For those families who could not visit Udvada due to the ongoing pandemic, during the summer vacations, to pay homage to our Pak Iranshah, now have the opportunity to visit after a good seven months, to seek His divine blessings in these trying times! Further, those who intend to spend a couple of days during…
Trailblazing entrepreneur and Founder of Della Adventure and Resorts, Jimmy Mistry, was felicitated by the Governor of Maharashtra – Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan, honouring Corona warriors, by Bhamla Foundation, alongside Asif Bhamla – President, Bhamla Foundation and Prince Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur. Mistry was honoured for…
It is the morning after the annual dinner of the Shakespeare Mandli and Darabsha is nursing a gargantuan hangover. His wench… umm… his wife – Rattie bursts into the room, flinging open the curtains. “Rattie, shut yon window that lets the smiling star of the morn invade mine chamber. ’Tis the morning after our annual…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] Parsi Times presents our readers ‘The Zen Series’ by PT Columnist, Kashmira Shaw Raj – a professional Taichi and Qigong practitioner and teacher, as also a sought-after clinical psychologist and healer. These Zen stories will resonate with you and help you connect within, at a deeper, inner level to encourage and empower…
On 24th October, 2020, our community’s young priest, 16-year-old Er. Zahan, who is a student at the Dadar Boarding Madressa, Bombay, suffered an unfortunate accident whilst offering Machi at the Pak Goti Aderan, Surat, where seven generations of his family have served before him. Currently studying in the tenth class in school, the incident took…
The North American Institute of Zoroastrian Studies was recently launched, as an educational arm of the North American Mobeds Council (NAMC), thanks to Rohinton Rivetna’s initiative in drafting the initial charter, and to NAMC (President – Er. Arda-e-viraf Minocherhomjee) for their resolution to carry the proposal forward. NAMC Vice-President, Er. Tehemton Mirza would be setting up…
– Elderly Responding Well To Oxford Vaccine – In a recent update, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) has informed that Covishield – the coronavirus vaccine, being developed by Oxford University and British firm AstraZeneca, could be ready for public use in December 2020. SII is currently conducting the phase-3 trial…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. She credits her learnings and insights, shared in her articles, to all Zoroastrian priests and scholars whose…
Munificent Donor Noshir Gotla Epitomises Saying: ‘Parsi – Thy Name is Charity!’ The morning of 18th October, 2020, marked the auspicious unveiling of the newly renovated Bhabha Bunglis, at the Doongerwadi, in South Mumbai. Present for the inauguration were current and former BPP Trustees as also some of our community’s respected personalities including Kersi Randeria,…
Dinshaw Mehta Relentless In The Eye Of The Storm! The Ex BPP Chairman – Mr. Dinshaw Rusi Mehta, is finally Chargesheeted. All along, he would say the Chargesheet is not filed as there is no proof. Now that the Chargesheet is finally filed, the man will now claim that we should wait for the verdict…
“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.” – Voltaire The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has been in the news once again for the wrong reasons. A Chargesheet has recently been filed against former BPP Chairman, Dinshaw Mehta, for alleged misappropriation of BPP funds. An important point to note is the…