Last week, Parsi Times was delighted to inform readers that our very own 69-yar-old Merzban Patel, Mumbai’s foremost youth hockey coach, fondly known as ‘Bawa’ in the circuit, had been recommended by the Selection Committee for the National Sports Awards (2019), to be felicitated with India’s most prestigious award in the field of Sport –…
Mumbai, August 30, 2019: In an innovative move aimed at bringing the Parsi Community together and tackling its challenges, the Trustees of Bombay Parsi Punchayet have unanimously decided to constitute a 16-member Consultative Committee comprising of prominent Parsis from different walks of life with specialist skill sets. The objective of forming such a Consultative Committee…
‘Do animals too get judged on Judgement Day?’ asks the 10-year-old Obama (Ahmed Abdulhafiz) of his adoptive father. The naivety of the question has to be judged from the title, which translates to ‘Day of Judgement’. Beshay (Rady Gamal) is a 40-year-old, leprosy-afflicted, society-shunned Egyptian who ekes out a living at Garbage Mountain, collecting worthy scrap…
Another Happy B’day With Dr. Mickey Mehta! He’s known for his superhuman ability to do outstanding justice (simultaneously at that) to all of his innumerable avatars… Global Health Guru, Life Coach to Celebrities, Holistic Visionary, Corporate Coach to some of India’s business giants, celebrated Yogi, super successful Entrepreneur, Best-selling Author, a devout Zarthosti… Phew! The…
If you are a Western Classical music enthusiast and wish to learn about great Western Composers, head to www.musopen.org. Musopen is a not-for-profit organization that works to increase access to music education by providing free music recordings, sheet music, apps, and educational materials, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, their mission is to set music free. You…
The first thing one would think upon hearing of the impending release of this film would likely be ‘Three’s a crowd’. The third in the series after ‘Olympus Has Fallen'(2013) and ‘London Has Fallen’ (2016), this latest one reprises Gerard Butler as Secret Service agent Mike Banning, personal guard of US President Allan Trumbull (Morgan…
Dear Readers, It has been a good start to the New Year for our Community – as some of our fellow community members continue to add feathers to the Parsi cap and keep our legacy of pride and achievement going. It is indeed a matter of great pride for the nation and our Community that…
Today, we use the word ‘philanthropist’ to describe a multi-millionaire who donates huge sums of money to charitable organisations. Philanthropist is derived from two Greek words – ‘Philas’, which means loving and ‘Anthropos’, which means man. In short, a loving man (or woman). So aren’t we all capable too of becoming more loving by giving…
Always hungry and always thirsty is the victim of avarice. He knows no satiation. He is devoid of the sense of proportion. The more he acquires, the more he requires. The more he gets, the more he covets. He does not want what he has not. He is out to increase his own by usurping…
On 15th August, 2019, a local organization in Kurdistan, dedicated to the Zoroastrian religion and philosophy, held a special ceremony at a fire temple located in the region. Members of the Basna Organization, whose efforts usually focus on preserving local archaeological sites, performed the rite in Sulaimani province’s town of Darbandikhan. During the event, participants…
You can expect stellar musicians and the highest standard of jazz heard in the city that craves for more, at NCPA’s 2019 edition of the International Jazz Festival! NCPA brings together the world’s most applauded jazz musicians to present you three days of excellent jazz music. The highlight of the festival will be the finale,…