Jamie Dominates; Danesh, Hoshmand, Diana Impress With Podiums Young Parsi racers dominated numerous categories at the Ajmera IndiKarting Clash of Go-Karts event, held in Mumbai recently. Over 500 entries translated into 177 participants battling for top honours, at Ajmera IndiKarting, Mumbai’s only racing circuit. The FMSCI approved event attracted participants from Kashmir, Kerala, Vijayawada, Gujarat,…
Greatly Benefit Community WAPIZ conducted its second much-needed, Free Breast Cancer Detection Camp, on 19th May, 2019, at Navroze Baug. This marks the second camp, in a long series of such camps to be conducted across the Baugs in Mumbai, over the next few months. WAPIZ has undertaken this venture in order to provide free…
The People Have Spoken!!! Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, is back with his uproarious wit in our monthly column, to give you his take on the Elections!!! The people have spoken. As I pretend to write this, (my writings are basically a collection of different posts by others on the internet, which…
Continuing his inspiring and ceaseless streak of receiving awards and honours, doing the Community and the nation extremely proud with his expertise as the leading Ophthalmologist of our times – Dr. Cyres Mehta became the very first Indian to be awarded the prestigious ‘Presbymania’ Award on 17th May, 2019, in a glittering, global awards ceremony…
CRICKET IPL 2019 Mumbai Indians Win Thriller Against CSK: The El-Classico of the Indian Premier League kept its fans on the edge of their seats, as Mumbai Indians (MI) clinched a thrilling one run victory against defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Malinga’s last over will be…
The erstwhile principal of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Girls High School, Miss Nergesh Bamji is no more. She breathed her last on the morning of 13th May, 2019 at the grand age of a 102 years. Born on 2nd July, 1917 to Bachubai and Kaikobad Bamji in Bombay, she did her schooling in J B Petit…
Behram Baug held its sixth popular Box Cricket Tournament – ‘The Behram Baug Premier League’ – on 11th and 12th May, 2019, organized well by its young team. A grand auction of players was held earlier, after which 91 participants over 13 mixed teams fought hard to grab the Championship. BPP Chairman Yezdi Desai and…
Meherbai’s Mandli reads Parsi Times every week, from cover to cover chipi-chipi-ney and hold discussions on its various topics. A couple of weeks ago, they read a rather provocative article on why some women prefer dogs to men in the famous ‘Pet Puja’ column, and this is how the discussion went… PT Article: ‘A Study says that…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]As the holy month of Adar (dedicated to the Divinity of Fire) draws to a close, Parsi Times is pleased to carry the story of Iranshah, the very first Atashbehram that our forebears consecrated in India. Why is this fire named Iranshah? Did we bring this fire from Iran? Was it consecrated in…
[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] The Kavis and the Karapans, the seeingly blind and the hearingly deaf, who worked as exorcists and cast out demons and with charlatanism prospered among the ignorant and…
Perizya Zack from Behram Baug Parsi Colony (Jogeshwari) and a student of Vibgyor High School (Goregaon), did everyone proud scoring a brilliant 95.4% in the ICSE 2019 examinations. She owes her success to her proud parents – Zubin and Gulshan Zack – as also her teachers for this accomplishment. Perizya believes in striking a balance between…