Wings’17, the All-Parsi Sports and Cultural Festival, organized in association with the Sir Ness Wadia Memorial Pavilion, will kick off on 26th October, 2017, with over three hundred teams and individual registrations. Wings’17 promises to be a buzzing festival with a jam packed schedule including indoor and outdoor sports and virtual gaming. Its finale event…
On 2nd July, 2017, the Government of Madhya Pradesh conducted a massive tree plantation programme by planting over two million saplings to enter the Guinness World Book of Records. The Parsi Community of Jabalpur did its bit by planting over one hundred and fifty trees in the cemetery compound. The Chief Guest for the plantation…
The Sardar Sorabji Ratanji Patel Dar-e-Meher, consecrated in 1843 at Pune’s Nana Peth street, celebrated its 174th Salgreh on 3rd May, 2017 (Behram Roj, Adar Mah). Built by Sorabji Ratanji Patel on the recommendation of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, the holy fire has been fostered for seven generations by the Dastur family, the last of…
Happy Birthday To PT! Dear Readers, As Parsi Times completes a successful sixth year and sets foot into its glorious seventh orbit, on behalf of all at Parsi Times, I thank you – our ardent readers and steadfast supporters – for your boundless encouragement, high-spirited participation and invaluable guidance through this momentous journey. Thanks to…
It’s hard to believe how quickly time flies, but, it does. Parsi Times is now seven years old. Seven is a favourite number all over the world. Many consider it to be a lucky number. There are seven days of the week, seven colours of the rainbow, seven notes on a musical scale, seven seas…
Zubin Amaria has been recently elected as a ‘Member of Executive Council’ of Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA) for a period of 4 years. A prestigious assignment in the sports world, MOA is perceived as the supreme governing sports body for all forty-five recognised Olympic Games, in Maharashtra. This declaration was made by President MOA and…
Senior, eminent member of the Lions Club of Byculla and Sion, Lion Daara Patel was recently elected to the prestigious position of ‘International Director Endorsee’ of District 323-A1, Mumbai at the 27th Annual District Conference, held on 2nd April, 2017, in Mumbai. Current Secretary-General of the pharmaceutical association, ‘Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association’, India (IDMA), Lion…
The Lions Club of East Bombay (LCEB) executed two need-based projects aggregating over Rupees One Lakh, over the month of March. On 14th March, 2017, seven Club members donated colourful desks, tables and chairs to the KPB Nursery School at Umtolpada, Gholvad, District Dahanu. The club also erected an attractive slide in the School Compound….
The Indo-American Society presents a one-day workshop on ‘Productivity at the Workplace’ by Yazdi Tantra on 15th April, 2017 from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm at Lincoln Auditorium, Indo- American Society, Kitab Mahal, 5 D, Sukhadwala Marg, Fort. Learn to use Google, Gmail, Evernote and Mobile Apps to improve productivity and save time. The investment…
WAPIZ’s annual raffle (priced at Rs. 100/-), whose proceeds are used for WAPIZ’s various activities, held its Lucky Draw on 31st March, 2017 at the WAPIZ Office, with Trustee, Meher Panthaki picking the winners blindfolded to ensure fairplay. (Video posted on Facebook.) The two lucky winners were Aspi Surveyor and Burges Wania, each winning a…
The well-known American politician Frank Clark said, “I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humour in it”. That’s true indeed – add humour to grow a fondness for anything. But how does one make Mathematics, which is feared by most, a friend? Quite a task, but not impossible to…