“Novruz promotes the values of peace and solidarity between generations and within families as well as reconciliation and neighborliness, thus contributing to cultural diversity and friendship among peoples and various communities”. Zoroastrianism’s 7 festivals include Navroze and the 6 Gahambars – all festivals of the agricultural season. These are dedicated to Ahura Mazda, Lord of Wisdom…
As children it only took a lollypop or video game to bring that smile back to our face. It was so easy to be happy. Small things made us happy, but with time, we move the goal posts. It takes a balance of successful careers, relationships, financial security and other determinants to make us happy….
PT’s dynamic Teen-Writer, Avan Navdar shares the battles every teen has to face, in the form of pressures, to be able to finally find happiness! “I want to refresh my mind, clear all my problems and just have fun in life.” – A Teenager Being a teenager in today’s world is hard. You are expected…
Happiness is a broad term that describes the experience of positive emotions, such as joy, contentment and satisfaction. Research shows a direct connection between mental health and physical health – in addition to making you feel better, being happy brings you a host of potential health benefits… basically, ‘Being Happy’ leads to ‘Being Healthy’! Numerous studies…
Auckland’s Zoroastrian Community is all set to embrace Jamshedi Navroz with some good old Bawa humor, with the Parsi natak – ‘Tirangi Tehmul’, all thanks to the efforts of Benifer Porus Irani. An active community worker, Benifer connected with Rashna Mehta, the daughter of the play’s writer – late Dorab Mehta, to get the script…
Your first recall when you hear ‘Nargol’ is serenity – a clean, lush beach, gorgeous trees, a small lazy town and relaxation. There is a sense of familiarity and warmth about Nargol, a quaint village in South Gujarat, caressing the Maharashtra border. Home to a number of early Zoroastrian settlers or Parsis in India, many…
Is Your Pet Pooch Happy? We are all only too well aware of the happiness and unconditional love we receive from our pet pooches. But are we doing our bit to keep them happy? One of the biggest worries a pet parent has is whether their dog is happy. We often find ourselves asking what…
The only thing that makes a Bawa happier than his two-wheeler, is tending to it! What is it about our motorcycles that even the very thought of these brings out an instant smile to our faces? And the moment we get on our bikes, even before we get the engine started, we’ve already been transported…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e5c78d”]Many of us have the concept of happiness confused with having checked off the superficial boxes that social norms impose and define as being happy. And some of us are just too busy tending to various expectation that we and others have of us, across our various capacities – as parents, siblings, children,…
The Mandli met at Meherbai’s house for a pre-Navroze celebration and the topic of the day was ‘Happiness and Positivity’. Meherbai asked everyone what made them happy and here’s how it went: Cowasji Casanova: If only I could get married and settle down, I’d be happy. Much-Married Minocher Moochchwala: If only I could divorce my…
In 1776, the introduction to America’s ‘Declaration of Independence’ proclaimed, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Closer to home and almost two centuries later, the doyen…