Dear Readers, There couldn’t be a more fitting adage to sum up the week than, ‘When it rains, it pours!’ As has been the norm when that happens, and it happens every year, Maximum City continues to record maximum flooding. We could try to put a positive spin on things and simply say it’s the…
Where Credit And Support Is Due… Dear Readers, Even as we enter our New Year on a note of positivity and hope, BPP’s latest announcement helps restore and cement our faith in the Community’s august, apex body. A couple of days ago, BPP shared a Press Release announcing that all seven Trustees have unanimously agreed…
પ્રિય વાચકમિત્રો, પારસી નવા વર્ષનો આ બમ્પર સ્પેશિયલ ઈશ્યુ તમારા હાથમાં મૂકતાં મને બહુ આંદ થાય છે! આ વર્ષે, અમે પપારસીપણુંપ – પારસી હોવું એટલે શું અને પારસી હોવાના મૂળભૂત આનંદની ઉજવણી કરી રહ્યા છીએ. પારસીપણું આપણને અન્યોથી અલગ તારવે છે – આપણી અનોખી સત્યનિષ્ઠા, ઈમાનદારી, મૂલ્યો, સંસ્કૃતિ અને ધર્મમાં યકીન. તેમ જ જીવનના અંગત…
Saal Mubarak! Dear Readers, For a New Year Special issue based on the theme, ‘Parsipanu’, it wasn’t easy putting my finger on the one element or ideology that best symbolised this word. I’ve been pondering, pouring through innumerable, delightful mails and letters sent in by readers, going through fabulous articles by our writers and columnists…
Dear Readers, As we head towards commemorating India’s seventy-third Independence Day, history has been made with the present day government scrapping Article 370, revoking Special Status to Jammu and Kashmir and passing the J&K Reorganisation Bill 2019, paving the way for the division into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The reactions,…
Kindness Is Underrated Dear Readers, The trending news over the past couple of weeks has been rather sad – be it about a heart-breaking video that went viral about an under-nourished street dog trying to take shelter in a building for survival, only to be gruesomely beaten by the watchman; or the alleged attempt by…
The Art Of Giving (Back) Dear Readers, It is said that the real essence in the art of living lies in its core component – the ‘Art of Giving’. The one race that is known to have embodied just that, and gone on to become synonymous to the concept of Charity, is us, the Zoroastrians…
Are You Feeling The Rain Or Just Getting Wet? Dear Readers, It is said people come into our lives for a season or a reason or a lifetime. Ever ponder philosophizing the reason about a season visiting you through your lifetime instead… science and climatology notwithstanding. We’re in the thick of the monsoons – and…
Dear Readers, For most of us, being a ‘follower’ is a slight; it implies one is incapable of being a leader and has therefore been relegated (downgraded) to being one of the ‘sheep’. It’s almost offensive, even insulting. Agreed, being a leader is a matter of pride and great responsibility; it implies being an achiever,…
Dear Readers, Finally, the rains have descended on Mumbai, much to the relief of our parched city! It’s been a long and impatient wait for the rains – what with all the water-cuts hitting the city, causing much inconvenience and seeing Mumbaikars, including community members, march up to the BMC! Monsoon 2019 remained in hiding…
Time does seem to fly fast. One more week and we would have crossed over to the second half of the year! Yup – half the year’s nearly done! While some of us lament disappointedly at how soon it slipped by, there’s those of us who can’t wait for the year to get over. Whether…