16-year-old Yurshaan Guard, who represented India in Team IIKF at the recently concluded 6th Indo–Sri Lankan Karate Championship at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, on 9th October, 2016, won a Gold and a Silver medal, defeating over 800 participants in Kata and Kumite (sparring), in the Under-17 category. Overall IIKF won 46 medals comprising 21…
No One Does It Better Than Us! “Khodai! Ek week ma paachhi aavi Diwali! Baddha pagal jewa lok aakkha mara Bombay ma awaaj ne dhumaro karse!” cribbed ‘Granna’, a close friend’s 89-year-old grandmother I visited yesterday. She rocked on her wooden easy-chair with 7-year-old Dipu (the son of Jamuna, her domestic help of fifteen years),…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The Dubai Pravasi Yatra (DPY), held from 7th to 11th October, 2016, as one of the most awaited international Zoroastrian events of the year, with PARSI TIMES AS THE EXCLUSIVE MEDIA PARTNER IN INDIA, turned out to be a grand success with participation including 70 international delegates and 600 local (Dubai) residents.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] The event…
Over the past couple of months, the media has been abuzz about the current Government’s inclination towards implementing the ‘Uniform Civil Code’ or UCC in India. A UCC calls for homogenous or standardized administration – that is, administering the same set of secular civil laws to govern all people belonging to different religions and regions…
The Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India (ZTFI) held a fun event at the Parukh Dharamshala, Mumbai on October 14, 2016. The evening began with a Karaoke sing-along with many residents and individuals from Team ZTFI singing and swooning to melodious yesteryear Bollywood tracks. An exciting Housie game session got the seniors participating with gusto –…
The Parsee Gymkhana (PG), in affiliation with Maharashtra State Arm Wrestling Association, will conduct the All-Zoroastrian Arm Wrestling Competition, for men and women, on the 19th of November 2016, which will be the first time such an event will be held in South Mumbai. The weighing in will start at 3:30 pm on November 19th…
Picked up by a sneery sheriff and his deputy from a cafeteria, hauled into the slammer and breaking free with military-precision impunity, Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) flexes his muscles and uses both his fists to telling effect. Jack Reacher 2 is an out-and-out action thriller, with the opening scenes bearing faint resemblance to Rambo: First…
CRICKET India Wins 1st ODI But New Zealand Bounce Back In The 2nd: During the 1st ODI at Dharamshala, India dominated the show reducing the Kiwis to 190 in 43.5 overs. Debutant Hardik Pandya impressed with 3/31 in his bowling spell. Virat Kohli scored 85 runs and Indian grabbed a 6 wicket victory. In the…
The amusing title is apparently inspired from the song in ‘Waris’ (1969), which had newcomers as actors. The similarity between the two films ends there. Brought up by an uncle and aunt, Kunwar Aditya Pratap Singh (Sharad Malhotra) is from an erstwhile royal family. His palace is home to spooky ghosts and eerie goings-on, family…
31 October 1984 was a dark and black-lettered day in the annals of Indian history. The film is Director Patil’s effort to recreate an episode emanating in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s assass-ination by her two Sikh bodyguards on that day. As Devender Singh (Vir Das), his wife Tejinder (Soha Ali Khan) along with their…
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