11-year-old, Parzan Nariman, a class VI student of Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School, Mumbai, continues to excel on the athletics circuit at the city, district and state levels over the past six years, with a medals count totaling over a hundred, including sixty gold medals, under the guidance of his coach Dayanand Shetty. Parzan won…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]‘ECHO 2017’, Mumbai’s progressive student movement, commenced on 4th April, 2017, amidst much enthusiasm, at the Indian School of Management and Entrepreneurship (ISME). The educational bonanza, held with the aim of bridging the educational disparity between public and private sector schools in India, held its finale on Saturday, April 8th, at the KC…
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 03th May, 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 “Dikra, tu khali ‘reel life’ no Bahubali chhe, ‘Real Life’ no Bahubali toh uunj chheu!!!” – by…
YOU’s Musical Evening 73rd Anniversary celebration of Youth’s Own Union (YOU) will be held on 2nd May, 2017, with a musical extravaganza by Jamshed Kotwal and his group, at 6:30pm, at R J J School, Fort, Mumbai.All are invited.
It’s hard to believe how quickly time flies, but, it does. Parsi Times is now seven years old. Seven is a favourite number all over the world. Many consider it to be a lucky number. There are seven days of the week, seven colours of the rainbow, seven notes on a musical scale, seven seas…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#d9a300″] Best Message in Poetry Form Celebrating With PT Parsi Times celebrating its birth of, Raised to this height by Parsi fans far and near, Spreads its fragrance in every house-hold of Parsi born, Its arrival eagerly awaited each Saturday morn. Let us hail this 29th April as a joyous day, Let…
Once again the community’s social media platforms seem to be abuzz with misleading and false information as regards a meeting that had taken place between the Bombay Parsi Punchayet Board and about twenty-five community members, on the 25th of April, 2017, to discuss the issue of BPP increasing the amount of Service Charges. The following…
As readers already know, Meherbai and her Mandli of ‘girls’ (all over 70) were a Khanar-Peenar (eating-drinking) bunch who believed in enjoying life to the hilt. They all agreed that in a nation immune to scams, dirty-politics, rapes, poverty, lawlessness, the arrogance of politicians, Bans, demonetization and absconders, a mango-party is God-sent! Meherbai ordered 10 boxes…
Thanks Noshir Dadrawala! Your issue dated, March 11, carries a beautiful article on Holi written by Noshir Dadrawala. He compares the triumph of good over evil with fire playing a central role to our Zoroastrian belief in similar vein. Very informative as well as interesting. Thanks Noshir. Nergish Dordi (Ness Baug) . All Is Not…
The Boston Marathon, which was held on 16th April, 2017, saw two Parsis from India participating for the first time – Mumbai’s 62-year-old, Pervin Batliwalla and Delhi’s, Adil Nargolwalla, the Secretary of Delhi Parsee Anjuman. Adil is also the sixth Indian to have completed all 6 international marathons during the year. Speaking to Parsi Times,…
The Late Maneck Golvala T10 Cricket Tournament organized by the Vice President and Cricket Secretary of Parsee Gymkhana (PG), Khodadad Yazdegardi, from 14th to 16th April, 2017, at the PG grounds, commenced with Chief Guest for the opening ceremony, ex-Indian cricketer, Aavishkar Salvi, encouraging the teams to play hard and fair while competing. The eight…