Ruzbeh Raja is an Information Technology Consultant with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He is also a Visiting Professor of Law in the University of Mumbai. In keeping with increasing cyber-crime incidents, Parsi Times presents a series on Cyber Security Awareness for your online safety and benefit. What is Phishing?…
Recognised industrialist, winner of many beauty pageants and the reigning ‘Mrs. World International’; as also a community icon dedicated to community service, heading the non-profit ZTFI (Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India) – Yassmin Jal Mistry, was conferred the prestigious ‘Business Leadership Of The Year Award – 2023’ by GoI’s recognised body – the ‘National Achievers…
During the holy month of Dae, we perform Jashan ceremonies by way of thanks-giving at home, at the workplace as also at various community centers and places of worship. Since Dae is dedicated to Ahura Mazda – the Supreme Divinity and Creator, it is considered particularly meritorious to perform Jashan as a ritual form of…
Since childhood we have been taught to lead our lives based on the three magical principles of Humata, Hukta and Hvrashtra, given to us by our beloved Prophet Zarathustra, thousands of years ago. What if I tell you that the world today uses the same principles of Humata, Hukta and Hvrashtra as a super powerful…
On 8th May, 2023, Ahmedabad-based architecture and planning institute, CEPT University announced the appointment of Barjor Mehta, an alumnus and former Director of the School of Planning, as the new President and Acting Director for a five-year term, commencing January 20, 2024. He succeeds Dr. Bimal Patel. Barjor Mehta – an architect and urban planner,…
The Zoroastrian Youth Association (ZYA), Poona, partnered with J J Building Sports Committee to organise the very first chapter of the ‘All-Pune Parsee Indoor Sports Tournament’, over the last couple of weekends. Headed by Cyrus Malegamwala, the event had over 140 participants, from ages 10 to 78 years, vying to get top place competing in…
In recent times, we have unfortunately reduced Gahambar to a travesty. In not-so-distant history, we have been witness to so-called Gahambars hosted by individuals who had aspired to become Trustees of certain community institutions or by those who won the elections. There is also a variety known as the ‘fee no Gahambar,’ which is a…
Dr. Cyres Mehta, the nation’s leading Ophthalmologist, reckoned globally for his unparalleled genius and breakthroughs in the field of professional eye-care, was felicitated with the prestigious title: ‘Fellow Of The Collegium’ at the 81st Annual Conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS – India’s most prominent Ophthalmological association), which was held at the Grand…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#1e0175″ background_color=”#fffedb”] Being a mother is one of life’s most fulfilling yet thankless experiences. Motherhood involves bringing a new life into the world and nurturing it to become a wonderful human being – a task as divine as daunting. All mothers really want in return is some love and a little respect…
How is it possible to capture a heart even before you first meet her? How is it possible that the idea of you, from the moment she knew, set her whole life on fire? Her heart was given freely to you, unconditionally, to do as you will with it. She has you for her lifetime,…
The WZO Trust Funds, the community’s premiere non-profit organization devoted to the cause of community welfare for decades, organised a fun and exciting, five-day Summer Camp for Parsi Zoroastrians children between nine and sixteen years of age, on 1st May, 2023. Eighteen girls and twenty-four boys participated at this camp which was held in Navsari,…