If ever there was a female-centric film, Kangana brings it to life in ‘Simran’. A collaboration between a National award-winning director and a National award-winning actress is bound to create more than just a flutter. Well, it does – till you realise that the writing could have had more credibility than it does. A 30-year-old…
Garlic-Yogurt Baked Chicken Ingredients: 4 Chicken Breasts, halved; Fresh Ground Pepper, 6 Garlic Cloves, minced; 1/2 Cup Plain Yogurt; 1/2 tbsp. fresh Coriander Leaves; 1/4 Cup bread crumbs, Oil for greasing; Salt to taste. Method: Lightly pound chicken just enough to even it out. Place chicken in a large bowl and season with salt and…
Light of Life Trust (LOLT), an NGO established in 2002 by Villy Doctor, in partnership with Flowering Tree, Inc. USA, organised a musical dance drama, ‘Kalpataru – A Musical’, on 9th September, 2017, at Sophia Bhabha Auditorium, Mumbai. Directed by Artscape Production, performances were by talented, underprivileged children from rural areas, who were trained under LOLT’s Anant Program, with the aim of fostering…
To an extent, Farhan Akhtar’s tryst with musicals continues in his latest ‘Lucknow Central’. It’s a wonder that, having sung in six of his previous films, he doesn’t croon a single song in LC despite being the lead musician in his group! But moving ahead… Kishen Girhotra (Farhan Akhtar), an aspiring singer from Moradabad, is…
Take A Minute, Change A Life Dear Readers, Last Sunday, 10th September, marked ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’, and the title of this editorial, ‘Take A Minute, Change A Life’, is the theme for this year. This line really got me thinking… especially when I read the statistics – worldwide, every year about three million (thirty…
Lawyer, philosopher, criminologist and professor, Dr. Rohinton Mehta, released his co-authored book – ‘Matheran – A Mountaineering Manual’ in August 2017, along with wife and Director of CorporatEdge, Rupa Mehta, and colleague, Swati Mahajan. An avid mountaineer and popular on the hiking circuit in Mumbai, Dr. Rohinton spent four years documenting this book which showcases…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 23rd September, 2017. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” rounded_corners=”rounded-10″ background_color=”#c4dbff”] Winning Caption “Being Chapla with the Japla!” – By Jarbanoo Dotiwala [/otw_shortcode_info_box]
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor and Dinshaw Tamboly Step In.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] On 15th September, 2017, caretaker of Udvada Museum, Aspi Sepoy, met with a tragic accident at the Udvada railway station, when he was trying to board the ‘Firozpur Janta’, but slipped and fell on the tracks under the train, crushing his legs. He was…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Jio MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image), Mumbai’s premier Film Festival in its 19th year, graces Mumbai film enthusiasts, from 12 to 18 October, 2017. Parsi Times film critic Hoshang K. Katrak brings you exciting details shared at the press conference, on 14th September. [/otw_shortcode_info_box] Partnered by Star, with co-sponsors including Govt. of…
Last year, Parsi Times partnered with our community’s premiere All-Parsis Cultural and Sports annual Fest, ‘WINGS’, which drew over a thousand people and over two hundred teams, showcasing their best talent in an array of events. After celebrating great success in its first year, ‘Wings ‘17’ is back this year, with Parsi Times as media…
Experiment in International Living (EIL), Bombay, conducted a drawing competition on the topic of National Integration, at Lady Engineer High School on 21st August, 2017, which had over 100 students participating across 3 age categories. The EIL community thanked Principal Errick Elavia and the panel of judges – Past Community Chairman and Hon Secretary, Viraf…