Congratulations to BPP Trustees for their wise, bold and progressive move to bring peace, harmony and happiness in our peace-loving Community! We all share a fundamental wish to live a happy life with peace and harmony. Poverty, illiteracy and over population hinder progress and development. Luckily, we are a small community, affluent in status and highly…
Last week, Parsi Times was delighted to inform readers that our very own 69-yar-old Merzban Patel, Mumbai’s foremost youth hockey coach, fondly known as ‘Bawa’ in the circuit, had been recommended by the Selection Committee for the National Sports Awards (2019), to be felicitated with India’s most prestigious award in the field of Sport –…
Though Ahmedabad’s 37-year-old Sunny Karanjawala lost his eyesight (100% visually impaired) in a tragic incident nine years ago, he has realized and earned his dream of being awarded a PhD (Doctorate) in Management. Despite the lack of reference material in Braille or any reserved seats for the visually impaired, Sunny’s grit and steely determination saw…
A fictional film is the setting – and the excuse -for cult director Tarantino to direct his ninth feature film. Leonardo DiCaprio as past-his-prime Hollywood actor of the 50s and early 60s Rick Dalton, and Brad Pitt as Dalton’s stunt body double, chauffeur and handyman Cliff Booth come together for the first time in the…
Being Prepared Could Save Your Pet’s Life In An Emergency! [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]As Parsis, it is only common to dearly love and treat our pooches as the most integral members of our family. We leave no stone unturned to ensure that our little angels are well protected and provided for, nay spoilt most times, and…
Laugh and be merry together, like brothers akin, Guesting awhile in the rooms of a beautiful inn, Glad till the dancing stops, and the lilt of the music ends. Laugh till the game is played; and be you merry, my friends. A Parsi is an epicure, loving the good living and his millennia old Zoroastrian…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Hormazd runs an independent Advertising agency which requires him to attempt deciphering human nature. He luxuriates in watching life go by; which he finds meaningful at times, pointless at others… but more often than not, farcical! [/otw_shortcode_info_box] Four men drove into their residential baugs at different times, at night. Failing to find parking below…
“Stories have the power to hurt or heal,” says a child’s voice at the beginning of the film. In this film, adapted from the series of stories by Alvin Schwartz, one wonder what power this film could have – to hurt, heal.. or horrify! Set in 1968 during Halloween (that’s a given), in the small…
On 3rd August, 2019, ‘OH! THOSE PARSIS!’: A to Z of the Parsi Way of Life’, written by eminent lawyer and writer, Berjis Desai, was launched by Senior Counsel and former Advocate General of Maharashtra – Darius Khambata, at a glittering function held at the Gallops restaurant in Mumbai. “Every age has its bard. The…
From October 11-13, 2019, Zoroastrian Association of Houston’s (ZAH) annual library event will showcase an enlightening program on how the knowledge of the past is a bridge to the future of a faith that has influenced all the major religions of the world. For the first time, the ZAH teams with FIRES (FEZANA Information Research…
15th July, 2019 marked the inauguration of Empress Worldwide Travelz, a leading Destination Travel Advisory based out of Mumbai, offering full service operations across Europe, USA, UAE, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. It is headed by highly sought-after travel expert, Kashmira Dumasia, who brings in…