Medical Camp A Medical Camp for Health Check-up is being organised at Dadar Athornan Madresa Hall, first floor, Dadar, Mumbai, on 18th June, 2017, from 10:00am to 12 noon. For enquiries and to register before 16th June, 2017, contact: 9822291743
Cama Park, Andheri organized All-Parsee box-cricket (underarm) tournament on 13th and 14th May, 2017, with 13 teams participating across Mumbai. This six-a-side, five-over contest witnessed engrossing knock-out stages. In the first semi-final, with the scores tied, Malcolm Baug and CJ witnessed a super-over. The heroic efforts of Shavir Afshai of Malcolm Baug managed to take…
Heartiest Congratulations to Farzan Bharucha who scored an incredible 99.2% in his tenth standard ICSE Board exams, topping the Mumbai Region and coming in a close second on an All-India level! The news about this extraordinary academic achievement by Farzan Bharucha, a student at Greenlawns High School (Breach Candy, South Mumbai), broke out on Monday,…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you interesting facts about our beloved Bombay! Explore this city’s amusing history and get to know why and how so many streets and places got their names with KYB![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Mahim Causeway: The Mahim Causeway was built between 1841 and 1846 to connect the then islands of Salsette and Mahim,…
Right after the great success of 91 children being born in the last year, Jiyo Parsi, organized an interactive workshop for our proactive Zoroastrian Priests and their wives, at the Godrej Masina Hospital Centenary Hall, on 13th May, 2017. The purpose of the seminar was not only to familiarize our priests with the Jiyo Parsi…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you interesting facts about our beloved Bombay! Explore this city’s amusing history and get to know why and how so many streets and places got their names with KYB![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Linking Road: Linking Road, previously known as Dadabhai Navroji Road, was one of the first arterial roads that ‘linked’ the suburbs…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color_class=”otw-silver” css_class=”boxed”]By Asst. Editor Delaveen Tarapore[/otw_shortcode_info_box] The start of the month, 1st May, 2017, marked the end of an era for The Alexandra Girls’ English Institution, as they bid farewell to some of the stalwarts of the Institution. A number of respected educationists, who have served the organisation for numerable years, were felicitated…
With vultures under the threat of extinction, Ahmedabad’s Zoroastrian community has come up with a plan to restore vultures to the area, to help with the traditional funeral practice of dokhmenishini. Around 30 years ago, there were over 80 million vultures in India, which was more than enough to take care of the funerary needs…
If you travel by train, you know how difficult it is to stand in queue and buy suburban, unreserved ticket. UTS, by Indian Railways, solves this painful problem. UTS is the official mobile ticketing app for booking unreserved tickets. Paperless ticketing has been enabled in Chennai suburban section, Mumbai suburban section and New Delhi –…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you interesting facts about our beloved Bombay! Explore this city’s amusing history and get to know why and how so many streets and places got their names with KYB![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Chor Bazar: Chor Bazaar, located near Bhendi Bazaar in South Mumbai, is one of the largest flea markets and tourist attractions of Mumbai. The word ‘chor’ means thief in Marathi…
Women’s India Trust (WIT) was recently awarded ‘Women’s Empowerment Award’, at the 6th Global Economic Summit, 2017, held from 27th to 29th March, 2017. The Award recognizes the important role WIT has played in empowering women by ensuring access to education, training, a job skill and livelihood. Held jointly by the World Trade Centre (WTC)…