During the month of Dae, Parsis perform Jasan ceremonies by way of thanks-giving at home, at their workplace as also at various community centers and places of worship. Colloquially or in ordinary conversation, Jasan means ‘rejoicing’ or an ‘assembly of rejoicing’. This is because the religious ceremony is usually followed by feasting and merriment among…
Udvada Iranshah Atashbehram’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor has been appointed as the new Parsi Member on the Indian Government’s National Commission for Minorities (NCM) to represent the Indian Parsi/Irani Zoroastrian Community. Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor will succeed Dadi Mistry at the NCM. The news of this appointment, which took the community by surprise, broke out…
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. મનને શાંતિ આપનાર તેમજ નેગેટીવ વિચારથી દૂર રાખનાર ચંદ્રની દિનદશા ચાલુ હોવાથી તમારો સેલ્ફકોન્ફિડન્સ વધી જશે. રોજ-બરોજના કામ સારી રીતે પૂરા કરી શકશો. નાણાકીય મુશ્કેલી દૂર કરી શકશો. કામકાજ માટે ગામ-પરગામ જવાનો ચાન્સ મળશે. તમારા કામમાં સફળતા મળશે. બીજાના મદદગાર થઈ શકશો. દરરોજ 34મુ…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Through Canine Behaviourist and Specialist, Shirin Merchant, Hammer’s parents relate their story on how Hammer changed their lives…[/otw_shortcode_info_box] “Mom, Dad! Let’s get a dog?” “No!” 25 years down the line… “Let’s get a dog, dear hubby?” “No!” Twelve more years have passed and I’ve heard one too many “No’s” in my life. So…
Burjor Dustoor is a well-known actor who’s dynamic talent spans across all mediums – theatre, Bollywood, Hollywood, International feature films, TV serials, TV commercials, music videos, et al! Though he’s also regarded as a travel connoisseur and a foodie, it is his acting talents that he is best known and loved for. A professional theatre…
Right after the great success of 91 children being born in the last year, Jiyo Parsi, organized an interactive workshop for our proactive Zoroastrian Priests and their wives, at the Godrej Masina Hospital Centenary Hall, on 13th May, 2017. The purpose of the seminar was not only to familiarize our priests with the Jiyo Parsi…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you our monthly ‘Religion Special: Parab Series’, by our religious scholar and cultural expert, the erudite Noshir Dadrawala. Every month, we share with you a deeper understanding of this auspicious day of the month – the Parab – when the mah (month) and the roj (day) coincide. Here’s celebrating this…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT Push celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship and Mother’s Day with Parzaan Dastur! To quickly remind those of you who swooned over the little ‘sardarji nu bachhu’ in the blockbuster hit, ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ (1998), that was little Parzaan then, who won over all our hearts. It’s been nineteen years since and…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Over the past week, Parsi Times received a deluge of correspondence – both hand-written and digital – in support of Dinshaw Tamboly’s nomination for the post of Parsi Member at the National Commission for Minorities. Since it is impossible to print all correspondence received due to the obvious lack of space, the following…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Even as the community is once again torn down the middle, based on contradicting preferences for the nomination to the post of ‘Parsi Member’ in the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), due to the ‘orthodox-progressive’ divide, Parsi Times presents the truth with the aim of dispelling unfounded fears and concerns, by catching up…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Yazdi Desai, Chairman, BPP, updates the community about the ongoings in the BPP, with Parsi Times’ exclusive column, BPP Connect.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Housing Ever since I first contested the BPP election in September 2003 opposite Dinshaw Tamboly, it has been my dream that the BPP should be an oasis for the less fortunate of our…