With the rains arriving in Mumbai, it’s time for that hot Irani chai with Bun-Maska and Nankhatai! Or if you’re one for ice creams in the rains, there’s Parsi Dairy Kulfi and Gadbad!! At SodaBottleOpenerWala, there’s something sweet for all your preferences. And there’s an intriguing story behind these dishes, adding nostalgia to the bakery…
Raёll Padamsee’s Ace Productions presents a romantic tale of passion and love – ‘Unfaithfully Yours’ – exploring aspects of a 26-year long relationship packed with passion, romance, comedy and drama, that’s as wrong as it is perfectly right. Starring Rohit Roy and Mona Singh, and directed and produced by Raёll Padamsee, this play has received…
With yoga becoming an increasingly worldwide fitness mantra, International Yoga Day which falls on 21st June, is increasingly gaining awareness and significance. Especially with aapro Parsi yogi, Dr. Mickey Mehta, the holistic health guru and corporate life coach, leading the roost! 2018 will be the fourth consecutive year when he once again joins forces with…
One of the youngest Zoroastrian colonies in the suburbs, Merwanjee Cama Park, celebrated its Annual Day with great fanfare. Inspite of the rains, residents continued their celebrations and felicitations the following day. Young and promising Percy Amaria’s (who has perfored at the NCPA) rendition of Chaiyye Hume Zarthosti, followed by a few Bollywood and Western…
On the occasion of ‘World No Tobacco Day’ on 31st May, 2018, designated by World Health Organisation (WHO) to spread awareness throughout the world on the ill effects of using Tobacco, Lion Daara Mehta and Dr. Arnavaz Havewala installed a ‘Quit Tobacco’ creative, conceptualised by Unmesh Thanawala of the NGO, ‘Voice Against Tobacco’ at Mumbai…
The Gamadia Colony Recreation Centre (GCRC) organized a Dae Mahino Jasan on 2nd June, 2018. Attended by members of GCRC, the ceremony concluded with a Humbandagi, followed by distribution of chasni to all present.
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times congratulates and celebrates the success of our fab students and young achievers who have done exceedingly well in their academic performances in the Board exams across schools and colleges in India. Kudos to all our bright sparks who make our community proud![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Diligent Delnaz! 18-year-old Delnaz Mehta of Jai Hind…
The Nowroze Baug Play Centre (NPC) presented its 70th Annual Cultural Programme themed ‘Salaam India’ on 2nd June, 2018, at the Damodar Natyaghruha Auditorium, Parel. Sponsored by the WZO Trust, the event was compered by Naznin Govadia, with Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor as Chief Guest, and Senior Inspector Cyrus Irani as Guest of Honour. Seventy…
Love is a double-edged sword that can cut as well as heal. If we are under the illusion that love is some external commodity available for consumption, we may fantasize that perhaps someday, someone will manage to package it into a free, small, plastic gizmo that we sometimes find at the bottom of a cereal…
[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] Marvellous is the power of thought. Thinking is as natural to man as breathing. Thought has lifted man above the level of the animal world. It has raised…
Awareness Will Pay To Keep The Demagogues At Bay! Dear Readers, Though not particularly reckoned as a literary genius, I tend to gravitate towards the writings of American comedian, popularly known as Groucho Marx, especially when it comes to the definition of a few terms… like when he says, “Politics is the art of looking…