Last year, Parsi Times partnered with our community’s premiere All-Parsis Cultural and Sports annual Fest, ‘WINGS’, which drew over a thousand people and over two hundred teams, showcasing their best talent in an array of events. After celebrating great success in its first year, ‘Wings ‘17’ is back this year, with Parsi Times as media…
Experiment in International Living (EIL), Bombay, conducted a drawing competition on the topic of National Integration, at Lady Engineer High School on 21st August, 2017, which had over 100 students participating across 3 age categories. The EIL community thanked Principal Errick Elavia and the panel of judges – Past Community Chairman and Hon Secretary, Viraf…
If you want to endear yourself to another person, if you want to learn how to totally mystify your friends, there’s numerous ways to do it, but the most effective is the art of being witty. You can say the funniest and the zaniest thing to your ‘victim’ who will not know whether it’s meant…
On 10th September, 2017, XYZ’s Bandra group – Rustom’s Rockstars (RR) – organized ‘Super 60’, a senior citizens’ evening, at Bandra Tata Block’s Jamasp Tata Pavilion. Children between five and fifteen years of age, under the guidance of RR’s volunteers, conducted the event commencing with felicitations, followed by refreshments offered to all seventy-two senior attendees….
For those with numerous apps on their phones and find it painful scrolling through to find an app, Fast Finder (FF) searches stuff in a jiffy – just enter the first few characters of your App’s name and it pops up immediately! Just tap on the app and launch it! In addition to apps, it…
The Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) recently announced their verdict supporting the residents of Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC), against BMC’s road widening proposal that would have caused serious damage to its green cover. Much to the joy of our community residing in Mumbai’s only boundary-less Parsi colony, the DPC residents immediately opposed the proposal saying…
Surgical Director and Chief of the International Eye Centre, Dr. Cyres K Mehta, was recently awarded the ‘Daud Khan Endowment Peace Prize’ by the Association of Community Ophthalmologists of India (ACOIN) on 8th September, 2017. Held at a resort in Goa, ACOIN, which spans across various SAARC countries and is recognised by the Government of…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you lesser known, amusing facts about our beloved Bombay. Explore this city’s history with these informational nuggets![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Lohar Chawl Lohar Chawl, in South Mumbai, is known for selling electrical goods. The market is dominated by Marwari and Bori business owners since the early 90’s and is considered to be the…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Parsi Times shares excerpts from one of the all-time-classics – ‘In Search Of My God’ – which celebrates Zoroastrian history, religion and culture. What better way to rediscover the splendor of our great religion than by enriching and exploring the brilliance of the greatest of all religions… by the grace of Ahura Mazda! In this excerpt,…
[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, Ahura Mazda, art the divine artist who hast designed and built and sculptured and painted Thy sublime nature that speaks to us and sings to us and…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Thanks to social media platforms like Facebook and Whatsapp, community members receive regular messages requesting for volunteers to join hands and help clean Agiaries – realising and adding to even the literal meaning behind the phrase ‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness’! In keeping with Parsi Times’ commitment to encourage and reinforce all…