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Follow The Rules And Investment ‘Karona’!
ByMarzee Kerawalla 14 March 202013 March 2020

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Marzee Kerawala is a Certified Financial Planner with expertise in Income Tax and Investment products. Managing assets valued over Rs. 4 Billion, his firm – ‘NiveshIndia’, designs tailored Investment Strategies through Customised Financial Planning for individuals and NRIs, and also handles Treasury Management for Corporates and SMEs. You can contact him at +91 9987567667 or Email: marzeek@niveshindia.co.in [Website…

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Navroz – The Parsi Way!
ByPT Reporter 14 March 202013 March 2020

[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…

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Spread the Light!
ByDaisy P. Navdar 14 March 202013 March 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 efforts…

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Come September And The Theory of Diminishing Marginal Utility!
ByDara M Khodaiji 14 March 202012 March 2020

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…

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Rural Zoroastrians Of South Gujarat – Their Tryst With Destiny
ByPT Reporter 14 March 202012 March 2020

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…

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Editorial

From the Editors Desk
ByAnahita Subedar 14 March 202012 March 2020

Dear Readers, Each year, as we prepare to welcome and celebrate the auspicious occasion of Jamshedi Navroz, we get going with our ‘to-do’ lists – cleaning up and decorating our homes, buying new clothes, placing orders for our special mithai to share with loved ones, booking naatak tickets, making dinner reservations, etc. Most times, we…

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FOUNDER’S NOTE
ByPT Reporter 14 March 202012 March 2020

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…

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Dr. Cyres Mehta: The ‘Eye’con Of Ophthalmology!
ByPT Reporter 14 March 202012 March 2020

[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…

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Gujarati | Horoscope

Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
14th March – 20th March, 2020
ByPT Reporter 14 March 202011 March 2020

મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી .+ ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. શુક્ર જેવા મોજીલા ગ્રહની દિનદશા ચાલુ હોવાથી તમારા મનની નેક મુરાદ પૂરી થઈને રહેશે જે પણ કામ કરશો તેમાં બીજાની મદદની જરૂર નહીં પડે. નાની મુસાફરી કરી મનને આનંદ થશે. તંદુરસ્તીમાં સારા સારી રહેશે. નાણાકીય મુશ્કેલી નહીં આવે. થોડી મહેનતથી વધુ મેળવી…

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Parsee Gymkhana Scores Another Cricketing First!
ByBinaisha M. Surti 14 March 202013 March 2020

[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…

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Lessons in Leadership From Shah Jamsheed
ByNoshir H. Dadrawala 14 March 202013 March 2020

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…

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