An online religious initiative – agiaryconnect.com – has been recently re-launched, to enable Zoroastrians worldwide to request conducting prayer services online, which would be performed by Mobeds, in the Banaji Limji Agiary (Fort, Mumbai). Founded by three enterprising American Parsis – Dinsha Mistree (Houston), Benafsha Shroff (Denver) and Jamsheed Mistri (California) – agiaryconnect.com – facilitates…
The risk that Adar Poonawalla, CEO and owner of Serum Institute of India (SII), took on the coronavirus vaccine, by investing heavily in it much before it had completed its clinical trials, seems to be paying off well, as early trials are showing positive results. Pune-based SII is the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume…
Let’s Not Go Back To ‘Normal’ Dear Readers, If there’s one thing the Pandemic has taught us, it’s that we can’t afford to be thoughtless anymore… and not just about the precautionary measures we need to mandatorily adopt to escape being the victim of the rampage caused by the deadly virus, for months now. It’s…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 29th July, 2020. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Disclaimer: Some of our ‘Caption This’ Contest photos are taken from freely available, public online resources and are published in a light and humorous vein, which…
In a submission to the Supreme Court on (date), the Tata Trust’s current Chairman, Ratan Tata said that the future head of Tata Trusts could be a non-Tata. “I happen to be the current chairman of these trusts. It could be somebody else, not necessarily with the surname ‘Tata’, in the future. An individual’s life is…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Hormuzd Daruwalla is a dynamic and multi-dimensional professional, who has tasted success across different genres. Equipped with degrees in Civil Engineering and Management, Hormuzd manages multiple businesses as an entrepreneur and owner of a reputed design and building firm, a trading firm and a salon. He is also a qualified mental health…
– Of The Youth, By The Youth, For The Youth – Our Community’s foremost non-profit outfit, established with the aim of promoting camaraderie and unity amidst children and young adults, XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrian) Foundation (established in 2014), has just launched its Youth Wing, titled ‘XYZ Seniors’. XYZ Seniors are a group of people who…
During the pandemic which has challenged the very survival of an innumerable number of the financially backward classes and slum-dwellers, Aviva Damania, founder of The Mind Essentials, along with The Banyan Tree team, donated and distributed a month’s ration and sanitation kits to a hundred families, which were in need of basic food to sustain…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Veera is a published Author (‘Endured’ and ‘#LoveBitesLifeHacks’) and Columnist; a passionate Educator and Counsellor; Poet and Philosopher… but most of all, a lover of all things literary. [/otw_shortcode_info_box] Have you ever come across those individuals who somehow exude confidence and self-assurance in all that they do? Oh! They seem so put…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Delzad K Avari is a Le Cordon Bleu, London Alumni. His love for cooking was evident from a very young age. Having completed the Grand Diploma in cuisine and patisserie from the London campus, post his Hotel Management degree from Mumbai’s Sophia Polytechnic. His expertise has been honed with rich and varied…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] Parsi Times presents our readers ‘The Zen Series’ by PT Columnist, Kashmira Shaw Raj – a professional Taichi and Qigong practitioner and teacher, as also a sought-after clinical psychologist and healer. These Zen stories will resonate with you and help you connect within, at a deeper, inner level to encourage and empower…