On 21st May, 2020, after a span of two years, the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) released the under-construction building in Godrej Baug, that it had sealed for the non-payment of Land Under Construction (LUC) dues. The Bombay Parsi Punchayet Trustees followed up diligently with the BMC and were successful in getting the property released, after…
– Iran’s FM Thanks Parsis For Help – The relations between Iran and India are age-old. To celebrate these ancient socio-cultural ties and to mark 70 years of Indo-Iran Diplomatic relations, Parzor with the Iran embassy had organised the Derakht-e-Doosti Festival in February 2020. The programme included an exhibition on Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, a Panel…
The new Freddie Mercury Museum was recently opened in Zanzibar in November 2019, at the home of the Talatis, thanks to the support received from ‘The Mercury Trust’. The organisers thanked all the individuals and institutions for their cooperation and hope that the Museum will soon become a regular must-see feature on the Zanzibar tourist…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Aviva Damania is a Psychologist – Mental Health Specialist, trained at City University of London (MSc Mental Health). She began counseling in 2014 as a Volunteer Counsellor at Charities in Mumbai, and has practiced at Masina Hospital. Having worked with adults, adolescents and children, Aviva’s primary areas of expertise include dealing with…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Veera is a published Author (‘Endured’ and ‘#LoveBitesLifeHacks’) and Columnist; a passionate Educator and Counsellor; Poet and Philosopher… but most of all, a lover of all things literary.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Decidedly, love, as a feeling or emotional state, is complicated, confusing, exasperating enough… but add to the mix, a pandemic of the coronavirus proportion, and…
Goodbye, Ruby Patel 12th May, 2020 marked the sad passing of our community’s foremost, veteran stage actor – Ruby Patel, a name synonymous with quality Parsi-Gujarati-English theatre and extraordinary talent. The noted theatre personality passed away in Mumbai, at the age of 86. Her passing adds immeasurably to the loss of brilliant Indian acting talents,…
How very often do we hear Rudyard Kipling’s quote, “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers,” and other similar sayings celebrating the unparalleled importance and irreplaceable significance of a mother. Mothers are more to us than our bestest friends or siblings or fathers or grandparents. Her unconditional loving and giving starts…
The end-result of all things evil is always good. This paradox is, to an extent, similar to the prevailing ‘Lockdown’ situation. My wife and I are keeping a happy distance and our verbal exchanges verge almost on civility! Good, isn’t it? Her cooking has improved, not à la Godiwalla, but one looks forward to her…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_color_class=”otw-red-border” border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#c6e6e4″] We thank all our participants who shared their fabulous talents, celebrating the most important and central figure in all our lives – the Mother! Heartiest Congratulations to our Top Winners. As always, we also share a few entries as our Special Mentions! Winners are requested to pick up their prizes…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Delzad K Avari is a Le Cordon Bleu, London Alumni. His love for cooking was evident from a very young age. Having completed the Grand Diploma in cuisine and patisserie from the London campus, post his Hotel Management degree from Mumbai’s Sophia Polytechnic. His expertise has been honed with rich and varied experiences…
Kaizad Patel, a Remi-Award winning Music Composer, has recently composed an original song named, ‘Love, Pray, Hope’, which he has arranged to be performed and recorded, by over eighteen talented international artists from across the world, who have all come together to share love and hope during these challenging and uncertain times of the Pandemic….