The Khorramdasht Fire Temple, an ancient Sassanid-era monument, located in central Iran, has been demarcated to be protected from any possible destruction. A team of Tehran’s archaeological and cultural heritage experts has defined boundaries for this historic fire temple, which is an example of the Chahar-taqi buildings – an architectural unit consisting of four mudbrick…
On 26th November, 2021, Iran’s Minister of Immigration and Displacement – Evan Fayek Jabo, visited the Zoroastrian (Ateshga) and the Yesna Zoroastrian organization in the city of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, to closely inspect the conditions of Zoroastrians living there. She was received by a number of Zoroastrians, led by Awat Husam Al-Din, the Zoroastrian representative in…
NCPA presents an exciting X’mas treat with artists of all ages, genres and styles congregate to bring you Christmas… including 7-year-old stars Ivana and Tiana who have rewritten their own lyrics too, and Elvis as well as a play by a senior citizen and more surprises! Spreading cheer and messages of Faith, Hope, Love and Joy, some…
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 8th December 2021. [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…
Miro is a free tool for using digital whiteboards for Meetings, Workshops, Ideation, Brainstorming, Research & Design, Strategy & Planning and Mapping and Diagramming. It can be used on a desktop, tablet or your phone. The main App offers a variety of templates like Kanban boards, Flowcharts, Mind-maps, etc. Besides, it is multi-platform and works…
Most of us don’t move enough. In fact, we don’t walk much or even fully breathe. The human body is made for movement, which is life. When movement stops completely, we call it death. Movement starts with the very first experimental kicks of the foetus within the mother’s body. It registers as a tickle and…
Come December…. The Beginning Of The End! Dear Readers, The popular saying, ‘Every end marks a new beginning’, is usually meant in a consolatory or comforting context – but thanks to the harrowing pandemic, time can’t be ticking fast enough to conclude this deadly chapter that has shaken the core of humanity. We can’t wait…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#0b1657″] The festive season heralds the onset of marriages. From a Zoroastrian viewpoint, marriage is the celebration of life itself. To understand our prayers, most of us need to refer to translations. A marriage is hopefully, a once-in-a-lifetime experience and many, especially those getting married, would like to understand its essence from…
Come December, ’tis the most beautiful month of the year, Come December, Christmas time is here! Come December, ’tis time for peace and goodwill everywhere, Come December, ’tis festive, fun time, food and good times to share! Unlike today, about half a century ago, as students, we would receive long winter vacation time of about…
Surat-based entrepreneur, popularly known as the Greenman, Viral Desai, has undertaken the mission to transform and redevelop Udvada Railway station on the theme of climate action and ecosystem restoration. He has completed the first phase of work through his NGO, ‘Hearts at Work Foundation’ by planting more than two and a half thousand trees, alongside…
Mumbai’s Rustom Baug resident, Rustom Kersi Patel, clinched an extraordinary haul of medals at the ‘All-India Dirt Time Attack Autocross 2021’, winning four Gold and two Silver medals, across six different categories. The event, which was held at Amanora Park in Pune, on 28th November, 2021, had over 121 riders who came down from all over…