[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Inspite of Trustee Viraf Mehta’s uncivil tone and disrespectful and false accusations against Parsi Times and its Editor, in keeping with our commitment to ethical journalism, we have yet again decided to publish his mail, along with a response for the answers/information he seeks and needs to be made aware of. Parsi Times…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Tomorrow being Avan Roj, Hum Bandagi prayers will be recited at the Bhikha Behram Well to venerate Ahura Mazda’s creation, the Divine Angel Avan Ardvi Sur Anahita Banoo – the protector of flowing water and all other fluids essential for survival, that in the Aquatic bodies on Earth, in mankind, animals, foliage and…
On September 16, 2016, early in the morning there was a lot of tam-dum and preparations for a traditional Parsi Wedding – with some lady members of the staff at Navsari’s Senior Citizen’s Center (SCC) preparing the ses, a few doing the chock-toran – while old familiar Parsi wedding songs played on in the foyer…
England lost many of its early actors to Hollywood. The likes of Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Charles Laughton and Cary Grant and many others all found more scope and richer pastures in Hollywood. British actresses have also supplied Hollywood with an abundance of talent, notably Deborah Kerr and Vivien Leigh. But the most acclaimed and…
The WZO Trust team, over the last 25 years, has been involved in welfare activities in the villages of South Gujarat, accompanied by Arin Master, Capt. Percy Master and Percy Kaikobad from Lions Club of Byculla (LCB). They visited a few villages in mid-2015 to have a firsthand experience of the work done by the…
Google Trips makes it easy to plan and organize your travel. Under beta testing for several months, it is now available on the Play Store (https://goo.gl/hnBejO). Once installed, it scans your GMail account automatically to look for past and future trips. You can find your travel reservations and confirmations all in one place. Besides, it…
‘Days of Tafree’ — whatever that means — uh, uh, it’s supposed to mean your ‘carefree’ days, is an official remake of the 2015 Gujarati film ‘Chello Divas’ (by the same director), alluding to your last day, or days, in college. As you may have guessed, it has at the core of its story (story?),…
Up for a few fun riddles? Try cracking these riddles without looking up the answers below. How many did you get right? 1. The man who invented it doesn’t want it. The man who bought it doesn’t need it. The man who needs it doesn’t know it. What is it? 2. There is a certain…
Westerns have always been the precursor of the superhero genre. 113 years after the first Western ‘The Great Train Robbery’ was exhibited, this genre still has the potential to enthrall audiences, despite this film being a remake of the 1960 classic (with itself was patterned on Kurosawa’s ‘Seven Samurai’). For audiences closer to home, ‘Sholay’…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Start your weekend with positive vibes with inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’ by Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla of Karachi.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Death upon earth is birth in heaven, first said He who is Zarathushtra. O giver of both life and death, Ahura Mazda. The disembodied soul is born anew…
In a surprise turn of events on the 21st of September, 2016, at the Metropolitan Magistrate Court, the advocate for Dinshaw Mehta announced that they would not be filing the application for Dinshaw Mehta to be brought on record in the said case. In keeping with providing our readers the latest updates on the much…