[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]As the year draws to an end, one is often bound to reflect on the days gone by. PT Writer, Dara Khodaiji, recounts more than the year gone by, taking us back a few decades to provide a fun, reminiscent read for our readers, in his inimitable jocular-and-wise style![/otw_shortcode_info_box] . I have often…
Weddings are coming, weddings are coming, Jewelers, caterers, couturiers are coming too, Designer dresses, shoes by Choo Antique sarees, Gold-rich kors, resplendent garas, Chocker sets and old-time vaaras Pagris and daglis fine. It’s time to wine and dine There are songs in the air, There’s joy everywhere ‘cause it’s the wedding time. Come September (Not…
પારસી સમયુદાયનું અસ્તીત્વનું જોડાણ સીધું મોબેદો સાથે જોડાયેલુ છે હકીકત એ છે કે કોઈ પણ સમુદાય મજબૂત ધાર્મિક પાયા વગર જીવી શકે નહીં. તેમજ કોઈ પણ ધર્મમાં ધર્મગુરૂઓ વગર જીવી શકાય નહીં. આપણા પારસી સમુદાયોની સફળતા અને અસ્તિત્વ નિ:શંકપણે આપણા ધર્મ અને આપણા મોબેદો સાથે સીધી રીતે જોડાયેલા છે. આપણા આતશ બહેરામ અને અગિયારીની રચના…
Parsis landed in India about 1200 years ago. The exact date of landing differs amongst scholars but that is not important. After the sugar and spice, and all that’s nice sort of episodes, we were allowed to stay in the kingdom of Sanjan, but with a rider, rather four riders – one of which was,…
નરગિસ કેખશરૂ બામજી ‘ધ ફ્લોરેન્સ નાઇટિંગેલે ઓફ એજ્યુકેશન’નો જન્મ તા. 2જી જુલાઇ, 1917ના રોજે થયો હતો. આવતી કાલે તેઓ તેમના 100 વરસ પૂર્ણ કરશે. તેમણે સર જેજે ફોર્ટ ગર્લ્સ હાઇ સ્કુલના પ્રિન્સિપાલ તરીકે પોતાની છોકરીઓના મનમાં જ્ઞાનના દીવા પ્રગટ કર્યા હતા, જ્યાં તેમણે ચાળીસ વર્ષથી વધારે સેવા આપી હતી. તેમણે તેમના જીવનના તમામ પાસાઓમાં સફળતા…
Dadabhai N Dordi was born on 4th September, 1825 in the priestly family of Manekbai and Naoroji Pallanji Dordi. He lost his father at age four and was brought up by his mother who raised him to go down in Indian history as one of the most dynamic individuals – ‘Dada’, the ‘Pita-maha’, the ‘Grand…
Zoroastrian religion is a monotheistic faith and Zoroastrians believe in one God – Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord. He is also referred to as Dadar-e-gehan Daman or creator of the Universe. He is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient; the fount of all things good and beautiful, all things wise and wonderful; He is just and good,…
Sir JJ High Schools’ Alumni Association celebrated their annual get-together with an evening of prayers and fun on 20th May, 2017, with a jasan in honor of their benefactor and founder of the school Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 1st Baronet, which was performed by ex-student, Er. Yazdi Dhalla, and his son. President of the Alumni Association,…
‘Diet’ is a four letter word. It is almost as bad as the word which, when we used to utter it, our dear mothers would threaten to scrub our tongue with soap and butara (a stick broom)! It is a different matter now, with the offending word becoming almost an accepted part of our vocabulary,…
I am surprised, nay shocked, Meherbai and her vociferous, or is it voracious, baug-brigade has not censured all the verbal diarrhoea that is being spewed out by the so-called leaders of our destiny, of our Bharat, i.e. India. Hungry for power, these leaders(?) use a language that would make a sailor blush! Elections seem to…
King Jamshid of Persia is said to have invented the process of making Grape-wine several millennia ago. This beverage, besides being pleasant to taste and giving a sense of wellbeing, when consumed in right quantity, gave such beneficial results that it came to be called Shah-daroo, the royal-medicine or the king’s medicine. With a history…