ઘણાંને ઠંડીની મોસમમાં શરદી તરત જ થઈ આવતી હોય છે. કેટલાંકને વળી, પ્રકૃતિ જ શરદીની થઈ ગઈ હોય તો ત્યારે વ્યક્તિ બહુ અકળામણ અનુભવે છે. કેમ કે શરદીને લીધે અન્ય પણ ઉપદ્રવોને અવકાશ રહે છે. શરદી માટે અનેક ઔષધો ઉપચારો પ્રચલિત છે પરંતુ એમાનું કશું ન કરવું હોય અને સાવ નરવા નિસર્ગોપચારને અનુસરવું હોય તો?…
તે લખનાર કહે છે કે ‘જે લોકો નાદાન હોય તેઓથી તમારા ભેદની વાત તદ્દન છુપી રાખજો, કારણ કે તેવા લોકો તમારા ભેદની વાત મને કહો તો એમજ જાણજો કે તે ભેદની વાત એક તિજોરીમાં બંધ કીદી છે પણ તેની કુંચી ખોવાઈ ગઈ છે અથવા તો તેના બારણા ઉપર મોહર કીધી છે.’ ઝોબીદાએ જોયું કે તે…
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Here’s To Prosperity In 2020! Dear Readers, Welcome to 2020 – your brand-new year, sparkling with hope and anticipation! January always ushers in great expectations alongside a sense of new beginnings, fresh ideas and initiatives. Everyone resolves to make a difference in their lives in the new orbit – all recharged and good to go!…
Somewhere in Jharkhand, in a small town called Karnalganj, is a small-time politician-cum-goon (isn’t this species omnipresent in those areas?) Baba Bhandari (Akshaye Khanna), who’s perennially shadowed by two cronies and whose supplementary means of income is from kidnapping potential grooms for girls whose parents can’t afford the dowry, which runs into lakhs. The local…
Award-winning director, Jay Roach (Trumbo) and Oscar-winning scriptwriter Charles Randolph (The Big Short) unite admirably for ‘Bombshell’ – a reconstruction of the sexual harassment cases which brought about the downfall of Fox News honcho Roger Ailes (played astutely by John Lithaow) in 2016, 20 years after setting up the news channel, although it’s difficult to…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Start your weekend with positive vibes with inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’ by Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla of Karachi.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] . When the sons and daughters of Airyanavaeja migrated southwards and settled on the plateau of Iran, the Aryan Glory, mounted high on the lofty heights of Alburz…
The Institution of Internal Auditors’ Excellence Award for the ‘Best Application of Technology in the field of Internal Audit’ was conferred to Pervin D. Vanskuiwalla, Senior Vice President and Head – Internal Audit and her dedicated team at Godrej and Boyce Company Ltd. From among the most prestigious Corporate Houses in Mumbai, Godrej was conferred…
The festive season was enjoyed with abundant joy and good cheer on X’mas Day – December 25, 2019 – at Cusrow Baug’s annual ‘Christmas Carnival’, organized by the Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League (CBUSWL), in the Baug’s Pavilion. The event has been growing in popularity through the years and this year witnessed a…
Shimla mirchi, the Indian capsicum, is not supposed to be spicy – not even pungent. Ramesh Sippy’s film by the same name, released after more than five years of completion, stays true to the meaning! Avinash (Rajkummar Rao) is on a holiday with his family (all women!) to picturesque Shimla where his eyes dwell on…
The fourth in the series, and based on ‘Ju-On: The Grudge’ by Takashi Shimuzu, this one travels from Tokyo to Pennsylvania – a family experiencing something sinister in their lives when in Japan has no respite even when relocating to the US. Detective Muldoon (Andrea Riseborough) is deputed to solve a case. She realises that…