Iconic veteran theatre producer and actor who ruled Parsi, Gujarati and English theatre for decades, and renowned advertising personality, Burjor Patel passed away on 4th January, 2022, due to old age. The much acclaimed, former Khaleej Times Advertising Director was 91. Perhaps the only attributes which could compare to his awe-inspiring talent and remarkable personality,…
On the very second day of the New Year 2022, dynamic 18-year-old, Ruksheen Adil Madon, passed away in a road accident on the Manali- Chandigarh highway. She was on an excursion with ninety others. One of the buses fell in a ditch and Ruksheen got off her bus to rush and help. A speeding bus…
બે વર્ષ પહેલાં કોઈએ કલ્પના પણ કરી ન હતી કે આપણે રોગચાળાથી બચવા માટે યુદ્ધ લડીશું! દુર્ભાગ્યપણે ત્યારે જીવન અને આજીવિકાનું અપાર નુકસાન થયું હતું, પરંતુ અંધકારના આ કપરા સમયમાં પણ વિશ્ર્વાસ અને આશાનું કિરણ ખીલ્યું. લોકોને જીવનના આ વિશ્ર્વાસમાં પ્રોત્સાહહિત કરનાર વ્યક્તિ મળ્યો છે. આશામાં તેઓને તમામ પડકારોનો સામનો કરવાની હિંમત મળી છે. વિશ્ર્વાસ…
પારસી ધર્મમાં, શ્ર્વાનને ખાસ કરીને ફાયદાકારક, સ્વચ્છ અને પ્રામાણિક પ્રાણી તરીકે ગણવામાં આવે છે, જેનું સન્માન કરવું જોઈએ, સારી રીતે ખવડાવવું જોઈએ અને તેની કાળજી લેવી જોઈએ. શ્વાન જે ઘરમાં ઉપયોગી કાર્ય કરે છે તેના માટે તેની પ્રશંસા કરવામાં આવે છે અને તે વિશેષ આધ્યાત્મિક ગુણો ધરાવતો હોવાનું પણ જોવામાં આવે છે. શ્વાનની ત્રાટકશક્તિ શુદ્ધિકરણ…
Happy New Year! Dear Readers, Transitioning from 2021 to 2022 may have been a lot more subdued than we’d have liked, with the third wave rearing its head… but over the past couple of years, we have learnt to find and cherish the little joys in little things, and celebrate moments instead of occasions. Club-parties…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 5th January 2022. [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…
The NCPA beckons you to start New Year on a nostalgic note with ‘Yesterday Once More’ (Experimental Theatre on 7th January, at 7.00 pm), featuring songs from the Golden Age of pop – by the Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warwick amongst others. CITI-NCPA Aadi Anant: From Here to Eternity (Tata Theatre on 8th January at…
On Christmas day, 25th December, 2021 Panthaky Baug (Andheri, Mumbai) came alive to celebrate its Golden Jubilee with much pomp. Organised ably by the new PWC Committee (comprising Zubin Sodawaterwala, Eric Lath, Shahrokh Bulsara, Zubin Elavia, Mahiyar Khambatta, Percy Dangore and Kursuh Wadia), the event was held in complete adherence to the mandatory Covid protocols….
The Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe Incorporated (ZTFE), in its 160th year, held a virtual (online) Annual General Meeting on 18th December, 2021, to ensure the health and safety of its members, in keeping with the surge in COVID-19 infections, mainly the Omicron variant. The ordinary business of the AGM included the election of the Management Committee,…
Pilamai from the Baug was a busybody who dabbled in everything. Her well-trained, hen-pecked husband did all the house-work, with the result that Pila had the whole day to herself. Her sons told her to “take it easy” and play with her grand-children. Pilamai thought, “Just as well the sons are living separately. They want…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Parsi Times brings you Dr. Jasvi’s column on her unique Numero-Tarot monthly readings, based on your month of birth: [/otw_shortcode_info_box] January (Lucky No. 8; Lucky Card: Strength): A little struggle and fight is part and parcel of everyone’s life – this is temporary phase for you. Face it with confidence. Life is…