It’s Election Time Again! We all are aware of the drama created by Mr. Cama’s resignation. A mere technical issue could have been solved internally, instead it was dragged into the courtroom for an endless period of time wasting precision time and money. It is election time again. A single candidate does not make a…
The opening ceremony of the 32nd Holiday Programme for Youth (HPY) was held on 29th April, 2018 at J.B. Vachha Girls’ High School, Dadar, with over 170 participants all set for the most memorable time of their lives. This year’s total attendance consisted of 141 participants from Bombay and the rest from various parts of…
The Bai Dhunbaiji Umrigar Agiary at Fatehganj, Vadodara, celebrated its 14th Salgreh on 23rd March, 2018, with a Hama Anjuman Machi in Uzirin Gah followed by a Hama Anjuman (Khushalinu) Jashan at 5:30 pm led by Ervad Hormazdiyar Bhesania, Panthaky Saheb along with other Ervad. The Jasan was well attended by the members of the…
FEZANA’s (Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America) 31st Annual General Meeting was hosted by member association California Zoroastrian Center at their Dar-e-Mehr in Westminster California over 4 days commencing 26th April, 2018. It was attended by over 70 official participants. The AGM kicked off on the auspicious note with a jasan organized by the…
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 9th May, 2018. Winner: Ranbir: Does he know about us? Sonam: I decided to do a ‘Barfi’ on that one! – By Farizeh Kekobad (Kolkata)
We Will Miss Meherwanji… Berry Much! Dear Readers, Before all else, on behalf of Team Parsi Times, I thank you for the innumerable congratulatory and encouraging messages you sent us for Parsi Times Seventh Anniversary and our Anniversary Issue. We are, as always, grateful and delighted with your constant feedback, guidance and support, which has…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times Sports Reporter, Binaisha Surti takes you through the exciting cricketing action as Parsee Gym gets crowned winners twice over – at the ‘69th Salar Jung Invitation T20 Cricket Tournament’ and the ‘RFS Talyarkhan Memorial Invitation Cricket Tournament 2018’.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Outstanding batting knocks from Aman Khan (71 off 44) and Shams Mulani (44…
When industri-alist Ratan Tata chanced on a series of pictures by photojournalist Sudharak Olwe, portraying Mumbai’s sanitation workers who spend their lives navigating the city’s waste, Tata initiated an ambitious project, Tata Trusts’ ‘Mission Garima’ (dignity) to aid the lives of 40,000 odd workers of the city who dive into sewers, sweep the streets and work in…
Myth: Parsis are a peaceful and peace-loving community and unlike other communities, they have never indulged in rioting. Fact: Anyone and almost everyone would agree that by and large the Parsi community is peaceful and peace-loving and has always been loved by all communities for its charitable disposition and ability to laugh at its…
The residents of Bai M N Chenoy Agiary Complex in Hyderabad organised a Treasure Hunt competition on 15th April, 2018. Conceptualised by Faram Desai, twenty-four members, aged between five to ninety-five years, participated in four teams comprising six members each. The hunt also included a ‘Scavenger Hunt’ containing props which had to be procured and…
‘The 7 Most Important Fitness Tips’ People often confuse ‘health’ with ‘fitness’ considering them to be synonyms, which is wrong. Health is a physiological state meaning ‘normal functioning’ of the body. If all pathological values are normal, you’re ‘healthy’, but ‘fitness’ is the ability to perform physical tasks beyond what is expected from a normal…