CommUNITY Call! Dear Readers, It was a collective and easy decision when it came to determining the theme of our Jamshedji Navroz Special issue this year. Unity. Because that is the need of the hour in our community. Unity. Because that is the only real premise of any successful solution. Unity. Because we are respected…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The love and patronship of Western Classical Music has, from the times of yore, been the stronghold of our Parsi Community. However, over the past couple of decades, the dwindling of the Parsi population has seen a corresponding decline in the Parsi participation and patronisation of Western Classical Music (WCM). Fortunately, there are…
Coconut Water And A Couple Of Seconds! Dear Readers, Our Maximum City has started announcing the arrival of maximum temperatures, with all of us beginning to quite literally feel the heat! And if the weather gurus are to be believed, we are to expect one of the hottest summers this year. So, as we start…
Dear Readers, Over the past few months, I found myself at the listening end of one recurrent lament/complaint in most conversations I had, across our community’s members, including educators, social service providers, parents and priests. Surprisingly, it was not about the dwindling population, nor was it related to the orthodox/liberal divide. It was an issue…
Dear Readers, We are citizens of the world’s largest democracy, and democracy, as you know, is based on an informed citizenry that votes into power its preferred representatives who go on to form a government. That’s the first half. The second half is ensuring that these representatives deliver on the promises made to us voters,…
Dear Readers, It’s been a week of celebrations in our community in Mumbai, and Parsi Times, as always looks forward to further the noble and never-underestimated cause of such ‘fun with a cause’ community events. These jamborees, which fit seamlessly into our positive default preference for fun and entertainment, foster a sense of the much-needed…
Dear Readers, First up, I want to thank you all for the overwhelming response to PT’s ‘Wow Your Valentine’ Contest! You wowed us alright with your brilliant talent – we truly are a blessed community, gifted with love! Which is probably why we celebrate every festival and ‘Day’ possible, with as much gaiety – be…
Revised Tax-Free Investments… Profits Guaranteed! Dear Readers, The obvious hot topic of this week, the Union Budget, seems to be one that doesn’t change too much for most of us. Which is a good thing – we could do with the breather post the ‘demon’etization – a racist (anti-black) exercise in national exhorcism (pun intended)!…
Three Cheers To Our Fab Four! Dear Readers, What a proud and inspirational start to the year to see our Parsis and Zarthostis being honored for their brilliant achievements globally and nationally! Hats off to our Mumbai’s very own Padma Shri Dr. Tehemton Udwadia for being conferred yet another prestigious, top civilian honour – The…
Dear Readers, As we head towards celebrating our 68th Republic Day next week, I can’t help but reflect on our diminishing presence in the Armed Forces – perhaps an obvious corollary to our dwindling numbers, or worse, a lack of interest in being part of India’s highest and noblest bastion. For a long time, Parsis…
Dear Readers, We are an active community. It’s been yet another action-packed week as some of us decided to take up a vociferous stand on yet another issue. Fortunately or unfortunately, most of the action takes place only on social media, not in real life. This time it was the Anjuman in Navsari signaling…