18-year-old Paashin Behram Sethna, residing in Bandra Tata Blocks, made a mark in the first edition of the ‘Jio Mumbai Cyclothon’, which took place on 13th November, 2022, (from 5:00am to 1:00pm), and successfully concluded with over 3,500 cycling enthusiasts having participated in the event and securing third place in the Men’s 50km 18+ Category….
Each year, in the month of November, the Gujarat Express train from Mumbai makes a special halt for one day at Sanjan station and the locals ponder on the reason and one of them realizes loudly, ‘Aree aaje to Parsi Day che ne etle gaadi ubhi rahi!’… even as Parsis alight from the train with…
On 13th November, 2022, thirty-two lovely little tots participated in the ‘Bonny Baby’ contest, held by the famous and much respected philanthropic organization – ‘Young Rathestars’ (estb. 1942). The excited children were accompanied by their enthusiastic parents and grandparents on a Sunday morning. Arnavaz Mistry addressed the gathering with a warm welcome note, alongside other…
The sixth salgreh of Zoroastrian Association of California’s (ZAC) Atashkadeh was celebrated with great religious fervor and Parsi gusto on 12th November, 2022. Preparations started a week in advance with a deep cleaning of the premises. On the salgreh day, chowk was done by Vira and Barjor Santoke, a Hama Anjuman Maachi was offered to Atashpadshah…
XYZ Foundation conducted its 4th edition of ‘Brainiax’, a competition of the mind with numbers, puzzles, and science, on 6th November, 2022. Eight teams of XYZ – from Colaba to Thane – converged at the BJPC Institution at 9:00 am to participate in competing events like Scientifix (science fair), Mathemagix (mental maths competition), Gridx (sudoku),…
Known for winning accolades in Taekwondo, the Olpadwalla brothers – Nekzaad and Shazaad Aspi Olpadwalla – continue their winning streak in 2022! The students of Sir Lady Engineer High School have yet again made their school, community and parents very proud, with Nekzaad winning the Gold medal and Shazaad bringing home the Bronze medal, in…
If your hard disk gets full or your Windows computer gets sluggish, you could do a clean-up using Storage Settings in Windows. Head to Settings from the Start Button, select Storage Settings. Switch on Storage Sense. Now you can automate clean-up options including ‘Uninstall unused or undesired apps and features’; ‘Delete temporary files’; ‘Manage large…
Dear Readers, If there’s one crucial lesson about life that has been amply stamped onto our souls over the past three years, it’s that life is short and unpredictable. Sometimes, there are no second chances to do those things you should have, or to say those words which so needed to be said… and heard….
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 23rd November 2022. [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…
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી .+ ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. 25મી ડિસેમ્બર સુધી ધર્મના દાતા ગુરૂની દિનદશા ચાલશે. હાલમાં તમે તમારા અધુરા કામ પુરા કરવામાં સફળ થશો. જે પણ કામ કરશો તેમાં માન ઈજ્જત વધુ મળશે. નાણાકીય બાબતમાં ખુબ સારા સારી થતી જશે. જે પણ ધન મેળવશો તેને સારા કામ પાછળ ખર્ચ…
13-year-old Merzina Irani, student of J. B. Vachha High School for Parsi Girls, Dadar, won a Silver Medal in Kumite, at the Maharashtra State Sub Junior Karate Championship, 2022, held in Aurangabad, on 5th – 6th November, 2022, organised by the Karate-Do Association of Maharashtra. Merzina represented Mumbai City in the open weight category for…