[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]We Love Our Bollywood masala films and Bollywood loves us Parsees right back in return! Every once in a while do we get to see flicks portraying us. Parsi Times film critic Hoshang K. Katrak gives us a peek into a myriad choice of films which had a Parsee connection[/otw_shortcode_info_box] On Pateti, Navroze…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times thanks all our readers for sending in all your fabulous greetings. It was truly a difficult task choosing only a handful to fit in the limited space. Hearty Congratulations to all our talented readers who sent in some amazing messages. The following are our top 6 winners and other entries which…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The definition of ‘Parsipanu’ would indeed be incomplete without the mention of not just our best friends, but as is seen in most cases, our heartfelt obsessions – our pooches! Our lovely and much acclaimed canine behaviourist, Shirin Merchant shares hilarious accounts of just how much our pooches contribute towards defining the essence…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]There are a number of things that make us stand out as a community. One of those things is our surnames! Parsi Times Writer, Hoshang Sethna explores an amusing account of how most of us got our surnames.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] It’s an accepted fact that many of us have some of the most unusual and…
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…
Parsi Times is privileged to share Navroze Greetings sent to our readers from aapro Rahul Gandhi, MP, Lok Sabha
[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…
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…