Sad Partings Dear Readers, It is never easy coming to terms with the loss of loved ones. Sometimes, the loss is felt beyond the immediate circle of family and friends. In the past week, the community mourned the loss of two such lovely souls – one who we lost way before her time, in an…
Happy New Year! Dear Readers, Transitioning from 2021 to 2022 may have been a lot more subdued than we’d have liked, with the third wave rearing its head… but over the past couple of years, we have learnt to find and cherish the little joys in little things, and celebrate moments instead of occasions. Club-parties…
May Your Christmas Be Merry! Dear Readers, Merry Xmas to you and to your loved ones! Today marks the most celebrated day of the year. And though the rising Covid cases, in tow with its latest variant, has yet again started to clamp down our freedom and festivities, that Christmassy spirit of celebration and…
Dear Readers, Little did we know what awaited us when we merrily crossed over from 2019 to 2020. Who would’ve thought that life would never be the same again, as Covid descended upon all humanity. A year later, weary with loss and fear, but still holding on to faith and hope, we entered 2021, with…
Be Parsi, Buy Parsi! Dear Readers, As a community, we are known and respected for having birthed some of the nation’s and the world’s most accomplished entrepreneurs. Not too long ago, the word ‘enterprise’ was considered synonymous to Parsis in the business context. We proudly lay claim to the world’s greatest industrialist – our very…
Come December…. The Beginning Of The End! Dear Readers, The popular saying, ‘Every end marks a new beginning’, is usually meant in a consolatory or comforting context – but thanks to the harrowing pandemic, time can’t be ticking fast enough to conclude this deadly chapter that has shaken the core of humanity. We can’t wait…
Dear Readers, And just like that, we will enter the last month of 2021 in a couple of days! Even as most are getting into the festive mood, we look over our shoulders every so often, in keeping with the rumours of the potential outbreak of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, in India….
Dear Readers, A recent UNICEF report quoted, “This is the first time a global generation of children will grow up in a world made far more dangerous and uncertain, as a result of a changing climate and degraded environment.” It is rather unfair and sad that our next gen – our children, who are the…
Dear Readers, Looks like the Gods have been listening to all our prayers as life does seem to be, slowly but surely, crawling back to some semblance of what normal used to feel like. We must, however, keep our masks on, and other mandatory precautions going, because we are not yet completely out of the…
Farewell, Dear Yazdi Desai Dear Readers, The light of some stars continues to reach the earth long after they have concluded. Similarly, there are heroes among men, whose shining legacies continue lighting the world and lives of countless people, long after they have passed away. If a hero is defined as one who has given his…
Let There Be Light… Please! Dear Readers, Just last week the community was finally relieved of the ongoing BPP hubbub, with the announcement that all five current Trustees, had, on their word, signed a consent agreement, to collectively resign and hold brand new elections for all seven trustee seats, next March. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly,…