[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times is pleased to share the success of the efforts by the partnership between Jiyo Parsi, WZO Trust Funds and DNM Sarvajanik Hospital (Navsari) for fulfilling the dream of a young couple from a Gujarat village, married for a decade and longing to have a child of their own. Our much loved…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Tomorrow is Farvardin Mahino, Farvardin Roj, known as ‘Farvardigan’ – a day when we honour the souls of our departed ones. PT Reporter Jamshed Arjani discusses the relevance of this sacred occasion with priestly scholar, Er. Dr. Pervez Bajan, with an input from Er. Pervez Karanjia.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] On this day. Zoroastrians converge at Doongerwadi,…
January: Confidence is the key to success. Fight for your right. Be practical. Follow your intuition. Search the right path to reach your destination. Don’t rush without thinking. (Lucky number: 8) February: This is a temporary karmic phase – as you sow, so shall you reap. This is the time to pay karmic debts. A…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT pays tribute to our venerated saint Dasturji Jamshed Sohrab Kukadaru, on his death anniversary (5th September 1900), by our ace writer and religious scholar, Noshir H. Dadrawala.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] He was a Saint who led a Simple life – A Priest but not Pedantic – An Alchemist but he never abused the knowledge or…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The sacrosanct Baj ritual is intrinsic to almost all the rituals performed by Priests, during and after performing ceremonies, tasks and even normal activities. In this regard, Ervad Pervez Karanjia, Panthaky of the Sodawaterwalla Agiary (Dhobi Talao) demystifies this in a discussion with PT Writer Jamshed Arjani, in a special two part series.[/otw_shortcode_info_box]…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Some teachers go beyond being educators or even mentors. Their commitment and dedication to education and students makes them influencers who set the platform and the pace to ensure bringing out not just success but greatness in their students. For Our Teacher’s Day Special, Parsi Times is delighted to share the views of…
Seventy-two year old, Viraf Panthaki has recently been appointed as the Manager of Team India for the ‘58th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship’, to be held from the 2nd to 8th September, 2016, in Bhutan. Viraf has been nine times Maharashtra state Champion, twice an ‘All India Interstate Champion’ and twice a ‘Runner-up’ at…
Last week, our External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj criticised Bollywood celebrities like Amir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan who opted for ‘surrogacy’ for making this procedure ‘fashionable’. This article is neither for nor against surrogacy – who are we to judge other people’s needs and compulsions? What is worrying is that surrogacy has become a…
The Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) children from Dadar Parsi Colony, namely ‘Behram’s Battalion’ had an interactive session with the Senior Citizen Association on 27th August, 2016 at J B Vachha High School. Forty XYZs put up a Parsi skit along with some dance numbers, a game of housie and some ‘on the spot surprise games’…
Dear Readers, Yes, the politics is back, Just when we thought things are finally moving, we seem to be hitting a stalemate again. And no points for guessing who gets sacrificed at the political altar – as always – the community. And as boring, repetitive and sordid as we may find the details, it is…
At the recent Mumbai Snooker League Championship conducted by the ‘Billiards and the Snooker Association of Maharashtra’ on 20th August, 2016, at Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana, the Elphinstone Cricket Club Team, ‘Elfies Stars’, captained by Cyrus Mistry, were crowned Champions after defeating Khar Gymkhana Team, ‘Italian Stallions’ by 3 frames to 1.