કોઇકે સાચુ જ કહ્યું છે કે સારી આદતો જ બહેતર અને સ્વસ્થ જીવનની ચાવી છે. એવામાં જ્યારે વાત ઉંમરનાં 30માં તબક્કાની આવે છે, તો આ વાત બિલ્કુલ સચોટ બેસે છે, કારણ કે આ ઉંમરમાં આપણું મેટાબોલિઝ્મ પણ નબળું થવા લાગે છે, તો બીજી બાજુ અડધાથી વધુ બિમારીઓ આ જ સમયગાળામાં ઘેરવા લાગે છે, કારણ કે…
ઝુબીન ઉંમર અંદાજે 21 વર્ષની હશે, તે બેઠોબેઠો વિચારી રહ્યો હતો. મનમાં ને મનમાં તે પોતાને જણાવી રહ્યો હતો કે જો, તારે ભણી ગણીને આગળ વધવાનું છે, એડમિશન તો આઈઆઈટીમાં જ મળવું જોઈએ. ભણી ગણીને વિદેશમાં નોકરી કરવાની અને મોંઘીદાટ ગાડીઓમાં ફરવાનું શરૂઆતથી તારો આ જ ધ્યેય હોવો જોઈએ. આવું વિચારી રહ્યો હતો. એટલામાં તેને…
Squadron Leader Parvez Jamasji (Retd.), who was awarded the Vir Chakra for gallantry during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, passed away at the age of 77, on the night of 25th June, 2020. The former Air Force officer was a resident of Dadar Parsi Colony in Mumbai and succumbed to a brief illness. He is survived…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 01st July, 2020. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Disclaimer: Some of our ‘Caption This’ Contest photos are taken from freely available, public online resources and are published in a light and humorous vein, which…
Former BPP Trustee, as also the former Bombay Municipal Commissioner, Jamsheed G. Kanga, passed away in the early morning hours of 25th June, 2020. He was an upright and dynamic IAS officer with an unblemished track record of service to both – the country and the community. His professional excellence was matched by his friendly…
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” – Benjamin Franklin The death of a near or dear one is always very painful. If the person dies relatively young or passes away suddenly, the shock is even greater. If the person…
The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) has announced that Indian-origin, Freddy Vachha will become its newest leader, succeeding Richard Braine. Vachha has been UKIP’s London Regional Chairman since 2016 and becomes the sixth leader of the party. At the leadership announcement, in front of Churchill’s statue, in Parliament square, 61-year old tax consultant Freddy Vachha…
In addition to spearheading efforts to develop a vaccine to fight COVID-19, the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses produced and sold globally, will provide ten million doses of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, which helps to prevent severe pneumonia, every year to lower-income countries for the next decade….
As part of a restructuring plan, Noel Tata could soon be inducted as a Director on the Board of Tata Sons, the holding company of all Tata Group firms. The move comes after he was appointed a trustee of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust in 2019. A final decision is yet to be made and a…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] A Zen-like state of mind is where you connect to your higher self or go within and see things in their actuality. Parsi Times presents our reads ‘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…
The famous Mandli-girls (all over 75) and boys (all over 80) met at the Gateways’s famous Yacht Club. This time they met to discuss foods conducive to good health in old age, because kaaley uthiney apro badhano budhapo avsey… as 90-year-old Rustom Pehelwan observed wisely! It’s another matter that they went overboard and over-ordered everything unhealthy on…