Once upon a time, a man was roaming in the forest to find a nice spot under a tree to meditate and gain soul-knowledge when he saw four extremely beautiful women. Upon asking them who they were, the tall, slim woman said, “My name is ‘Buddhi’ (intellect) – I live inside everyone’s head.” The woman…
On 24th July, 2019, Nazneen Engineer was conferred with a PhD from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies, London), as a “Postdoctoral Researcher at the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies.” Her interest in Zoroastrian Studies grew after she attended the December 2007 World Zoroastrian Youth Congress in Australia, inspiring her to pursue…
On 1st September, 2019, Dr. Farokh Jamshed Master, Ph.D. M.D. (Hom), was conferred the Award of Excellence for outstanding and exemplary services in the field of Homeopathy by the prestigious London College of Homeopathy, UK, in a glittering ceremony held in Jaipur. This makes Dr. Farokh Master the first Indian to receive this honor. On the…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The Parsi love for the game of cricket is legendary and it has, likewise, birthed legends of international repute, doing the nation and the community proud. Parsi Times Sports Reporter, Binaisha M. Surti, is thrilled to share with our cricket loving readers who closely follow the game at all levels in India, that…
The SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute for Zoroastrian Studies, UK, was officially declared open on 27th June, 2018, with a launch event organised in the Brunei Suite of the Brunei Gallery, SOAS University of London. The event was attended by Shapoor Mistry, whose generous donation in the name of his late grandfather, Shapoorji Pallonji provided for the…
Soprano Farah Ghadiali recently won the Joint First prize in ‘All India Western Classical Vocal Competition’ held in New Delhi, on 27th April, 2018. Organised by the Neemrana Foundation of Music and the French Embassy in India, Farah received the ‘Neemrana Voice Competition – The Godrej Talent of India’ Award, based on three selection rounds,…
Dina Wadia, mother of industrialist Nusli Wadia and wife of Neville Wadia, passed away in London on Thursday, 2nd November, 2017. The only child of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Ruttie (née Petit), Dina was 98 years old, as quoted by family sources, as per the report of Pakistan’s Express Tribune News. After her marriage to…
Bombay’s Cyrus Todiwala is all set to start his new restaurant, ‘Mr. Todiwala’s Kitchen’ at terminal five of London’s Heathrow Airport. Known for his innovative twists in authentic Indian cuisine, Cyrus graduated from Mumbai’s B K Somani Polytechnic and trained as Chef with the Taj Group. Pleasing the palates of the curry-savvy British for over…
Every person’s life is like a story. Some stories are sad, some are funny, some full of challenges and yet, at the core, every life has all of these. As human beings, we love to tell our stories and in doing so, we recognise the entire gamut of human emotions which are part and parcel…
Maneck Ardheshir Dalal, OBE and Regional Director, Air India (AI), UK for several years, who was handpicked by JRD Tata himself to initiate operations in London for AI, passed away in London on 6th March, 2017, at the age of 98. Born in Bombay, he was known to many as a thorough gentleman with great achievements….
Britain’s Exit from the European Union (or Brexit) has been making global headlines. With UK being the fifth largest economy worldwide, finance markets the world over will get affected due to Brexit. What does this auger for India’s financial sector? And how will this affect investments? Mehran Felfeli provides useful insights about Brexit and its impact globally and on India and the Indian investor.