Dear Readers, We are an active community. It’s been yet another action-packed week as some of us decided to take up a vociferous stand on yet another issue. Fortunately or unfortunately, most of the action takes place only on social media, not in real life. This time it was the Anjuman in Navsari signaling…
The Women’s Graduate Union (WGU) Scholarships Awards function was held on 10th January, 2017 where scholarships are awarded every year to women keen on pursuing higher education. Chief Guest Dr. Shubha Tole, Professor in Neuroscience from TIFR, gave away need-cum-merit based scholarships to 91 students, including Research Scholarship. President Havovi Gandhi spoke about various projects…
In Support Of Cmdr. Medioma’s Letter To PT I fully support the views written in Parsi Times’ Letters To The Editor, by Commodore Medioma Bharda, asking us to help safeguard our ancestral properties. I request all like-minded people to write in to him and let us form an association to protect Parsi land and properties….
On 8th January, 2017, XYZ-Thane’s ‘Noshirwan’s Knights’ organized an amusing finger puppet making activity conducted by Nancy. Over sixteen XYZ children enjoyed games based on the animal theme of the month with enthusiasm. Children between 5 and 15 years old, who wish to join the XYZ team can get details at www.xyzfoundation.net or call 9820683398.
CRICKET England Win First Warm Up Game At CCI: The world witnessed a cracking contest at the CCI in Mumbai, between ‘India A’ and ‘England’ which turned out to be Dhoni’s last game as captain. Though the visitors won this encounter by 3 wickets. Batting first, India A scored 304-5 in 50 overs, courtesy a…
Shaad Ali’s (Saathiya) tryst with the romance genre continues. This time he’s opted to remake Mani Ratnam’s Tamil version of ‘OK Kadhal Kanmani’. Adi (Aditya Roy Kapur), a video-game designer from Kanpur, meets Tara (Shraddha Kapoor), an architecture graduate at a friend’s church wedding. The two don’t have any compunctions about communicating and relaying phone…
Released with barely an ado, Haraamkhor is the story of 15-year-old Sandhya (Shweta Tripathi), a small town schoolgirl infatuated with her school teacher Shyam (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), even as 12-year-old Kamal (Irfan Khan) secretly pines for Sandhya. Goading him on is his confidant Minto (Mohammed Samad). Writer-Director Shlok Sharma, in his debut feature film — one…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you interesting facts about our beloved Bombay! Explore this city’s amusing history and get to know why and how so many streets and places got their names with KYB![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Breach Candy The name originates from a Hindi-Arabic fusion word, ‘Burj-Khadi’. The area has many famous landmarks throughout its long and…
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 19th January, 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 “De Taali! Ab Jeb Hai Khali!” (On Demonetization) – by Khurshed Buhariwalla [/otw_shortcode_info_box]
The Perfect Parsi Prawn/Fish Curry-Chawal Ingredients: 500 gms Prawns or 2 medium sized Pomfrets, cut into slices; 1 whole tin – Coconut milk; Oil; Salt to taste; Fresh Coriander leaves for garnish; Grind/blend together the following: Half – Fresh Coconut; Sprig of Curry leaves; 1 tsp. – Coriander seeds; ½ tsp. – Mustard seeds; ½…
BJBSL Rink Football Tournament Catch the ongoing ‘All Parsis Rink Football Tournament’ every evening this week, at the Bai Jerbai Baug, Byculla, and cheer for your favourite team at this mega community sports event. Parenting Workshop By Child Reach And Jiyo Parsi Parents are invited to join Rukshana Sholapurwala, Special Educator (LD) attached to KEM…