Chomp And Cheers: Mutton Chops and Banoffee Cheesecake

Chomp And Cheers: Mutton Chops and Banoffee Cheesecake

Mutton Chops Ingredients: ½ kg Mutton Chops; 2 tbsp. Ginger- Garlic Paste; 3 Onions; 4 Tomatoes; 3 tsp. Red Chilli Powder; 1 and ½ tsp. Coriander Powder; 2 tsp. Garam Masala Powder; 2 tsp. Chaat Masala; Oil; Salt to taste; 1 small pinch Cooking Soda.   Method: Grind the onion and tomato coarsely. Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add ginger…

Petit Library Opposes Metro Construction

Petit Library Opposes Metro Construction

The ongoing Metro III (Colaba- Bandra- SEEPZ) work at DN Road in South Mumbai faced yet another backlash from the heritage structures officials who received complaints from one of the city’s oldest libraries, JN Petit Library. The Mumbai Heritage Conversation Committee has confirmed receiving a complaint from the library against Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited…

BZJC, Athornan Mandal Hold Bahman Mah Jasan

BZJC, Athornan Mandal Hold Bahman Mah Jasan

On 9th July, 2017, Bombay Zoroastrian Jashan Committee (BZJC) and Athornan Mandal held their annual Bahman Mahino Jasan at Albless Baug, performed by Er. Farshogar Madon, Er. Homyar Masani, Er. Pervez Madon and Er. Shazaad Arjani of Soonaiji Hirji Agiary. Trustees of the Bombay Zoroastrian Jashan Committee, Kersi Commissariat and wife Zarine, and Saroosh Dinshaw…

SOAS To Establish ‘SP Institute Of Zoroastrian Studies’

SOAS To Establish ‘SP Institute Of Zoroastrian Studies’

SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London has secured a donation of £5 million to create a world-leading ‘SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies’, a resource dedicated to enhancing research, learning and teaching in the field of one of the world’s oldest religions. The institute will be co-chaired by lecturer…

‘Yazd’ Now A World Heritage Site

‘Yazd’ Now A World Heritage Site

On 9th July, 2017, the World Heritage Committee voted the historical city of ‘Yazd’, formerly known as ‘Yezd’ in central Iran, as the country’s 22nd World Heritage Site, ranking first in the Middle East and eleventh, worldwide. Announced during the Committee’s 41st session in Krakow (Poland), Yazd is the only UNESCO-listed Iranian city where people…

Meherbai’s Musical Evening Of Monsoon Melodies.

Meherbai’s Musical Evening Of Monsoon Melodies.

Meherbai arranged for an evening of monsoon melodies at the party-room of the Wodehouse Gymkhana over tea and steaming hot assorted pakodas. Her entire Mandli turned up in spite of flooded roads, late trains, traffic jams and the ‘dhoom-dhadakas’ of thunder, streaks of lightning, savage winds and trees swaying like Hawaiian dancers. Tehmulji Tansen started…

Caption This! – July 15, 2017

Caption This! – July 15, 2017

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 19th July, 2017. . . . . .[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” rounded_corners=”rounded-10″ background_color=”#c4dbff”] Winning Caption “Bawajio ni maafak, aapru bi ek-nu-ek bakalyu!” – by Armin Dutia Motashaw   [/otw_shortcode_info_box]  

Bushyansta, The Slothful!

Bushyansta, The Slothful!

[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] Thou didst ordain, Ahura, the night for all to rest and commissioned Thy Sraosha to guard the sleeping world. Peacefully we sleep and peaceful dreams attend us for…

Review: Jagga Jasoos

Review: Jagga Jasoos

Whatever little success the film is likely to enjoy would be largely due to Ranbir’s histrionics, as also the free-flowing lyrical nature of the dialogues – especially in the first half. Young Jagga (Ranbir Kapoor) is adept at investigating cases and arriving at theories. When his father ‘Tooti-Footi’ (Saswata Chatterjee – the assassin in ‘Kahaani’)…