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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 12th October, 2016.
Court Orders Further Investigation Into Dadi House Scandal
The curtains have finally come down on the Dadi House legal case. In a historic turn of events, on the 5th of October, 2016, Judge Palaspagar dictated the order at the Metropolitan Court (Room No. 38), directing the police to conduct further investigation in the matter of the FIR lodged against Ex-BPP Chairman, Dinshaw Mehta,…
Cama’s Appeal For Stay Order Not Granted By High Court
On 4th October, 2016, Muncherji Cama’s Originating Summons (OS) was heard by Hon’ble Justice Kathawala at the High Court. Cama’s counsel asked the Judge for a ‘Stay’ against the BPP Trustees from doing any further work on behalf of the Trust. In the alternative, Cama’s counsel asked that Cama be appointed as an ‘Ad-hoc Trustee’,…
Celebrating Salgrehs Of Our Atash Behrams And Agiaries
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]In addition to commemorating the birth anniversary of Gandhiji, 2nd October, 2016 held immense religious value for the Zoroastrian community in India, since the day (Roj Sarosh, Mah Mahino) witnessed the convergence of salgrehs of multiple Atash Behrams and Agiaries. PT Spl. Correspondent Delaveen Tarapore shares a compiled report of the same. Demystifying…
XYZ Takes 12,199 Steps Forward!
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]XYZ’s (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) MAD (Making A Difference) Initiative, called ‘XYZ Stepping Forward’ a shoe collection drive, took place on Sunday, 2nd October, 2016, where XYZ members along with the support of volunteers and friends, were able to rake up a whopping 12,199 pairs of footwear to give to the lesser fortunate who…
Film Review: Queen Of Katwe
With Queen of Katwe, Mira Nair has, as in Mississippi Masala (1991), put Uganda once more on the world map. Based on a true story, QoK is a simplistic tale of an 11-year-old who is plucked from virtual obscurity to being a global chess player. It’s 2007 in the poverty-stricken slums of Katwe, in Kampala,…
Film Review: Tutuk Tutuk Tutiya
It’s a trilingual film, produced simultaneously in Tamil (as Devi) and in Telegu (as Abhinetry). Krishna (Prabhu Deva) proposes to practically any female in his multinational company, where he works as an executive. His repeated attempts to woo modern, hep girls perpetually end in dismal failure. Resorting to marrying a village belle (Tamannaah), but embarrassed…
Film Review: MIRZYA
If a modern-day film with a legendary folktale as the backdrop and boasting of 15 tracks qualifies as a musical, so be it. Let’s check that out later. Mirzya is purportedly based on the lines of immortal sagas such as Heer-Ranjha and Sohni-Mahiwal. Munish and Suchitra are pre-teen classmates, bonding over everything — travelling to…
ZTFI’s Eventful Evening
On October 1, 2016 the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India (ZTFI) organised a fun-filled extravaganza at Cama Baug, at a subsidised cost of Rs. 50/-. There venue was filled to capacity with over 200 Parsi/Irani Zoroastrians making merry and having a blast. There was music, dance, games, gifts, food and beverage! A medley of classic…
શિરીન
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 તરીકેનું…
મા નવદુર્ગાના નવસ્વપ એટલે નવરાત્રીના નવદિવસ
નવરાત્રી આદ્યશક્તિ મા જગદંબાની પૂજાનું મંગલમયં પર્વ છે. હિન્દુ ધર્મશાસ્ત્રમાં આસો, મહા, ચૈત્ર અને અષાઢ એમ ચાર નવરાત્રિનો મહિમા ગવાયો છે. એમાં આસો નવરાત્રિનું મહત્વ અધિક ફળદાયી મનાયું છે. આસો સુદ એકમથી આસો સુદ નોમ સુધી નવરાત્રિના આ નવલા દિવસોમાં શ્રદ્ધાપૂર્વક ઘટ સ્થાપન સહિત માતાજીની પૂજા થાય છે. ઘરમાં પણ ઘટસ્થાપના કરવામાં આવે છે અને…