Know Your Bombay

Know Your Bombay

[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] Banganga Tank: Built way back in 1127 AD, Banganga Tank is an ancient water tank that forms part of the Walkeshwar Temple Complex in Malabar Hill, South Mumbai. One of the holiest Hindu sites in…

Caption This! – June 10, 2017

Caption This! – June 10, 2017

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 14th June, 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 “Singh saheb, glass chupavi levo, ‘Chai-pe-charcha’ no jamano chali rayoch!” – by Marazban N Kanga   [/otw_shortcode_info_box]…

Film Review: Raabta

Film Review: Raabta

If you want to spend a tranquil, placid three hours with your beloved, this is the film for you— buy a ticket or two and send your mother-in-law to the cinema. Still interested in reading the review? Then read on… Shiv (Sushant Singh Rajput), the quintessential cocky Punjabi boy with the six-pack chocolate-boy looks goes…

Know Your Bombay

Know Your Bombay

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you interesting facts about our beloved Bombay! Explore this city’s amusing history and get to know why and how so many streets and places got their names with KYB![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Aarey Milk Colony: Situated in Goregaon in suburban Mumbai, the landmark Aarey Milk Colony (AMC) was established in 1949, inaugurated by…

Caption This! – June 3, 2017

Caption This! – June 3, 2017

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 7th June, 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 “Haath pakro ne Rani-Baug chalo, penguin jova!!” – by Hormoz Shahriarian   [/otw_shortcode_info_box]  

Film Review: Dear Maya

Film Review: Dear Maya

Ostensibly Manisha Koirala’s comeback film — after her doughty and victorious fight with the big C — Dear Maya is about love, languishing and loneliness. The film begins with shots of 15-year-olds Ana (Madiha Imam) and Ira (Shreya Singh Chaudhry) in Loreta Convent, Shimla, reading aloud an amorous passage from a romance novel. Ana has…