Dear Readers, We step into the second half of 2018 as a community which seems to have grown in unity, especially over the past few months. It was wonderful to witness the community’s unity manifest into the much-needed ‘Save Our Atash Behram’ Movement, last month. And more recently, the BPP Board welcomed its newly elected…
Genre: Animation, Fantasy 101 minutes Rating: 4/5 Director: Wes Anderson BFF, not so long ago, signified something else: it meant the friendly and loyal dog. Writer/producer/director Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Grand Budapest Hotel) takes us through a story of exile and reinforces our belief, though circumlocutorily, that BFF is still the canine. Orphaned…
Genre: Thriller, Crime Rating: 2.5/5 125 minutes Director: Stefano Sollima Political connotations abound in the sequel to ‘Sicario’ (2015) as the US government machinery is let loose to battle the forces which smuggle in illegal immigrants from the porous US-Mexican border. Alongside battling the exterior forces, a few scenes in the beginning seem to suggest…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mailparsitimes@gmail.com by 11th July, 2018. Winner: “Salman Khan: Bae mahina ma paacho lagan no season aavech… Sanjay Dutt and Shahrukh: Tu reva de, bro!!” – By Sanaea Pesi Marker (Bangalore)
Olpadwalla brothers – Nekzaad and Shaazad – made their mark at the State Level Taekwondo Competition organized by the Students Olympic Association, Maharashtra, held in Sholapur, on 29th June, 2018. Nekzaad bagged the Gold medal, while, Shaazad grabbed the Silver in their respective weight categories, making their Lady Engineer High School, parents and the community…
Parsi Pride Brigade – 2018.07.07
On Sunday, 1st July, the BPP elections were held across five centers in Bombay, (Cusrow Baug, Khareghat Colony, Bharucha Baug, Rustom Baug and Dadar) with five candidates vying for Trusteeship of the seat that became vacant, post the end of Muncherji Cama’s tenure. Of the five candidates – namely Anahita Desai, Xerxes Dastur, Ratan Patel,…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Bhabha Sanatorium has often been in the news over the years. A few days ago, the ceiling of one of its kitchens collapsed, making this the second collapse in one year. The lives of the inmates of Bhabha Sanatorium, particularly a few families staying in one building, are at grave risk. And instead…
Rani is a gorgeous, less than two-year-old, purebred Doberman with the temperament of an angel. She understands basic commands. She’s been vaccinated and spayed – so there is no scope for breeding. She’s very gentle and loves cuddles and being a lap dog. She’s not guard dog material. She gets along with other dogs given…
Originally descended from the Land Spaniels of Spain, the Cocker Spaniel was developed in England as a hunting and retrieving dog. The English Cocker Spaniel initially belonged to the large family of Spaniels and got its separate identity from the American Cocker Spaniel in 1892. The description of ‘Cocker’ probably originated from the use of…
Chinmayee Mondkar, a student of The Bai RFD Panday Girls’ High School, won the National `India’s Number 1 Indian Talent’ competition, held across various levels, through 2017-18. Chinmayee received the ‘State Topper Award’ and ranked 8th in NEIT (National English Indian Talent), followed by the ‘Excellence Medal Award’ in NSIT (National Science Indian Talent), and…