In the ancient civilizations of ‘Mu’ and ‘Atlantis’, there were certain rules and practices on death, with details of breath-control, mind-control and guiding the ‘last-thought’. In ancient Egypt, occultists could predict whether it was time to ‘to fight for life’ or ‘let go and die’ for their Pharaohs. In the Mayan civilisation, initiates were taught…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e3e3e3″] Parsi Times brings you Dr. Jasvi’s column on her unique Numero-Tarot monthly readings, based on your month of birth: [/otw_shortcode_info_box] January (Lucky No. 17; Lucky Card: Star): This will be an excellent month for women and girls born in the first month of the year! You need to work on coming out of…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] Parsi Times presents our readers ‘The Zen Series’ by PT Columnist, Kashmira Shaw Raj – a professional Taichi and Qigong practitioner and teacher, as also a sought-after clinical psychologist and healer. These Zen stories will resonate with you and help you connect within, at a deeper, inner level to encourage and empower…
I have been blessed with a very good memory, so good that I often wish I could forget much, for a number of those memories have been peppered generously by ghotalas, chabardas and more embarrassing faux pas than I care to remember. Recounting all would fill up a tome but here are few incidents I…
WZO Trust is pleased to inform donors, well-wishers and community members, an update of the various relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken by the World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust Funds, as on August 31, 2020 towards alleviating distress caused due to the Covid Pandemic amongst our community members in India. Update: 31 August 2020 THE WZO TRUST…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e5fdff”] Parsi Times congratulates and celebrates the success of our fab students and young achievers who have done achieved great success in their academic performances in Board exams across schools and colleges. We are delighted to feature our young, bright sparks who make our community proud! Do write in to us…
Shehnaz Paurush Billimoria, Principal (I/c.), Dinshaw Daboo Law College, Navsari, was awarded her Ph.D. degree from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat. She completed her Doctorate in the Faculty of Law, with her thesis titled, ‘Arbitration As One Of The Effective Modes Of Alternate Dispute Resolution’, under the guidance of Dr. J T Desai, Former…
I sincerely thank you all for your participation in the solemn Muktad ceremony thus making our efforts more worthwhile, and for giving us the opportunity to advance spiritually by satisfying your spiritual needs for the 29th Muktad ceremony in Southern California, and the 4th at our ZAC Atashkadeh. For the previous 25 years, the Muktad ceremonies were conducted at our home (Bhandara residence), it was also my 48th…
In keeping with the plea of BPP to allow members of Mumbai’s Parsi Community to come together and pray at the Doongerwadi (Kemp’s Corner) on the auspicious occasion of Farvardin Mahino-Farvardin Roj, on 3rd September, 2020, the High Court in Mumbai provided permission for the same, but only in limited or prescribed numbers. The prescribed…
On 26th August, 2020, Farhad Sahiar, M.D., M.S., FAsMA, received the 2020 John A. Tamisiea Award for his dedication to the advancement of aerospace medicine, by the Aerospace Medical Association (AMA). His career has spanned many years and many facets of aerospace medicine and his contributions to this field have been substantial. This award was established and sponsored by the Civil…
On 27th August, 2020, 75-year-old family physician from Surat and well known Parsi personality, Dr. Khushroo Laskari, lost his battle to the novel coronavirus, which he had been braving over the past six weeks, at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital. Dr. Laskari is survived by his wife Dilshad, and two daughters – Nina Rumi Palsetia…