As per the Shehenshahi Zoroastrian calendar the Holy month of Ava will commence this year on 14th March, 2022, and devout Zoroastrians will wend their way to river banks, seashores and wells to offer homage to Ava, the Divinity that presides over the waters. The term Ava is derived from the word Aap or Aapo – the Divine Cosmic…
Special Leave Petition Filed In Supreme Court And Withdrawn By Zuleika Homavazir And Others Just A Day Before Dinshaw Mehta Files Intervention In High Court A Supreme Court Order (printed alongside) has been made available to Parsi Times – the record of proceedings in the Supreme Court of India, dated 21st February, 2022, challenging the…
IT IS RAINING FALSE PROMISES!!! It appears that after Parsi Times exposed the fake promises of ‘converting Licensee to Tenancy’ and the huge stamp duty involved, the Mehta father-son duo are trying desperately to disprove (or prove) the stamp duty calculations. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] IT SEEMS THAT THE SITTING TRUSTEE IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO CONVINCE…
Aspi Firoze Ghadiali, who has served as nasessalar (pall bearer) for the last 25 years in Navsari, was rendered homeless last year, along with his brother Sarosh, who lives with him and repairs fridges and air-conditioners for a living – when their house collapsed, because of age and wear and tear, which the structure was…
Fighting The Good Fight Dear Readers, There’s something to be said about the victory that results from fighting the good fight. It’s so much more than simple success. It’s redeeming. It reconfirms your faith in a lot more than the cause that you stood up and fought for. To fight the good fight is about…
Women-specific health problems become synonymous with being a woman, but you no longer need to suffer in silence. Instead, take a step forward towards preventing and eliminating these women-specific health concerns. One such step is seeking physiotherapy for preventive or corrective measures. What better occasion than Women’s Day to understand the role of physiotherapy in…
Be it Eve or Indira or Elizabeth… or then Joan of Arc or Jhansi ki Rani or Malala or those magnificent Parsi women of Variav… these were all strong women. A woman, is as Maggie Lindemann puts it: “I’m more than just a picture, I’m a daughter and a sister; Sometimes it’s hard for me…
On March 3, 2022, Jamshedpur, known as the Steel City, celebrated its glorious 183rd Founder’s Day with a glittering tribute marking the birth anniversary of the Founder of Tata group, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. The celebrations commemorate the Founder’s vision, after whom the steel city was named, nearly a century ago. The theme of this year’s…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] The Bombay High Court has declared Sunday, 29th MAY, 2022, as the date of elections for ALL SEVEN SEATS of the Trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet. The verdict was delivered by the Divisional Bench of the Bombay High Court on 1st March, 2022. [/otw_shortcode_info_box] As community members will recall, in March…
There Are No Winners In War Dear Readers, You would think that after the two-year-long war waged on humanity itself by the dreadful pandemic, we would have emerged wiser, more compassionate and with a renewed sense of respect for human life and its fragility. But even before we can safely bid goodbye to this inadvertent…
This year, Meherangan (Roj Meher, Mah Meher) as per the Shehenshahi calendar, will fall on 27th February, 2022. This feast commemorates the victory of light over the forces of darkness and good over the forces of evil. It is the day when the legendary spiritual King, Shah Faridoon enchains Zohak or Azi Dahak, the epitome of evil, to that great…