Shorn of the usual trappings of Hindi cinema – tear–jerker dialogues and outlandish performances – ‘Waiting’ (largely in English), alluding to the time spent in waiting-rooms of hospitals and the periods consumed waiting for the recovery of your loved ones, has a refreshingly rational take on the above. Shiv Kumar (Naseeruddin Shah) is a retired…
In the mid-80s when Tata Housing Development Company envisaged Cama Park, one wonders whether they constructed the circular interior road of 400m (the identical distance for track events), by design or inadvertently. This track, particularly the gradient in a few places, has motivated the youth of Cama Park colony, Andheri and benefited them at excelling…
The Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League hosted an Under-14 Football Friendly Match on the evening of 15 May, 2016, with Dadar Parsi Colony Gymkhana. A total of 40 boys and girls participated, representing their colonies. Two games were held amid high interaction between the children. Parents and supporters from Cusrow Baug and Dadar…
The Dadar Parsi Colony Gymkhana Floodlit Annual Athletic Meet, held from the 24th to 26th April, 2016, had eight BPP athletes crowned Individual Age Group Champions for winning all three Championships – Men, Women and Inter-Club. Tania Nava, sponsored by BPP Chairman, Yazdi Desai and wife Anahita Desai, was adjudged the ‘Best Athlete of the…
Brothers, Nekzaad and Shazaad Olpadwalla once again make the community proud at the ‘National Level Taekwando Championship’ in Delhi. Held on May 11th and 12th, 2016, the boys won a ‘Bronze’ each in the 21kg and 23 kg categories respectively. Their mother, Mahafrin Olpadwalla too stepped into the ring in the heavy weight category and…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The way a team plays as a unit determines its success. Team Parsee Gymkhana played exceptional cricket throughout the season and were rewarded for their efforts. Parsi Times Sports Reporter and an avid cricket enthusiast, Binaisha M. Surti shares exciting coverage of the event, which she was invited to also compère, in her…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times is pleased to share with our readers a new column of religious and inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Foreword by Dr. Viraf Minocher Dhalla: “My grandfather, Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla, the author, possessed a doctorate in Literature and was the High Priest in Karachi. Born…
Every year Dae Mahino and Khorshed Roj is observed as Zarthost-No-Diso, i.e. the day our beloved prophet, Zarthustra left the earthly, mortal life. This year the day falls on Tuesday, the 24th of May, 2016. Considered as the first Prophet the world has seen, Zarthustra worked amongst the people, bringing peace and happiness to all….
The Poona Zarthosti Seva Mandal (PZSM) celebrated its ‘Platinum Jubilee’ on 24th June, 2016, at Pudumjee Hall (Pune Camp), where guest speaker, the eminent Indian Supreme Court Judge, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, addressed a crowd of over 200 people. An eloquent welcome address by President Rukhsshana M. Ankllesaria commenced the occasion where she spoke of…
On May 14, 2016, 40 Zoroastrians in the age group of 20 to 40 years, took up the tempting invite extended by BPP’s Matrimonial Meet, and met up in search of a new best friend and partner for life. As is the case with each new BPP Meet, even this one promised and delivered to…
My fashionable friend, Jeroo, can get pretty emotionally attached to certain items in her wardrobe even if she knows that she is not likely to wear them for the next twenty years. Hence it bugs her terribly when hubby Jhangoo tells her anything about her favourite pair of jeans. Last time was the limit when…