Psychologist Mehezabin Dordi practices at the Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital This year’s theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) is, “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,” which has essentially birthed a whole new hashtag – ‘Break the bias’. But from a mental health perspective, what makes the tomorrow more sustainable? Women’s day is…
This simple extension reminds you to stretch from time to time. The timer runs in your browser and is configurable. When the countdown timer reaches zero, StretchClock shows easy exercises you can do at your desk, in business attire, including simple Office Yoga poses. You can change the settings as per your preference. You can…
Every year, March 8th is celebrated as International Woman’s Day dedicated to the approximately 3.82 billion women, that make up the population of the world, according to a 2019 census. By that number alone, a celebration is certainly in order. Women worldwide have fought long and hard for their rights and there’s no denying it’s…
Fighting The Good Fight Dear Readers, There’s something to be said about the victory that results from fighting the good fight. It’s so much more than simple success. It’s redeeming. It reconfirms your faith in a lot more than the cause that you stood up and fought for. To fight the good fight is about…
Women-specific health problems become synonymous with being a woman, but you no longer need to suffer in silence. Instead, take a step forward towards preventing and eliminating these women-specific health concerns. One such step is seeking physiotherapy for preventive or corrective measures. What better occasion than Women’s Day to understand the role of physiotherapy in…
Be it Eve or Indira or Elizabeth… or then Joan of Arc or Jhansi ki Rani or Malala or those magnificent Parsi women of Variav… these were all strong women. A woman, is as Maggie Lindemann puts it: “I’m more than just a picture, I’m a daughter and a sister; Sometimes it’s hard for me…
On March 3, 2022, Jamshedpur, known as the Steel City, celebrated its glorious 183rd Founder’s Day with a glittering tribute marking the birth anniversary of the Founder of Tata group, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. The celebrations commemorate the Founder’s vision, after whom the steel city was named, nearly a century ago. The theme of this year’s…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] The Bombay High Court has declared Sunday, 29th MAY, 2022, as the date of elections for ALL SEVEN SEATS of the Trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet. The verdict was delivered by the Divisional Bench of the Bombay High Court on 1st March, 2022. [/otw_shortcode_info_box] As community members will recall, in March…
Jamshedi Navroze 2022 Contest
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 2nd March 2022. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Disclaimer: Some of our ‘Caption This’ Contest photos are taken from freely available, public online resources and are published in a light and humorous…
Soli, the bachelor, had been wanting to get married for some time now. His loneliness had gotten to him and so he had started drinking country-liquor, like Devdas. His land-lady, Pilamai Popat, counselled him to get married and fixed up an appointment with the famous match-maker, Coomi Kaajwali, saying, “There’s this fat, five-foot-nothing ‘boy’ of…