[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Love or hate them, the fact remains that within these gated communities created by our forefathers, the Parsi identity is still reigning strong![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Take a walk around any of the baugs that dot ‘Aapru Bombay’ – Cusrow Baug, Rustom Baug, Wadia Baug, Navroze Baug, Malcom Baug… chances are that you will find yourself…
[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] Today is Navroze, the day of celebration, But there’s a shadow of gloom all around due to the Coronavirus alarm penetrating every aspect of our…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]At a time when many are lamenting the lack of sports champions in our community, Parsee Gymkhana (PG) ups the ante… in the nation’s most loved and worshipped sport – Cricket! Always striving for growth, honing its skills and growing bigger and better in this sport, PG cricketed yet another first, as they…
Erudite Zoroastrian historian and religious scholar, Noshir Dadrawala, traces one of our greatest Zoroastrian traits – Leadership – right from the times of Shah Jamsheed and shares valuable insights which could prove beneficial even today! According to legend, it was the great King Jamsheed of the pre-historic Peshdaad dynasty who initiated the tradition of celebrating…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Year after year, Parsi Times is delighted and grateful to receive an ever-growing response to our Navroz Special Contests – both in terms of quantity and quality! We thank all our wonderfully talented participants for all the entries! Congratulations to all! The following are our TOP 3 Winners and Special Mentions….
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, has us in splits as he unleashes his hilarious take on the bawaji’s tryst with the Corona Virus, in our Jamshedi Navroz Special, with his monthly, blockbuster exclusive column in PT – ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great!’ [/otw_shortcode_info_box] Yesterday, my friend’s Rottweiler’s brother’s owner,…
A few weeks ago, Parsi Times was delighted to break the news that our legendary, and much loved and respected, Parsi and Gujarati theatre actor and personality – Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia, had been bestowed the prestigious Padma Shri Award in the field of Art, by the Govt. of India – much to the pride and…
[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 efforts…
The Muncherji Jamshetji Agiary was packed to the rafters as the Jashan ceremony got underway to celebrate the glorious 13th anniversary of the renovation of the Agiary and its hall, on the eve of Roj Meher – Mah Meher, 28th February, 2020. It also marks the day on which the ‘Structured Religious Course’ was initiated,…
Parsi women are known for their strong will, resilience and courage. So they were in Iran, so are they in India, even more so, today. After the fall of the Persian Empire that followed the disastrous defeat at the battle of Nehavand in AD 642, over eighty-thousand Persians soldiers were slain. Iran came under the…
Everywhere in nature, we find pairs of opposites that complement each other and complete each other -like light and darkness, Yin and Yang, good and evil, day and night and many more. Similarly, for the procreation of any species, there’s male and female. This female aspect comes from Divinity and has been acknowledged in all…