Our community has different religious titles which are applied before the names of individuals, like ‘Behdin’ for the non-priestly sect and ‘Osta’, ‘Osti’, ‘Ervad’, etc. for priests. These religious titles are based on the religious status of people and are prefixed before their names, when mentioned in prayers and rituals, like the Jashan, Afringan and…
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[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]No ‘real’ Parsi meal feels complete without the accompaniment of meat and eggs. ‘Eeda’ or eggs surely deserve to be knighted in our Parsi cuisine as our Gastronomical Nirvana! Perhaps beating even chocolates when it comes to being the comfort food for us Parsis! And meat is our birthright – and boy, do…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT’s ace writer, Ruby Lilaowala, takes us all through a captivating journey down memory lane as she enunciates the true essence of Parsipanu as it was lived, loved and celebrated decades earlier…[/otw_shortcode_info_box] No matter what you’ve accomplished in life so far, no matter if you are male or female, rich or poor, educated…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Not so long ago, the two areas that marked the prowess of ‘Parsipanu’ were in the field of Body-building and Entrepreneurship. India’s top fitness expert and founder of the country’s premiere fitness institute and academy – K 11, Kaizzad Capadia, encapsulates both these areas and shares an inspiring account of strength training of…
The only category left unexplored by the Filmfare folks is that of ‘Best Casting Director’. With Akshay Kumar in the eponymous Rustom, based on the celebrated Nanavati case of 1959, this lacuna should hopefully be addressed. But first things first. The film, ‘suggested by actual events’, bears striking resemblances to the incidents of the 1959…
On 30th July, ZYNG and WZCC organized a financial workshop ‘We Are Practical, Not Spenders’, a talk on financial wellbeing to help our community’s youth manage their money wisely, by financial planner and founder of Financial Artists At Radio Club, Maher Dhamodiwala. The event was hosted and sponsored by DSP Black Rock. The full house…
Activity High School held its 6th Inter-House Fashion Show on Saturday, July 30, 2016 with over two hundred and sixty students from four Houses walking the ramp with enthusiasm and fervor. The ‘Fashion Show’ commenced with students being grouped into three categories – Sub-Juniors, Juniors and Seniors, and competing in various categories. The judges for…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The Parsi year is coming to an end, it will soon be time for the last five days to complete the Zoroastrian year. These are dedicated to our Gathas, the divine songs of Asho Zarathushtra. Gathas are the storehouse of divine wisdom and universal knowledge. Gathic thoughts are epical in conception but concise…
[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] I need Thee, only Thee, I cannot do without Thee, Ahura Mazda. Be Thou ever near me and with me. Grant that I may live in Thee and…
The word ‘Gatha’ is found in Sanskrit as well as in Pali literature, to mean ‘song’ from the Sanskrit root-word ‘gai’ meaning ‘to sing’. Music is the expression of the spiritual side of man. It is the link between intellect and sense, between thought and feeling, between the mind and the heart. The vibrations of…