On April 13, 2019, the Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League (CBUSWL), held its biggest sporting annual event, the ‘CB Sports Day’ at the Cusrow Baug grounds. Known to draw a large number of residents to partake the fun and cheer, the event drew participation from individuals across generations – with the youngest being…
Based in Surat, Behnaz Todiwala is the Art Director and Founder of the globally renowned Utkarsh Dance Academy LLP, dedicated to preserving India’s cultural heritage through Classical and Indian Folk dances, for the past 25 years. A Bharatnatyam connoisseur, staunchly committed to the practice for 39 years now, Behnaz Todiwala is a Gold Medallist in…
The ‘Love All Serve All’ Interfaith Conference was organized on April 7th, 2019, by the International Society of Sathya Sai Baba and the Sathya Sai Centers of USA, with the purpose of promoting the spirit of unity within diversity, which was amply portrayed by spiritual leaders from six major religions of the world. Venerable Sumitta represented…
Raell Padamsee’s ACE Productions Presents, ‘The Best Of Alyque’ an evening with excerpts from some of Alyque’s best plays and musicals comprising ‘Broken Images’, ‘Kabaret’, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, ‘Evita’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, and more… all with the original casts including Shabana Azmi, Shiamak Davar, Gerson Da Cunha, Sabira Merchant, Sharon Prabhakar, Dolly Thakore, Dalip Tahil,…
Mumbai has been celebrating International Jazz Day for over seven years now – this year’s eighth edition will be curated by the NCPA and Louiz Banks. The three-hour event will feature a comprehensive array of artists from Jazz Standard to Jazz Fusion – featuring some of the finest musicians and singers in the country. NCPA…
Good Health is becoming a major challenge for all of us in today’s stressful, polluted and adulteration-filled world. I recently came across a unique and effective concept of Pureganic, which has developed 100% Organic and Natural tasty Agro-based superfoods, which I am happy to share and recommend to the esteemed readers of Parsi Times….
Shapoorji Pallonji And Company Pvt Ltd is the flagship company of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, a global diversified organisation, with the core business of building mega-structures, multifaceted iconic landmarks, and driving innovative technologies in water management, renewable energy, oil and gas and power. Shapoorji Pallonji has 19 businesses with a leading presence in the sectors…
On 10 April, 2019, the Indian Express reported that The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB, cleared by the outgoing Lok Sabha, proposed providing citizenship to “Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan”. But in the BJP’s Sankalp Patra (Manifesto) released on 8th April, 2019, Christians and Parsis were omitted with…
Empowering Mobeds invites all Mobed sahebs and their wives to an Open-house discussion on a much needed topic that needs attention – ‘Expectations To Enroll Your Son In Full Time Mobedi’. This will be followed by a parent-child session conducted by a mental health panel comprising Dr. Kersi Chavda, Hvovi Bhagwagar and Tanya Vasunia. Empowering…
The Mumbai Mazdoor Sabha (MMS), under the leadership of President Chandbibi Zaidi and General Secretary Dhunji Naterwalla, signed a new three-year Wage Settlement on the 2nd of April, 2019, with the B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital, facilitating an increase in benefits for the Hospital’s Workmen, Upper Staff and Nursing Staff. The MMS is a statutorily…
The triennial elections of the NPP (Nagpur Parsi Panchayet) were held on 31st March, 2019. While the top five posts were filled in unopposed, the remaining seven were contested by ten candidates. The pre-poll scene saw a bit of campaigning and the voter turnout was 68%. The newly elected Committee of the Nagpur Parsi Panchayet…