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 24th August, 2016. 6th August 2016 Hillary: I can ‘trump’ you!! Trump: Haha! You are over the ‘hill’!!! – by Havovi. 20th August 2016 “Atli thandak ma taru bheju garam kem chhe?”…
Rio Olympics 2016 Wrestler Sakshi Malik Gives India First Medal (Bronze) At 2016 Rio Olympics: in the women’s 58 kg freestyle event, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympics medal, defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova with an 8-5 victory. India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu Enters Badminton Ladies Singles Final becoming the first Indian…
And so it came to pass (sounds Biblical) that our dear Meherbai received an invitation to her old girls’ association from her school. The invite was for the ex-students along with their respective spouses. Meherbai was overjoyed while her bitter-half, Meherwanji said, “Your friends will die with envy when they see you. You have the…
Are you as Bawa as Bawa can be? Is Parsipanu in your blood, beyond just biology? How deeply entrenched is our Parsipanu ideology in your system? Take this quiz and find out… Answer the following 25 questions (tick Yes or No) and check out the results: 1. If you’re going for a wedding or a…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]As Parsis, we feel doubly blessed with special occasions repeating twice in the same year – take for instance our Birthday and New Year! We understand that this is the result of following different calendars, but this New Year let’s enrich our understanding further about the very root of our most celebrated festival…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Nothing adds more to the gist of ‘Parsipanu’ than our Parsi nataks. We all love our Parsi dramas and it’s a ritual during our Navu Varas to go for one with our families and friends. And though we end up calling some nataks ‘koyla’ for their mind-numbing levels of ridiculous slapstick, the truth…
Dear Readers, The past six months as Editor has been a fabulous journey. I’m grateful to have grown in knowledge of detailed insights into our religion, culture, traditions, but most importantly, our people. And it is with the intention of celebrating the spirit of our people, that the Parsi Times team decided on ‘Parsipanu’ as…
“I love your religion. I’ve read about it and have tried to understand it. Yours is the only religion which is eco-friendly. Also, to accumulate wealth is fine, but I have observed that your community spends it wisely and uses it to help people, which is even better. Recently when the Parsees of New York…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]A big part of the heart of ‘Parsipanu’ lies in hanging on to our old, classic cars! Each colony has its own share of these classic splendors, carefully wrapped up through the week or the month, to be unveiled only when you know you have a good six to eight uninterrupted hours to…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]‘Carrom ramvanu, juice pivanu, majjha ni life,’ these famous lines from the movie Munnabhai MBBS depict the typical spirit of ‘Parsipanu’ in most Parsi homes. It is a close take on our fun loving community, where people know how to brave through the tough times. Unfortunately, like Rustom’s ‘pappa’ in this movie, many…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]We take immense pride in our history. No Special Issue can be special enough without sharing the history of the Kings we pride. Let’s gear up for a fascinating story about the glory of our erstwhile Kings, with Dara Khodaiji’s ‘Naushirvan The Just’… [/otw_shortcode_info_box] Khosrow I, (Chosroes I or Kaswra), better known as…