પ્રિય વાચકો, આ વર્ષે, આપણે વસંતઋતુના તહેવાર કરતાં ઘણું બધું વધારે ઉજવી રહ્યા છીએ, તેમ છતાં સામાન્યતાના કેટલાક ચિહ્નો ધીમે ધીમે આપણા જીવનમાં ફરી વળે છે… આપણને યાદ અપાવે છે કે રોગચાળો આવ્યો તે પહેલાં વસ્તુઓ કેવી હતી – આપણે લાંબા સંઘર્ષ કરી ને આપણી હારી ગયેલી લડાઈઓ, આપણી જીતેલી લડાઈઓ… અને આ બધું હોવા…
Dear Readers, If there’s one crucial lesson about life that has been amply stamped onto our souls over the past three years, it’s that life is short and unpredictable. Sometimes, there are no second chances to do those things you should have, or to say those words which so needed to be said… and heard….
Dear Readers, One of the big newsmakers this week was the meeting called upon earlier, on 30th October, 2022, by Minister of Women and Child Development and Minister of Minority Affairs – Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, to have an interactive discussion with the heads of Parsi and Irani Anjumans across India. This provided a…
Happy Diwali – Celebrating The Light Within Dear Readers, It’s interesting how technology can today be considered both – one of the greatest boons as well as one of the greatest banes – of our times. As a concept, it presents itself as an interesting oxymoron related to the human brain – responsible for progress…
Time To Clean Up! Dear Readers, As we step into August – one of the most auspicious months of the year, there’s much to look forward to and even more to do! We start the ‘prep’ for our Parsi New Year – and this encompasses a lot cleaning-up around the house. We look to making…
Heartiest Welcome To Our New Indian President – Smt. Droupadi Murmu Dear Readers, As India welcomes our 15th President – Smt. Droupadi Murmu, there is much reason to celebrate and take pride in our nation’s new First Citizen and the Supreme Commander of India’s Armed Forces. At a time when the so-called ‘global superpower’,…
Kadimi Navroz Mubarak! Dear Readers, How absolutely wonderful it is to belong to a community that celebrates its occasions twice over!! While the rest of the world celebrates its special days once a year, we get to revel in our joys twice – once on the ‘Roj ni’ date, based on our Parsi /Irani calendars,…
Times Of Change Dear Readers, The one thing that is impossible to escape in these times is the overwhelming change that we’ve had to deal with – it’s taking place everywhere, at all levels, and very, very conspicuously. I doubt humanity has ever been subject to as many elements of change, simultaneously, before this. Be…
A Legend Who Will Never Be Forgotten Dear Readers, On 28th June, 2022, Padma Bhushan Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry – the legendary industrialist, philanthropist, nation builder and one of the tallest feathers in the Parsi cap – breathed his last. It is said some people are born for greatness and it shows in them from…
The Time Is: NOW! Dear Readers, One of the biggest maladies of our times is procrastination. Putting things off for later is the worst habit, and let’s be honest, many of us have been guilty of it at some point or the other. Procrastination is the natural assassin of both – talent and opportunity. The…
Dear Readers, The past week saw residents of Mumbai experience the onset of the monsoons, waking up to moderate rainfall a couple of mornings, and a few nightly thunder-showers. Along with the sense of relief from the heat brought on by the rains, we also experienced our first taste of the infamous annual…