[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 novel coronavirus is neither ‘Divinity’s Wrath’ nor ‘Nature’s Vengeance’. From a Zoroastrian perspective, this virus is the opposite of all that is good, God-given, life-giving and health-promoting. However, there are all kinds of posts on social media about the coronavirus being ‘Divine Anger’ on mankind and COVID-19 being ‘Mother Nature’s Vengeance’ on human beings! …
Will Not Admit New Cases Or Visitors Till Mid-April On 1st April, 2020, the B D Petit Parsee General Hospital issued a statement that it was in Lockdown mode and would not be admitting any new cases or permitting any visitors to enter the hospital, till 15th April, 2020. Services were suspended after a patient,…
On 2nd April, 2020, Serum Institute India’s Chief Executive Officer, Adar Poonawalla, shared that he has invested in the Pune-based molecular diagnostic company, Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (MDS) – the first Indian firm to get commercial approval to make and sell coronavirus testing kits (named Mylab PathoDetect COVID-19 Qualitative PCR kit, approved by Indian FDA/CDSCO and ICMR evaluation)….
As the world around us comes to a standstill with the virtually global lockdown, physical activity gets restricted, taking a toll on your fitness. However, you can continue being fit and focus your pent-up energy with a productive fitness routine. The coronavirus shutdown doesn’t necessarily have to translate to bulging waistlines just because gyms and…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 1st April, 2020. WINNER: Puppy: Compared to humans, am I not wiser? Look, I’ve diligently used ‘SOAP and SANITIZER’!“ By Hoofriz Dotiwalla
We know the physical causes that lead to earthquakes and tsunamis, but there are more subtle spiritual issues involved, based on the Karmic principle, that all right actions bring joy, while wrong actions bring grief. When wrong actions reach an extreme, it leads to massive destruction (pralaya) bringing about an en-masse settlement (group-karma) of human…
Actor Manisha Koirala is seen in the role of an archetypal Parsi mother in the oncoming Netflix original film – ‘Maska’. Maska will show Manisha as the eccentric and extremely protective Parsi mother, whose son, Rumi (a confused millennial who dreams of becoming a movie star until his girlfriend knocks sense into him), has gone…
Two young Ervads from New York and New Jersey recently completed their second level of priestly training or Martab, by performing the Venidad ceremony after a nine-day nahn (purification). The Martab was completed in two different Agiaries in Mumbai. Ervad Porus Cyrus Pavri, son of Yasmin and Ervad Cyrus Pavri, completed his Martab ceremony at the…
The Little Hearts Preschool held its Annual Concert on 11th March, 2020 at The Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh Auditorium, celebrating ‘Happiness’ as the theme. The spectacular show was put up by 140 children, all under four years of age, whose performances were much appreciated by a cheerful audience of around 400 parents, grandparents and…
On 15th March, 2020, the Lions Clubs International, Lions Club of Byculla, donated medicines worth Rs. 80,000/- to MC Damanwalla Charitable Dispensary in Udvada, coordinated by Secretary-General, Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA), Lion Daara B. Patel via IDMA members – Alkem Laboratories; Cachet Pharmaceuticals; Centaur Pharmaceuticals and Corona Remedies. Catering to about 60 to 70 patients daily,…