Dear Readers, Love, Actually With Valentine’s Day round the corner, many get into frenzied brainstorming sessions on gift-giving. From the humble card, which professes all kinds of affections, as if trying to make up for the lack of a ‘real gift’… to the ‘real-gifts’ themselves –dazzling solitaire diamonds on platinum bands or race-cars or then,…
Dear Readers, The last weekend took the community through the highs and the lows, leaving a lingering feeling of pensiveness through most of the week. On the eve of Republic Day, 25th January, 2020, Parsi Times was as overjoyed to break the news of legendary stage personality and doyen of Gujarati and Parsi theater –…
Dear Readers, As India commemorates her 71st Republic Day on 26th January, 2020, there will be much zeal and festivity across India, in honour of the day when the Constitution of India came into effect, in 1950. But it feels different this year, in keeping with the political shenanigans which have developed over the past…
Dear Readers, The New Year has indeed started on a good note for our community members, with projects dedicated to the upkeep and betterment of our religious and cultural heritage. Deserving of our foremost appreciation and gratitude is the ongoing renovation taking place at our sacred Doongerwadi, driven by the dedicated and continuous efforts of…
Dear Readers, The week has been quite an exciting one as various leaders and representatives of the worldwide Zoroastrian community came together for the meeting of the Global Working Group – a team of dedicated Zarthostis who work selflessly towards the wellbeing and the upliftment of our community members from across the world. Hosted by…
Here’s To Prosperity In 2020! Dear Readers, Welcome to 2020 – your brand-new year, sparkling with hope and anticipation! January always ushers in great expectations alongside a sense of new beginnings, fresh ideas and initiatives. Everyone resolves to make a difference in their lives in the new orbit – all recharged and good to go!…
Dear Readers, It gives me immense delight to share with you our Bumper Special issue celebrating the glorious and biggest event in the Zoroastrian calendar worldwide – the third chapter of the Iranshah Udvada Utsav or IUU 2019, as we welcome the New Year 2020! Reinforcing our core commitment to our community’s progress and…
Dear Readers, 19th December, 2019, made for Indian history, as nationwide protests were held by citizens calling for the Government to withdraw the Citizen’s Amendment Act. In a grand show of unity, over forty thousand Mumbaikars – including numerous students, women and even senior citizens – took to the streets, in a thankfully peaceful protest,…
Dear Readers, December is always an interesting time of the year – it’s a mix between the buzz and excitement of all the festivities, navjotes, lagans… and yet, it’s also a time of personal reckoning, as we look back at the year gone by. Some of us sheepishly chuckle (or sulk) at those untouched or…
Stay Safe! Dear Readers, To many, the developments over last week’s nation-wide outrage – the heinous gang-rape and sinister murder of a young woman veterinarian in Hyderabad – culminating in the death of all four criminals, by the police in an ‘encounter’, may feel like justice served. But once that righteous, initial sense of ‘karmic…
Dear Readers, Despite the week going down as one of the most unpredictable-yet-highly-amusing events in the history of Maha(hahaha!)rashtra Politics, it’s been an admirable week for the community – brimming with fabulous achievements, by some of our vibrant and self-motivated community members, as they further the proud Parsi legacy of greatness… deservedly recognized across multi-arenas…