[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times is delighted to welcome Veera Sanjana aboard our fabulous team of outstanding and talented writers! 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] As we welcome the Navroz week of…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. She credits her learnings and insights, shared in her articles, to all Zoroastrian priests and scholars whose efforts…
Come September, and one eagerly awaits the ‘lagan’ and ‘navjote’ season… looking droolingly forward to Patra-ni-machhi, chicken farcha, (or their other culinary avatars), a dollop of Bharuchi-akuri, and of course, the inevitable pulao-dar, alongside the other trimmings of a Lagan-nu-patru. Come February, and we are like – ‘OMG! Not again! Yet another invite and one…
In 1987, Dr. Cashmera P Bhaya conducted a sample (not census) socio-economic survey of poor Zoroastrians residing in the villages of South Gujarat. She identified 687 Zoroastrian families from 209 villages living in miserable conditions, many of them way below the poverty line, which in those days was pegged at an annual family income of…
On behalf of our team at Parsi Times and myself, I would like to wish each and every reader of Parsi Times, their families and friends and all our Zarthosti brothers and sisters a very joyful and prosperous Jamshedi Navroze and Saal Mubarak to our Irani brethren! May this coming year bring in peace and…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] At the helm of all path-breaking, global advancements in eye care, Dr. Cyres Mehta has been consistently setting new standards and breakthroughs, making our Community and Nation proud, with his numerous ‘Firsts’ – be it in terms of successful eye procedures or advancements in eye care or his own personal achievements which…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]At a time when many are lamenting the lack of sports champions in our community, Parsee Gymkhana (PG) ups the ante… in the nation’s most loved and worshipped sport – Cricket! Always striving for growth, honing its skills and growing bigger and better in this sport, PG cricketed yet another first, as they…
Erudite Zoroastrian historian and religious scholar, Noshir Dadrawala, traces one of our greatest Zoroastrian traits – Leadership – right from the times of Shah Jamsheed and shares valuable insights which could prove beneficial even today! According to legend, it was the great King Jamsheed of the pre-historic Peshdaad dynasty who initiated the tradition of celebrating…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Year after year, Parsi Times is delighted and grateful to receive an ever-growing response to our Navroz Special Contests – both in terms of quantity and quality! We thank all our wonderfully talented participants for all the entries! Congratulations to all! The following are our TOP 3 Winners and Special Mentions….
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, has us in splits as he unleashes his hilarious take on the bawaji’s tryst with the Corona Virus, in our Jamshedi Navroz Special, with his monthly, blockbuster exclusive column in PT – ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great!’ [/otw_shortcode_info_box] Yesterday, my friend’s Rottweiler’s brother’s owner,…
A few weeks ago, Parsi Times was delighted to break the news that our legendary, and much loved and respected, Parsi and Gujarati theatre actor and personality – Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia, had been bestowed the prestigious Padma Shri Award in the field of Art, by the Govt. of India – much to the pride and…