Daruwalla, Sahitya Akademi award-winning poet and a member of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), wrote to the Planning Commission (PC).Alarmed by the drastic fall in India’s Parsi population, Daruwalla, in his two-page letter to PC member Dr Syeda Hameed, has highlighted the census figures which show that the number of Parsis in 1941, which was 1,14,890, almost halved to 69,601 by 2001.
more…
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/
Mumbai, Divorce in Parsi Community on the Rise
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has said that the number of divorce cases in the Parsi community is so high that it has written to the chief justice of the Bombay high court (HC) to increase the number of sessions in the Parsi divorce court. The court currently convenes twice a year.
more…
http://www.hindustantimes.com/
