[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you lesser known, amusing facts about our beloved Bombay. Explore this city’s history with these informational nuggets![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Gloria Church Located in Mumbai’s busy Byculla area, the Gloria Church is a Roman Catholic church built in the English Gothic style. It was originally built in 1632 by the Portuguese Franciscans at the…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 25th October, 2017. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” rounded_corners=”rounded-10″ background_color=”#c4dbff”] Winning Caption “ “Haveh modhu band rakhvama saar chhe, nahito khasra no maar chhe!!” ” – By Bahadur Rustomji Tantra [/otw_shortcode_info_box]
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 18th October, 2017. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” rounded_corners=”rounded-10″ background_color=”#c4dbff”] Winning Caption “Sirjee…. Navi notes avi gai…. Ahve toh kai bolo!” – By Firoz Batliwalla [/otw_shortcode_info_box]
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you lesser known, amusing facts about our beloved Bombay. Explore this city’s history with these informational nuggets![/otw_shortcode_info_box] The Royal Bombay Yacht Club The Royal Bombay Yacht Club (RBYC) is located in South Bombay’s neighbourhood of Colaba, situated behind the Taj Palace Hotel. It has Gothic style architecture and offers sailing…
By now, readers know that Meherbai’s Mandli members were complete foodies and great travellers. So on the eve of World Food Day, which falls on October 16th, the Mandli gathered at the Parsi Gymkhana grounds, to discuss food they had eaten in different parts of the world, over Korean barbequed chicken sandwiches, bhajiyas and tea….
History is almost always recorded by victors and vanquishers. A fragment of coincidence then that Shrabani Basu, while on a visit to the Queen’s summer home at the Isle of Wight in 2003, found a couple of objects which aroused her curiosity and heightened her interest in the subject – enough to pen it all…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you lesser known, amusing facts about our beloved Bombay. Explore this city’s history with these informational nuggets![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Khanderi Sea Island It is an island with a fort, located 20 kms South of Mumbai, along the coast of Maharashtra. Initially uninhabited, in 1679, Khanderi was occupied by the forces of Shivaji, who built…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 12th October, 2017. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” rounded_corners=”rounded-10″ background_color=”#c4dbff”] Winning Caption “Rab ne bana di jodi! Aap kahe ‘JIO mere saath’ aur hum kahe ‘PIYO mere saath!’ – By Roshan Dastoor [/otw_shortcode_info_box]
Parsi Times congratulates Dr. Jasvi on attaining her meritorious doctorate (Ph. D) in Tarot Research specialising in Karmavad and pioneering the design and interpretation of Jain Tarot, at the Zoroastrian College (Sanjan) under the able guidance of Dr. Meher Master Moos. January (Lucky No. 21; Lucky Card: Wheel of Fortune): A magical time awaits you….
For the fans of sci-fi and fantasy films, this one particularly could be a must-watch. For the skeptics of this genre (this critic included), however, a word of advice for potential viewers-go see this one with an open mind. Even for those familiar with the 1982 ‘Blade Runner’ (set in 2019), this film is sure…
Take a few key ingredients, put on the gas, swirl them around in a frying pan, bring them to a boil, and serve hot. Something missing? Aha… it’s the condiments! That in a nutshell sums up the film ‘Chef’, sounding suspiciously like the first name of its protagonist Saif Ali Khan, who plays Roshan Kalra…