Dear Readers, As Parsi and Irani Zarthostis, we are at an interesting crossroads in India today. Our stand as a ‘Minority Community’ has never felt as minuscule as it does now. Of course, I am referring to the ongoing and increasingly uphill battle that we have been fighting with MMRCL for months now, to protect…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]A smile is your introduction to the outside world. It is the defining element of your first impression – the importance of a great smile can never be overvalued. Giving you reason to smile on the occasion of Orthodontist Day on 5th October, one of Mumbai’s leading orthodontists, Dr. Nilofer M Currawalla clears…
The leading eye specialist of the nation who has won global accolades and stands out as one of the tallest feathers in our Community’s cap, the dynamic Dr. Cyres Mehta, was awarded the ‘British Ophthalmic excellence award’ by the ‘Eye Research Society of the UK’, at the recently held annual conference of the European Society…
Various groups of Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) organised fun-filled sessions for senior citizens of the community, through September, performing skits and dances, singing country songs and playing the guitar. Interactive games with seniors included numerous activities like housie, antakshari and musical chairs. The Knights performed magic tricks, while Jamsheeds Giants orated riddles and set up…
The Bai Avabai Framji Petit Girls High School (Bandra) continue their dominance in the Kho-Kho circuit as five youngsters, headed by Captain Natasha Sui, Jesika Chavda, Zinta Avari, Kerin Patrawalla and Manashni Patrawalla formed the core team of Maharashtra and were declared Runners-Up during the Senior Girls Under-19 Kho-Kho Council’s National Tournament, organised by Sheiling…
Over the past year, Parsi Times ran 12-part series on ‘Parsi Parabs’ which was very well received and received great feedback from our readers. This was followed by a 12-part series on ‘Popular Parsi Myths’, which won ever greater appreciation! Parsi Times is thankful to our erudite Zoroastrian Scholar, Noshir H. Dadrawala, whose immense religio-cultural…
The following is an update by The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust (WZOT) as on September 24, 2018 on the Kerala Floods Relief project and funds received: Till date Rs. 30,00,000 (Three Million Indian Rupees) have been spent on relief and recovery in the area. WZO Trust has been working closely with Diana Bharucha of Kinder Trust…
He was over 60, short, fat and anything but handsome. She was only 25, beautiful, seductive and well aware of it. But anyone who wondered why Constance married Mr. Blau, had only to look at his beautiful house on the outskirts of Berlin, the servants, the lifestyle, elegant carriages and yachts. Blau was super rich…
When I was in boarding school, I sang a song in our class assembly. “Honesty is such a lonely word, it’s hardly ever heard…” a famous song by Billy Joel. At the time, I was only 8 and it didn’t mean much to me but growing up, I realised that honest people are rare and…
The Metro 2B Line, which is planned from Bandra to D. N Nagar and is proposed to be elevated, has come under protest from concerned citizens, who say that the Metro 2B should go underground, in the best interest of Mumbai city. An Underground Metro is expandable, inter-connectable, requires no acquisition of real estate, no…
Early on the heels of having struck down the Victorian era archaic Section 377 (which criminalised homosexuality), the Supreme Court has unanimously quashed yet another Victorian law from the statute, that rendered adultery as a criminal offence only for men (adultery could not be used as a criminal offence against women). Acts of adultery will…