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Community News

Ferdowsi Presidential Chair In Zoroastrian Studies To Be Established At UCI Announced By UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture
ByPT Reporter 1 August 202031 July 2020

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has received a $1.5 million challenge commitment from the Massiah Foundation to establish the Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies – the first of its kind in the United States. Additionally, the University of California will support the chair with up to $500,000. The Massiah Foundation was founded by Fariborz Maseeh, Ph.D.,…

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Community News

XYZ Seniors Hold ‘Volunteer Funday Month’ And ‘Money Mania’
ByPT Reporter 1 August 202031 July 2020

XYZ Seniors conducted two fun events in the past week. July was full of fun, games and anticipation for the parents and volunteers of the XYZ Foundation. The XYZ Seniors organized a Volunteers’ Funday Month, every Saturday through July, where parents and volunteers were mixed and divided into four teams which competed with each other….

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Community News

Kayishmand Chothia Receives ‘The Covid Classic Award’ For Visual Arts
ByPT Reporter 1 August 202031 July 2020

Kayishmand Hormuzd Chothia, from Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada was recently awarded ‘The Covid Classic Award’ for Visual Arts by the Halton District School Board. She becomes the first recipient to receive this newly instated award, given for the first time this year from the Halton District School Board and will be given every year moving forward. Kayishmand…

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Community News

Aviva Damania Furthers ‘The Mind Essentials’ With CSR Team
ByPT Reporter 1 August 202031 July 2020

After the recent success of the food donation drive held in Dharavi at The Banyan Tree English School, ‘The Mind Essentials’ – the mental health platform founded by psychologist, Aviva Damania – will further be empowered with a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Team. Aviva Damania, who is also a columnist with Parsi Times, shares with…

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Special

Employee Mental Health during coronavirus (COVID-19)
ByAviva Damania 1 August 202031 July 2020

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Aviva Damania is a Psychologist – Mental Health Specialist, trained at City University of London (MSc Mental Health). She began counseling in 2014 as a Volunteer Counsellor at Charities in Mumbai, and has practiced at Masina Hospital and has got extensive experience working with adults, adolescents and children. Aviva is the founder…

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Chomp & Cheers

Chomp & Cheers Presents Chef Delzad
ByPT Reporter 1 August 202031 July 2020

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Delzad K Avari is a Le Cordon Bleu, London Alumni. His love for cooking was evident from a very young age. Having completed the Grand Diploma in cuisine and patisserie from the London campus, post his Hotel Management degree from Mumbai’s Sophia Polytechnic. His expertise has been honed with rich and varied…

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Horoscope

Numero Tarot By Dr. Jasvi
ByDr. Jasvi 1 August 202031 July 2020

[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): You have mastered the art of balancing things. Victory is on the cards. This is a good time for marriage. You just need to break through…

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Special | Wellness

The Zen Series: THE WORLD IN A DROP OF WATER
ByKashmira Shaw Raj 1 August 202031 July 2020

[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…

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Humour | Ruby's Column

Soli Sales-Tax Goes To Starbucks!
ByRuby Lilaowala 1 August 202031 July 2020

One Saturday morning, around 11:00 am, Hormusji felt like having a cup of coffee while reading Parsi Times on the net. It was Lockdown time and he had just finished cooking and doing jhadoo-pochcha, washing clothes, cleaning the vara-mori and the basins . He was dog-tired and wanted a coffee-break. Farida: Where are you off to? Hormusji: The kitchen….

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Religion

The Starting of Good Times: A Zoroastrian Perspective
ByPT Reporter 1 August 202031 July 2020

I’d like to shed some light on the present circumstances from a Zoroastrian perspective. The virus, pandemic, or any kind pain and sickness does not come from God. God is all good. Hence, only the good and good can ever come from God. Evil comes from an agency outside God, namely Ahriman. It depends on us,…

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Religion

Ardibehest Yasht – I (The Yasht Series)
ByDaisy P. Navdar 1 August 20201 August 2020

[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…

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