Manashi Umrigar, Farrah Patel and Friya Jijina won a Bronze medal each, at the 44th Maharashtra State Sub Juniors Judo Tournament, held in Dhule on 1st and 2nd October, 2016. The three Parsi lasses had earlier grabbed Gold medals at their Mumbai Judo National Selection Trials, held on 27th September, 2016. Having made their respective…
Helping Your Frightened Pooch Cope With Diwali Don’t Jump When The Crackers Go Off: If you are scared, uneasy or nervous with the sound of firecrackers, your dog could pick up on your subtle signals. Since all dogs look to their owners for a reaction when they are apprehensive, it is important for the owner…
“Pehlle dhasiyo, pachhee fasiyo, anae aakharae pastainae khasiyo!” – – by Minoo Cawasji Billimoria
On 8th October, 2016 (Ardibehest Mah, Daepdin Roj), nearly four hundred Zoroastrians gathered at Umrigar Agiary in Uran to celebrate its 112th Salgreh. The jasan ceremony was performed by Dasturjis Hoshedar and Adi Zaroliwala at 11am, followed by distribution of chasni. Darayesh Katrak thanked Marzban Wadia for entertaining the crowd with soulful songs. The function…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]20th October is observed annually as ‘World Osteoporosis Day’, and is dedicated to raising global awareness about this rather painful bone ailment, which is rampant in our community, especially in women above the age of 45 and our seniors. PT explores the basics of Osteoporosis so that we can deal with it on…
The Lions Club of East Bombay, District 323A1, executed a pivotal project at the Bombay Institution of Deaf & Mutes (BIDM) Mazagaon on 20th September, 2016, by renovating the Institute’s library and installing a large LED television to aid visual learning to its hearing-impaired students. Attended by Chief Guest, District Governor, Lion Armaity Cooper, the…
એ સાંભળી શિરીન વોર્ડનને અજાયબી લાગી આવી, ને તેણીએ ઉલટથી પૂછી લીધું. ‘શું …શું ફિલ, તમોએ બધાને એમ નહીં જાણવા દીધું કે તમોએ મને ફોર્સ કરીને રખાવી?’ ‘અલબત્ત નહી, ને શિરીન તે દિવસે જ્યારે તું મારી ગાડી ધોતી હતી, ને બધાં મશ્કરી કરવા લાગા ત્યારે હું છેડાઈને તે લોક આગળ બોલ્યો કે મંમાને એક કમપેન્યન…
‘What you don’t see can’t hurt you’, would be an apt tagline for the film. A Hitchcock-sounding title is bound to arouse more than a little curiosity. Based on the 2015 novel by the same name — the fastest selling adult-novel in history — by Paula Hawkins, the film has the alcoholic and depressed Rachel…
After ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Angels & Demons’, this one’s sure to be a damper. In ‘Da Vinci’, Robert Langdon traced Christ’s lineage, in ‘Angels’ he exposed the sinister ongoings in the Vatican. In this third sequel, art historian and cryptologist Langdon (Tom Hanks) aided by a trail of clues tied to the 13th…
A film which was held up by the censors for close to 3 years due to the profligacy of its profanity is bound to be a head-turner. For one not used to the old Delhi or North Indian rural ‘tapori’ language, this film may be a revelation, or fill one with a sense of revulsion…
The trend of last-minute insertion of an item song — by saleable artistes — during the end credits is a fairly new phenomenon. In Fuddu, the filmmakers need not have bothered with Sunny Leone and Sharman Joshi. The opening shot of the film gives the viewers a hint of the ensuing couple of hours. 44…