Twenty-year-old Arish Bhiwandiwala, has been enthralling the audience with his creative talents on the only English-vocal Talent-Hunt – THE STAGE – Season 3 aired on Colors Infinity. A TYBMM (Third Year Bachelor of Mass Media) student of HR College, Arish has been training in music since childhood and has so far cleared level 7 in…
Shree Daman Vapi Parsi Jarthosthy Anjuman (DVPJA), commemorated the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of a new bungli to be constructed at the Doongerwadi, Ringanwada, Daman, on 1st November, 2017. The new bungli is being constructed thanks to donations by MD of Scott Kaisha Private Limited, Daman, Kairus Dadachanji in memory of his late father, Shavak…
‘The Hundred Poets For Change’ book launch and poetry festival, held from 26th to 29th October, 2017, was a grand four day event curated by Menka Shivdasani and co-presented by Deepankar Khiwani. The key event commenced on Sunday morning at Kitab Khana, with host, conductor and Former Principal of Queen Mary School, Rati Dady Wadia…
In a recently released report of ‘2017 Best Indian Brands’ by ‘Interbrand India’, the Tata Group once again topped the chart for the fifth consecutive year. The salt-to-software conglomerate has topped the brand league with its brand valuation at Rs. 73,944 Crores, despite registering a marginal 0.4 decline this year. The table was dominated by…
The multifaceted and acclaimed screenwriter, photographer and director, Sooni Taraporevala’s second solo exhibition ‘Home in the City’ was hosted by Chemould Art Gallery at SoBo, till 1st November, 2017. Aptly subtitled ‘Bombay 1977 to Mumbai 2017’, the black-and-white photographs exhibited an eclectic mix of culture and communities, the elite and the populace – roadside barbers…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Genre: Thriller, Suspense 108 minutes 3/5 Director: Abhay Chopra[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Generally speaking, iconic films are not to be tampered with. The 1969 ‘Ittefaq’ ( Rajesh Khanna was still a couple of months away from being christened the new superstar) was collaborated upon by the two titans of Hindi cinema — Baldev Raj…
Kalki Koechlin’s second film within a week has the talented actress playing a committed and dutiful parent as opposed to the carefree and ebullient Jia in the eponymous ‘Jia Aur Jia.’ The film opens with Sahana Mehra (Kalki) being given the ‘good news’ by her gynaecologist, much to the former’s discomfiture. A heated argument at…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 8th November, 2017. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” rounded_corners=”rounded-10″ background_color=”#c4dbff”] Winning Caption “Bhai, aai aetlu size nu gotlu banavta ketlo vakhat lagshe?” – By Hormazd Irani [/otw_shortcode_info_box]
Dina Wadia, mother of industrialist Nusli Wadia and wife of Neville Wadia, passed away in London on Thursday, 2nd November, 2017. The only child of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Ruttie (née Petit), Dina was 98 years old, as quoted by family sources, as per the report of Pakistan’s Express Tribune News. After her marriage to…
The Bharucha Baug Education Association and Bharucha Baug Residents Welfare Association held an ‘Education Awards’ night at the grounds on 28th October, 2017. The event commenced with compere Hutoxi Aibara welcoming the audience and presenting a floral tribute to Chief Guest and BPP Chairman, Yazdi Desai, wife, Anahita Desai, and BPP Trustee, Kersi Randeria. Committee…
Last weekend witnessed the community flocking to Rustom Baug in numbers so large, you’d be left wondering if our numbers were actually dwindling! The Zoroastrian youth’s mega cultural and sports fest, ‘WINGS 2017’, with Parsi Times as Media Partner, kickstarted on 26th October, 2017, with six events executed back to back, and participants having to…