It’s Time You Spoke! It’s time to speak up… and you spoke! The article by Mr. Randeria speaks volumes of truth and is self-explanatory. Thousands of our community members were in 50/50 mindset and confused, but after reading his article we have got clarity – he has cleared all our doubts about matters, especially the…
Thanks ZYA Pune! I would like to share a small incident with our fellow Zoroastrians so that it can serve as a small acknowledgment and learning. I have just started a small venture of making fruit syrups similar and being just a month old in the market, I am still searching and establishing my sale…
Re: Udvada Gets A Facelift As reported in Parsi Times dated 17th February 2018, it has indeed taken an unfortunate tragedy to give Udvada Station a facelift and increase the height of the existing platforms. While State-of-the Art amenities are most welcome at this “Pilgrimage-Destination Station”, crossing the Foot-Over-Bridge upon arrival / departure, is an…
Love Is All We Have! Thanks for those two LOVELY Valentine write-ups – Darling Bomi uncle would always made us laugh the moment we met him – even as kids when he came to visit dad. He was a true romantic. And Noshir’s ‘Love, Live and Let Leave’ licence was so full of essence! Also, your…
Zoroastrian Prayer Hall At Pune It is indeed heartening to learn that the dreams of so many of once-Zoroastrians can be fulfilled and now they can return to the Zoroastrian fold and have the solace for praying in front of the community fire. It is indeed a bit of nitpicking to gloat or ridicule saying that it…
Re: Parsi General Hospital-Medanta Concerns [Note To Readers: Recently a Mumbai lawyer wrote to various government authorities and the CEO of Medanta allegedly insinuating non-issues regarding Medanta’s handling of the new medical facility at the Parsi General Hospital. Principal donors of Parsi General Hospital, Pervin and Jal Shroff, mailed Parsi Times the following communication with…
Unnecessary Chaos In The Community On behalf of myself and others, I congratulate PT Editor Anahita Subedar and Delaveen Tarapore for giving detailed information along with drawings of the Metro III project. There cannot be a better clarification and reporting of the core issue than what has been done by PT. In spite of such crystal clear…
Jiyo Parsis! Families were big, Casseroles bigger, Life was simple, but t’was fun, When kids were many, not just one. This in nutshell was the life about three quarters of a century ago. Today our miniscule community is dwindling away to almost non-existence. There was a time when there were some families that could have…
Re: BPP CONNECT It is indeed interesting and good approach by our BPP to update the community about their performance through ‘BPP CONNECT’ published in the Parsi Times. It is good governance and gives transparency in their activities. While going through the information provided by BPP in Parsi Times dated October 7, 2017, I have…
Jiyo Parsi- May Our Tribe Increase Jiyo Parsi- May Our Tribe Increase Three years back the Government of India launched the Jiyo Parsi scheme offering medical expenses for treatment of fertility to Parsi couples. This scheme was well intended and resulted in producing 108 babies in three years. In the earlier days, about four children were normal…
Hobbesian Thought And Zoroastrianism A while ago, I came across a comment by a Parsi lady,, either in a newspaper or a periodical, about how us Parsis do not contribute generously towards our Agiary Funds, unlike the Hindus who donate generously towards their temples, and hence, towards their God or Gods. Zoroastrians believe in philanthropy,…