– A 5-Star Conversation On Celebration – (A Global Iranshah Initiative Presentation) [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The ‘Global Iranshah Initiative’ is a worldwide endeavor of love and devotion to our holiest of holy, Pak Iranshah, in Udvada gaam (Gujarat), with an aim to support and perpetuate its legacy and our priceless and timeless heritage. The initiative is the…
Kersi Randeria Quashes Spread Of Misinformation / Lies On Social Media . [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Across the world, the novel coronavirus pandemic and the consequential global lockdown, has resulted in humbling humanity while bringing to the fore its absolute and indispensable need of the hour – Unity, on all levels: global, national, local and community. …
Coronavirus – Personality Plus or Minus? [otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#02266e” background_color=”#d2e5fa”]The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed our lives for good. Nothing will truly feel the same, when we emerge on the other side, after surviving and quashing the Coronavirus (Godspeed!!). But till then, as we live through the Social Distancing, Quarantine and the mandatory isolation, confined…
‘Living Zoroastrianism’, by Anna Sowa and Almut Hintze from SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies and Chouette Films, has received a Special Mention at the prestigious 2020 British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Awards ceremony, in the Best Practice Research Portfolio 2020 – Installations and Video Essays Special Mentions. The judges…
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s timely initiative of installing a ‘DIRECT HELP LINE’, launched on 29th March, 2020, aimed at helping all Community members in need during the ongoing lockdown, has indeed proven very helpful to all in general, and our seniors, in particular. The global lockdown, imposed by most nations to contain the spread of…
Need Of The Hour: Supporting And Facilitating The Medical Fraternity In Facing The Challenges Posed By COVID-19 (A Masina Hospital Initiative) Humanity is presently fighting a fierce battle to defeat the contagion of the dreaded Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). WZO Trust Funds have, in their own modest manner, assisted by supporting Masina Hospital (Byculla, Mumbai), in…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Veera is a published Author (‘Endured’ and ‘#LoveBitesLifeHacks’) and Columnist; a passionate Educator and Counsellor; Poet and Philosopher… but most of all, a lover of all things literary.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Welcome, dearest world, to 2020! Fearful, anxious, panic stricken – are we? Think back, to how long we have been plundering, corrupting and marauding it!…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT Film Critic, Hoshang Katrak takes a look at some films, which had a ‘virus’ as the central theme![/otw_shortcode_info_box] As the continents (Antarctica excluded) of our planet grapple with the lethal and unseen enemy, one’s thoughts dwell on Hollywood’s fascination for the unknown… While the perils of viral annihilation has been the subject…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#051f94″ background_color=”#cff0ff” css_class=”boxed”] Parsi Times is delighted to share one of our community’s and nation’s topmost Fashion Designer – Ashdeen Lilaowala – featured in the ‘Designers at Home’ platform, a by-invitation series, hosted by thevoiceoffashion.com, where Indian fashion designers share their thoughts and creative ideas — fashion or otherwise — while working…
The novel coronavirus is neither ‘Divinity’s Wrath’ nor ‘Nature’s Vengeance’. From a Zoroastrian perspective, this virus is the opposite of all that is good, God-given, life-giving and health-promoting. However, there are all kinds of posts on social media about the coronavirus being ‘Divine Anger’ on mankind and COVID-19 being ‘Mother Nature’s Vengeance’ on human beings! …
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Our community’s youth today, are tomorrow’s community leaders, and it would be simply naïve to not hear out and understand the unique insights, issues, dilemmas and preferences that our new gen lives with and wishes to share with us. Parsi Times is delighted to launch ‘YOUTH-SPEAK’ – a platform for our Zoroastrian youth…