Malaysia-based, independent broadcast journalist – Tehmina Kaoosji – the new face of Money Matters (a financial talk show focusing on economics and business) recently produced and hosted, ‘Tea With Tehmina’ – an online talk show that solely focuses on women’s issues, from sexual harassment to mental health. The show also highlights women entrepreneurs and lighter issues including…
Parsi Times congratulates the Bala sisters Dr. Sharmin Sarosh Bala and Dr. Natasha Sarosh Bala, from Mumbai’s Malcolm Baug, for having once again done brilliantly in their respective fields in Medicine. Dr. Sharmin Bala (MBBS. MD. PhD) completed her Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Otago, New Zealand, in the midst of the pandemic,…
52-year-old popular UK-based actor of Parsi Origin, Nina Wadia, was named among the awardees to be conferred the prestigious Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) distinction in 2021. The list, as announced on 30th December, 2020, recognised her ‘Services To Entertainment And Charity’. She is best known for playing the lead roles in…
– Worthy Candidates – Anahita Desai And Berjis Desai – Could Bring In The Much-Needed Balance And Peace In The BPP Board Room! – With the BPP recently announcing its Election Schedule, the community braces itself for another round of elections to fill in the two vacant Trustee seats, with the passing of Trustee Zarir…
A huge fire broke out at Panthaky Baug (Andheri East, Mumbai), late night – around 11:00 pm, on 30th December, 2020. The fire broke out on the first floor of the Mehta Building (No. 17), in the flat of resident Noshir Chapgar. Within minutes the entire building was engulfed in thick, black smoke. The colony’s…
A short video clip released by ET Online, shares essential pearls of wisdom, by none other than Ratan Tata himself, serving as crucial guidelines that we all need to imbibe and implement as we enter 2021. “The year 2020 will go down in history as literally the most unprecedented year this planet has ever seen….
The Community’s leading establishment for children and young adults – the XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) Foundation, held its annual events – ‘Brainiax’, as also celebrated its sixth Annual Day, on 19th December, 2020, conducted virtually, over Zoom. ‘Brainiax’ was conducted across three age groups (Under 9, Under 12, and Under 17), and comprised four activities…
Jal Nader Engineer of ‘Jal Coaching Classes’, Lonavala, was recently awarded the prestigious ‘Global Teacher Award’ for 2020, at the AKS Education Awards event, which confers global recognition onto select teachers from across 110 countries worldwide, for their contributions in the field of education. 58-yearold ‘Jal sir’, as he is popularly known as in Lonavala…
(By Meher Amalsad, Ca, USA) A Prayer, Leadership and Entrepreneurship Global Webinar Series on ‘Prayer With Action and Action With Prayers’, by our thoughtful priests, insightful leaders and thinking entrepreneurs, celebrating the theme: ‘Make Others Happy And You Shall Also Be Happy’. With immense pride and joy, we would like to invite you all to join us for this very…
Santa Claus visited the Parukh Daharamshala in the form of Mrs. Soonu Hoshang Buhariwalla, on 26th December, 2020, as she gave a handsome donation of Rs 2,72,000/- for bedside cabinets for all the residents. Anahita Desai, who is a member of the Ladies Committee at Parukh Dharamshala, as also our community’s leading social worker, had…
The story of 28-year-old Shantanu Naidu attained much buzz across social media platforms, as a young boy in his early twenties, who got noticed by leading industrialist Ratan Tata, for his start-up that develops reflective collars for stray dogs to prevent them from being the victims of night-time road accidents. Tata went on to invest…