The opening frames of the film could well serve as a reminder of the recent bounteous monsoon – with IIT students running around the hostel, clad only in underpants, drenching one another as if there was no tomorrow. Maya (Shraddha Kapoor) and Annirudh (Sushant Singh Rajput) were rank holders in 1992, but are now a…
(As Per Your Sun Sign) [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#c2b3c2″ css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you Dr. Jasvi’s monthly column on her unique Numero-Tarot readings.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] January (Lucky No. 4; Lucky Card: Emperor): Follow your intuition. You could be feeling upset, but with your confidence you will be able to search the right path. Remember that nothing in life is…
Congratulations to BPP Trustees for their wise, bold and progressive move to bring peace, harmony and happiness in our peace-loving Community! We all share a fundamental wish to live a happy life with peace and harmony. Poverty, illiteracy and over population hinder progress and development. Luckily, we are a small community, affluent in status and highly…
On 31st August, 2019, the Women Entrepreneur (WE) Wing of the World Zarathusti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC) conducted a program titled ‘Work Your Way to a Better You – Professionally and Personally’, at the YMCA, Mumbai. Behroze Daruwala, Global Chair – WZCC WE (Ladies Wing of WZCC), welcomed the group with a brief overview of…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] With over a decade of experience and success in the field of finance and investing, leading Financial Consultant, Mehran Felfeli, owner of the investment consultancy firm, Ethix, tells us to keep calm and not make brash decisions or react impulsively to the volatile market conditions. [/otw_shortcode_info_box] The Equity market has been limping…
On 31st August, 2019, the 215-year-old Asiatic Society of Mumbai got its very First Woman President, after 78-year-old Professor Vispi Balaporia won the election to the post, securing 107 of 163 votes. This is a major milestone in the society’s two-century-old history, which has had women as office-bearers, vice-presidents and honorary secretaries hitherto. In addition to Vispi Balaporia’s Presidentship, the Asiatic Society…
The Parsi Lying-in Hospital is situated on Leasehold land granted by the Collector. The Government of Maharashtra, vide their policy dated 12th December, 2012, and subsequent revision thereof, vide policy dated 5th May, 2018, sought regularisation of Leases in respect of the Lands, whose lease period has ceased. The Office of the Collector have arbitrarily…
What is old age? Old age is reflective of an old and failing body which will simply not cooperate. It lets one down every so often. Old age is a period of reversal of our faculties. Little babies are born totally helpless but are well taken care of, with great love and immense pleasure by…
On the auspicious occasion of Khordad Sal, 22nd August, 2019, the Nowroze Baug Play Centre (NBPC) celebrated its 71st Annual programme with a fundraiser for the Welfare Activities of the Play Centre – Big Bang Production’s hilarious natak, ‘Babo Aayo Courier Ma’, at the Sophia Bhabha auditorium, with Chief Guest, Ruby Lilaowala. After President Homi…
Dear Readers, There couldn’t be a more fitting adage to sum up the week than, ‘When it rains, it pours!’ As has been the norm when that happens, and it happens every year, Maximum City continues to record maximum flooding. We could try to put a positive spin on things and simply say it’s the…
Community members are aware that Global Working Group (GWG) – comprising the elected Parsi Irani Zoroastrian Federations, Associations in countries that do not have Federations and some prominent Zoroastrians – in keeping with the economic challenges faced by Mobeds (Priests) and widows of Mobeds, 60 years and above – had, due to the initiative and efforts…