The following is my response to the WhatsApp message circulated on social media, titled ‘Save the N M Wadia Dharamshala at Udvada’ by Sarosh Mistry and other social media messages from Adv. Khushru Zaiwala: 2It may be pointed out that occupancy rate for all Dharamshala at Udvada is about 30% annually, primarily due to Parsi pilgrims preferring day…
Much To Look Forward To! Dear Readers, There is indeed much to look forward to, as we prepare ourselves and our homes, to once again welcome the sprightly Spring season, marked by the celebration of the most auspicious Jamshedi Navroz – just a few days away now! Our hearts bloom alongside the lush trees and…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 23rd March 2022. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Disclaimer: Some of our ‘Caption This’ Contest photos are taken from freely available, public online resources and are published in a light and humorous…
Commending the efforts of Lion Daara B Patel for his yeoman services through the pandemic, Lions Clubs International has awarded 10 Oxygen Concentrators through the Office of Toronto Netralya Lions Club, Toronto, Canada, to enable him continue his exemplary work through the third Covid wave. These portable Oxygen Concentrators, providing pure, medical-grade oxygen, prove life-saving…
While legendary Hollywood comic-actor, Mel Brooks, once said, “Humour keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song,” comedy king Charlie Chaplin stated, “If you don’t laugh, you’ll die!” Why did they say this?? When you laugh, it’s an involuntary explosion of the lungs. The lungs need to replenish themselves with oxygen. So, you laugh, you…
This is a free Chrome Extension which makes a huge difference to the quality of your communication. Whatever you type in Gmail, Messenger, Google Docs, Social Media or on Chrome, Grammarly automatically checks your grammar, pointing mistakes and offering suggestions for the correct grammatical syntax. It even suggests reframing sentences based on the context and…
As part of its ongoing efforts to upgrade the quality of healthcare facilities for patients, Masina Hospital, inaugurated a new upgraded dialysis facility on 3rd March, 2022, in building No. 3 of Masina Hospital complex. Behram Khodaiji, Jt. CEO, welcomed Chief Guest – Pallon Shapoorji Mistry along with senior trustee, Dr. Burjor Antia, Trustee Jimmy…
As per the Shehenshahi Zoroastrian calendar the Holy month of Ava will commence this year on 14th March, 2022, and devout Zoroastrians will wend their way to river banks, seashores and wells to offer homage to Ava, the Divinity that presides over the waters. The term Ava is derived from the word Aap or Aapo – the Divine Cosmic…
Special Leave Petition Filed In Supreme Court And Withdrawn By Zuleika Homavazir And Others Just A Day Before Dinshaw Mehta Files Intervention In High Court A Supreme Court Order (printed alongside) has been made available to Parsi Times – the record of proceedings in the Supreme Court of India, dated 21st February, 2022, challenging the…
IT IS RAINING FALSE PROMISES!!! It appears that after Parsi Times exposed the fake promises of ‘converting Licensee to Tenancy’ and the huge stamp duty involved, the Mehta father-son duo are trying desperately to disprove (or prove) the stamp duty calculations. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] IT SEEMS THAT THE SITTING TRUSTEE IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO CONVINCE…
Aspi Firoze Ghadiali, who has served as nasessalar (pall bearer) for the last 25 years in Navsari, was rendered homeless last year, along with his brother Sarosh, who lives with him and repairs fridges and air-conditioners for a living – when their house collapsed, because of age and wear and tear, which the structure was…