The 11th Poetry Festival by 100Thousand Poets for Change was held online last month, with participation from schools and organisations including Dadar Parsi Youths Assembly (DPYA) High School, J.B. Petit High School for Girls, J.B. Vatcha High School, The Inodai School, Powai English High School, R.S. Deokar English Medium School, Universal School, etc. ‘Angels in Disguise’ was the…
Parsi Times brings you the weekly schedule of WZCC’s Webinars which have been conducted through the epidemic and have greatly benefitted community members worldwide, with their insightful, informative and highly beneficial sessions, with speakers who are authorities in their respective fields. Our very own tech-guru, Yazdi Tantra has been holding a series of Zoom Meetings…
In our issue dated 19th September, 2020, we had launched the ‘Parsi Times LIFELINE’ initiative, to create awareness in our readers about the financial difficulties that so many of our community members, especially seniors, have been facing, due to the ongoing pandemic. We assured our readers that we would forward cases received by us to…
On the 24th of September, 2020, the Bombay High Court ruled in favor of the BPP, granting them the extension period of six months, for fixing the date of elections to fill in the vacancy of a Trustee, due to the passing of late BPP Trustee, Zarir Bhathena, on 24th June, 2020. The Court stated,…
As per the results of the 75th round of the National Sample Survey (NSS) released in July, 2020, as regards the health of India’s religious communities, the Zoroastrian community remains the most susceptible to ailments. The GoI’s ‘Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’ released the report of the survey titled ‘Health In India’, whose main…
‘Parsi Times LIFELINE’ is a PT initiative that works towards providing rescue and relief to senior community members who are living in appalling conditions of impoverishment. Parsi Times looks to identify and collect the details of our seniors living in unfortunate conditions. This information will then be shared with our generous community Trusts, which undertake…
Earlier this week, Parsi Times was contacted by a Good Samaritan, who conveyed to us about his being informed of an elderly, 87-year-old Parsi gentleman, who was living all by himself in abysmal conditions and had taken very ill. So, he went over to the house of the old man to check up on him…
Mumbai, August 30, 2019: In an innovative move aimed at bringing the Parsi Community together and tackling its challenges, the Trustees of Bombay Parsi Punchayet have unanimously decided to constitute a 16-member Consultative Committee comprising of prominent Parsis from different walks of life with specialist skill sets. The objective of forming such a Consultative Committee…
In Zoroastrian theology, all dead matter is considered unhygienic and polluting. Parsi Pallbearers (Nassesalars and Khandhias) are corpse-bearers invested with priest-like duties and are responsible for protecting the living from contamination by the corpse. Theologically, pallbearers are supposed to hold a venerated position, but that is sadly not the case in the present times. Only…
In an affidavit filed before a division bench of the Delhi High Court last week, the Delhi Parsi Anjuman (DPA) has claimed that the law doesn’t grant any person the right to demand an entry or the use of facilities of the Parsi community, which includes the fire temple located near Delhi Gate. This was…
Established in January 2010, World For All Animal Care and Adoptions, or WFA, is a Mumbai-based animal welfare organisation that has revolutionised the model of stray animal adoptions. Apart from adoptions, the NGO also conducts Rescues and Sterilizations of the stray animal population. Headed by Taronish Balsara, their mission is to inspire co-existence between stray…