[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Report by Swati Kalra Arora, with Inputs by Shelly Subawalla[/otw_shortcode_info_box] On Saturday August 20, 2016, the Delhi Parsi Anjuman celebrated a warm heartfelt Navroze with the Parsi community getting together to eat, drink and be merry. The Parsi community in Delhi, though small, tries its best to bring in all festivals and other…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Our prayers are a storehouse of omnipotent energies. Each day of the Shahenshahi calendar is named after an angel and today is Shehrevar Roj, dedicated to Shehrevar Ameshaspand. The Shehrevar Ameshaspand Setayash, a prayer which praises Him, has countless benefits. PT Reporter Jamshed Arjani discusses this prayer with Ervad Pervez Karanjia, Panthaky of…
Team ZTFI (Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India) celebrated Parsi New Year with the residents at Parukh Dharamshala (Mumbai) on the 15th of August 2016, with over 75 senior citizens who had a fun time at the event. ZTFI Trustee Yasmin Jal Mistry started off with greetings, and handed sweets and gifts to all the residents,…
Zoroastrians observe Khordad Roj of Fravardin Mah as Khordad Saal. This is the sixth day of the first month of the Zoroastrian calendar. Each of the 30 days of the month, as also each of the 12 months of the Zoroastrian calendar, is dedicated to an Amesha Spenta (Bounteous Immortal) or a Yazata (Adorable Spiritual…
Before I start this article, I must say that ‘Reincarnation’ has been a rather controversial subject with the Zoroastrians. Why so? Because our Priest-class and some scholars say there is no reincarnation in Zoroastrianism. Some base their dissent on actual study of the scriptures whereas many just go along because the priests says so. However,…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Gourmet Extraordinaire Mahafrin Umrigar, is an Eng. Lit. graduate, home maker and highly successful home-chef, known to supply her delectable delights to big-wigs in Bombay and beyond. Cooking being a childhood passion, Mahafrin took to the kitchen as an excited ten-year-old, alongside her grandmother, and went on to continue and expand her mother’s…
Parsi Times is privileged to share Navroze Greetings sent to our readers from aapro Rahul Gandhi, MP, Lok Sabha
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]No ‘real’ Parsi meal feels complete without the accompaniment of meat and eggs. ‘Eeda’ or eggs surely deserve to be knighted in our Parsi cuisine as our Gastronomical Nirvana! Perhaps beating even chocolates when it comes to being the comfort food for us Parsis! And meat is our birthright – and boy, do…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT’s ace writer, Ruby Lilaowala, takes us all through a captivating journey down memory lane as she enunciates the true essence of Parsipanu as it was lived, loved and celebrated decades earlier…[/otw_shortcode_info_box] No matter what you’ve accomplished in life so far, no matter if you are male or female, rich or poor, educated…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Not so long ago, the two areas that marked the prowess of ‘Parsipanu’ were in the field of Body-building and Entrepreneurship. India’s top fitness expert and founder of the country’s premiere fitness institute and academy – K 11, Kaizzad Capadia, encapsulates both these areas and shares an inspiring account of strength training of…
The only category left unexplored by the Filmfare folks is that of ‘Best Casting Director’. With Akshay Kumar in the eponymous Rustom, based on the celebrated Nanavati case of 1959, this lacuna should hopefully be addressed. But first things first. The film, ‘suggested by actual events’, bears striking resemblances to the incidents of the 1959…