[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] Four Bungalows Four Bungalows, in suburban Mumbai is a neighbourhood named after the ‘four bungalows’ that once existed there during the British occupation. Located three kilometres from Andheri station, in the vicinity of…
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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 13th September, 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 “Stop screaming! You’re Breaking Ear-drums more than you’re Breaking News!!” – By Gulnar B. Pastakia [/otw_shortcode_info_box]
On 20th August, 2017, fifteen scouts, sixteen cubs and fourteen rovers of Sethna’s 18th West Mumbai Scout group organized a monsoon hike to Sondewadi, near Karjat. Commencing at 8:45 am amidst soft drizzles, the group reached the first plateau at around 9:15 am where they had breakfast on green grass. After covering a certain distance,…
We eagerly wait for the rains to come. When we feel parched and find the heat unbearable, we pray to the Rain Gods. Rains are an amazing cleanser and a therapeutic balm of nature, cleansing Mother Earth and wash away that arid feeling, helping us all renew. We desperately await the rains to escape the…
The Pune Chapter of Indian Association of Secretaries and Administrative Professionals (IASAP), organised its 15th two-yearly ‘Administrative Professional Contest’ (APC) on 19th August 2017, at Hotel Royal Orchid Central, Pune. APC is held on a league basis by all its Chapters – Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad, commencing with a written test,…
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and Ardeshir BK Dubash, the producers of the play, ‘Laughter In The House – 2’, are offering four hundred tickets at subsidised rates to economically constrained community members. The play, a tribute to the legendary Adi Marazban, will be held at NCPA on 8th October, 2017 at…
Meherbai loved Goa in the rains, so every year, she, along with ten other senior-citizen couples, took a trip to Goa, to experience the rains there, calling it her annual ‘happiness-pilgrimage’ with friends! This year was no different except that the rain-Gods decided to descend upon Mumbai causing a deluge for two days. All the…
The 144th Salgreh of Pak Atash Padshah Saheb at Sodawaterwalla Agiary, Marine Lines was celebrated on 4th September, 2017, Farvardin Mahino, Farvardin Roj, with a jasan performed by Er. Pervez Karanjia and his son Er. Adil Karanjia. Trustees, Dinshaw Variava and Aspi Sarkari graced the occasion, while Panthaki of the Agiary, Er. Pervez Karanjia credits…
In the past, Parsi Times appealed to our community members to aid ‘JeevaMitra’- a Learning Space Foundation initiative by Genevieve Dubash, that provides food and shelter to stray animals. Parsi Times readers will be delighted to know that their generous donations contributed towards raising Rs. 5,25,000/- as part of ‘JeevaMitra’s Phase I’ initiative. These funds were…
On 3rd September, 2017, ‘Pawportunity’- an initiative by Zeenia Master, organised a ‘Pet Adoption Drive’, with the aim to pair willing parents with their ideal fur-child(ren). Held at Yiamas, the drive witnessed fifty-two registrations for adoption, six registrations for foster families, a total donation sum of Rs. 6,070/-, with three puppies finding their forever homes!…