વહાલા વાંચકો, જો કે આપણે આ વખતે ઓછો ઉત્સાહ દાખવતા આપણા નવા વર્ષમાં પ્રવેશ કરીએ છીએ, આપણે આપણા બધાના હૃદયથી નવી ભ્રમણકક્ષાને આવકારીએ છીએ! અને નવા વર્ષમાં આપણા હૃદયમાં આશાની ભાવના ભરેલી છે – વિશ્ર્વમાં પણ કોરોનાવાયરસ રોગચાળો દ્વારા લાવવામાં આવેલી નવી દુનિયાની શરતો આવે છે. નવા વર્ષમાં પગ મૂકતાંની સાથે, આપણે અનુભવીએ છીએ કે…
[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] 2020 could very well have turned out to be every Parsi’s worst nightmare. Right now, in this virus-filled bleak world, the word ‘celebration’…
The turmoil at our borders continues. The media is replete with news of incursions and intrusions, with neither side showing any urgency in de-escalation. I believe the genesis of the problem lies in the origins of this border. Who drew the border and how was it drawn? Way back in 1912, on orders from His…
– By Edul Daver-WZCC Global President – Let me start by wishing our Community a very Happy Parsi New Year! Yes 2020 is certainly different but with creativity we can make it just as meaningful and enjoyable! In May 2020, ‘A Bright Star In The Service Of Our Community’ enumerated 26 activities which clearly demonstrate…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Kashmira Shaw Raj is a professional Taichi and Qigong practitioner and teacher. Also, a successful clinical psychologist, psychic and healer, Kashmira runs ‘The Tai-Qi Touch’ with her husband, Dr. Brijesh Raj, a healer and a Vet. Taichi practitioners for over fourteen years now, they are instructors in Sifu Carlton Hill’s Tao Taichi Qi…
Hope burns eternal within the heart. As Eruchshaw Einstein says, as long as there’s hope – well, there’s hope!! So, I’ll tell you some tales from our Baugs on HOPE! (What else?) In our prominent South Bombay walu Cusrow baug, there is this70-year-old frustrated spinster, called Alamai Banga, who has high hopes of finding a bakro to saprao, and…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. She credits her learnings and insights, shared in her articles, to all Zoroastrian priests and scholars whose…
Hope buoys me up. Hope raises the banner under which victory can be won. I am happy when the bright ray of hope shines upon me. Often is hope doomed to disappointment. I become upholder of a forlorn hope. Me bright hope gives way to despair. My long cherished hope grows dim and fades. It…
2020 should be declared as the Year of Reflection, Resilience and Reawakening. From the Australian bush fires, to the new found word-of-the-year that has made a famous beer brand even more (in)famous and everything in between, the past 7 months have taught us unforgettable lessons of our lifetimes. Contrary to disputed theories as regards how…
“When fishes flew and the forests walked And figs grew upon the thorn, Some moments when the moon was blood, Then surely I was born.” Poet G K Chesterton tells us of the condition of the world when the donkey was born. I was born in a world almost as topsy-turvy as a donkey,…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Hope is a powerful and optimistic word. You can embody it by being that sunshine which brightens up someone’s life. In today’s difficult times, be kind, helpful to all living creatures and most importantly, never stop hoping, because miracles happen every day. Hope indeed is super magnetic force, you just need to…