Caption This! – June 3, 2017

Caption This! – June 3, 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 7th June, 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 “Haath pakro ne Rani-Baug chalo, penguin jova!!” – by Hormoz Shahriarian   [/otw_shortcode_info_box]  

Film Review: Dear Maya

Film Review: Dear Maya

Ostensibly Manisha Koirala’s comeback film — after her doughty and victorious fight with the big C — Dear Maya is about love, languishing and loneliness. The film begins with shots of 15-year-olds Ana (Madiha Imam) and Ira (Shreya Singh Chaudhry) in Loreta Convent, Shimla, reading aloud an amorous passage from a romance novel. Ana has…

Film Review: Baywatch

Film Review: Baywatch

Adapted  from the TV series Baywatch, which premiered in 1989 and aired throughout the 90s through to 2001, Baywatch the movie, in alliterative language may be described as having sun, sand, surf, swimsuits, skin but no sex, and well, certainly not sleazy. With such an overt title and especially with its television predecessor, one barely…

XYZ Turns 3

XYZ Turns 3

The Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) celebrated their ‘Foundation Day’ by conducting various social service activities throughout the month. Though XYZ Foundation Day falls on Ava Roj, Deh Mahino, Founder Hoshaang Gotla said, “Just one day is not enough to give back to the society and hence the theme for the month was dedicated to cleaning…

Companionship Through Music

Companionship Through Music

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you our monthly column on Western Classical Music by one of its leading connoisseurs – the eminent Khushroo Suntook, Chairman of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), to re-acquaint you to the joys of this unparalleled form of music. Having kicked off this column last month with ‘Why…

Behdin Homa Behdin Jamshed – The Patron Saint of Harassed Souls

Behdin Homa Behdin Jamshed – The Patron Saint of Harassed Souls

The month of Dae is dedicated to the Supreme Divinity, Ahura Mazda. Throughout this holy month, devout Parsis perform thanks-giving Jasan offering gratitude to Ahura Mazda for His Bounties. It is considered particularly meritorious to perform Jasan on Roj Hormuzd, Daepadar, Daepmeher and Daepdin. During the month of Dae, the Maidhyarem Gambhar is observed from Roj Meher to Roj Behram. There are six Gambhar which in ancient times were observed as six great holidays, with each Gambhar…

Parsi Pride!

Parsi Pride!

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Kudos to all our dazzling bright-sparks who worked hard for their Boards and achieved superlative results – standing out as the exemplary future gen, that we all take pride in! On behalf of the Community, Parsi Times congratulates all our young adults who have redefined academic success with their excellence – they are…