On 1 July 2002, after taking off from Moscow, a Bashkirian passenger airliner and a DHL cargo plane had collided over Germany, resulting in a casualty list of 271. Director Lester alongwith writer Javier Gullol have woven the story into a film which, while managing to hold your attention thorough the hour-and-a-half, fails to be…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]24-year-old Arashasp Shroff, or Arash as he is known popularly, is originally from Mumbai and a graduate from the prestigious, Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, New York. He is currently taking the Post Graduate Advanced Wine, Beverage and Business Management Degree Program, at yet another globally renowned college – The George Brown…
Genre Drama Minutes 135 Director Srijit Mukherji Movie Rating 2.5/5 Shot entirely in Jharkhand and set during Independence on the western border (the original Bengali version ‘Rajkahini’ 2015, was set on the eastern border), Begum Jaan opens with scenes of an old lady stoically rescuing a young women from going the Nirbhaya way. Begum Jaan…
Has there been a time when you have woken up and known that something was not going to be right? Or maybe that today was going to be a very important day in your life? People have told me in hindsight that they did not feel ‘right’. They were anxious, on edge, not being able…
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…
[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…
[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……
[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] Zarathustra drew the lowly and lonely, the needy and neglected towards him and embraced them in his sympathetic heart. The noblest of men and women have always been…
March 28, 2017, marked the passing away of one of our community’s and our nation’s foremost legal prodigies – Tehmtan R. Andhyarujina, at age 83. Former Solicitor General of India, Andhyarujina practiced law for six decades, leaving behind a legacy in judgments he helped shape, with his submissions as Counsel on Constitutional Law. Andhyarujina’s illustrious…
As per a report by the Press Trust of India (New Delhi) on 6 December, 2016, Lok Sabha was informed that the population of the Parsi community in India has reduced by almost half, while that of the Jews has become one-sixth of what it was in 1951. The Minister of State for Home, Hansraj…
The Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League hosted an Under-14 Football Friendly Match on the evening of 15 May, 2016, with Dadar Parsi Colony Gymkhana. A total of 40 boys and girls participated, representing their colonies. Two games were held amid high interaction between the children. Parents and supporters from Cusrow Baug and Dadar…