‘World For All Animal Care And Adoptions’ (WFA) held its second Board meeting on 2nd April, 2017. The meeting which was attended by Freyan Bhathena (who was inducted as Trustee), Richa Bahl and Anushka Manchanda, as well as the employees, core team volunteers and supporters of WFA, covered WFA’s progress in the year 2016 –…
Quench you thirst this summer at Golden Star Thali (GST) (Opp. Charni Road Station (E) with the purest Alphanso mangoes. Relish unlimited Aamras every Saturday and Sunday, in addition to a range of exotic sweets that accompany the exclusively made dishes. Also revel in a bowl of pure Aamras complimentary, on weekdays. GST extends this…
XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) presents a week-long, fun-filled Summer Camp held simultaneously in Thane, Andheri, Bandra, Dadar and Colaba for children between 4-16 years, from 1st May to 6th May, 2017 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. The camp includes sports, art and craft activities, professionally conducted workshops, games, quizzes, cooking, competitions, teachings on religion,…
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 12th April, 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 “Jaraa door oobhi rahe ni! Kharab laagech!!” – by Soli Katrak [/otw_shortcode_info_box]
Mumbai’s Jereemy Guarrd, independent graphic designer, has created an illustration of a ‘Baby Afargan’, and would like to share it with our community. Operating in the field of graphics and illustrations since the past two years, Jereemy recreates enticing visuals that appeal to the common man. Speaking with Parsi Times, Jereemy said, “I created this…
On 24th March, 2017, numerous Zoroastrians flocked to the Radio Club Pier in Colaba to worship Avan Ardavisur Banu on the occasion of Ava Yazad Parab. The celebrations commenced with twenty-one mobeds performing a jasan, headed by Vada Dasturji of Udvada, Khurshed Dastoor, with a special reference to a prayer from the Ardavisur Niyaish, followed…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Start your weekend with positive vibes with inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’ by Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla of Karachi.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Life is pleasure, they say, who preach that human self is nothing more than the sum total of desires and appetites and passions and the object of…
It was Sheroo’s birthday. She was Meherbai’s neighbour and the birthday-girl personally did all the chowk-chadan-toran-sagan herself before carrying a silver tray containing sev-dahi-banana and a boiled egg covered with a delicate embroidered muslin. Sheroo desperately wanted to get married and ever since she was 20, her parents, friends and match-makers (kaj-walis who were themselves spinsters) showed…
I am surprised, nay shocked, Meherbai and her vociferous, or is it voracious, baug-brigade has not censured all the verbal diarrhoea that is being spewed out by the so-called leaders of our destiny, of our Bharat, i.e. India. Hungry for power, these leaders(?) use a language that would make a sailor blush! Elections seem to…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times shares excerpts from one of the all-time-classics – ‘In Search Of My God’ – which celebrates Zoroastrian history, religion and culture. What better way to rediscover the splendor of our great religion than by enriching the comprehension of our glorious roots and exploring the brilliance of the greatest of all religions……
At their usual Chai-pe-Charcha session, this time at the US Club at Colaba, Meherbai’s Mandli drove the waiter crazy (so what’s new?) with each one ordering a different dish and different preferences ranging from “Don’t put salt!”, “Put more salt!”, “No Ajinomoto in the soup!”, ” Yes, more Ajinomoto!”, “Make it sweet!”, “No sugar please!”,…