Answer, Shall I Have It? Answer, shall I have it? In the play, ‘Merchant of Venice’, Shylock asks this question in the Venetian court whether the court will allow him to have the pound of flesh nearest to the heart of Antonio the Merchant, as per the bond. The “flesh” nearest to the community’s…
So, Give A Thought To Your Thoughts! A Sanskrit saying goes thus: ‘Yad Bhavam, Tad Bhavati,’ or ‘The world is as you are and you become what you think’. Throughout the animate and the inanimate world, we find patterns of continuous rhythms, in which everything exists in a state of continual vibrations of energies. The mind…
Together, We Can Do So Much! Dear Readers, One of the best aspects about a community is that it empowers us to help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals. When we belong to a community as small and close-knit as ours, ‘strength in numbers’ takes on additional weightage. The true greatness of any…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#0f1bff” background_color=”#85edff”]To ensure you kickstart the New Year in the best way possible – amid peals of laughter – Parsi Times is delighted to present, what is clearly now one of our most-in-demand columns – Cyrus The (not So Great) – Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Unstoppable Humour, as he…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] When it comes to Traditional, Ethnic or Western men’s wear in our Community, one needs not look beyond Kaizad Wadia’s fine fashion and perfect fits. He dresses his eclectic range of clients with impeccable style and timeless grace – be it our traditional wear like Daglis, or the more formal custom clothing…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#0f1bff” background_color=”#85edff”]Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, is back to share his HOWLARIOUS take on his musings as regards whether the Parsi Community is Matriarchal or Patriarchal, in our monthly monthly column, Cyrus The (Not So) Great![/otw_shortcode_info_box] .s I’ll start with the greetings Mark Anthony used when he saw Brutus…
Superstitious fatalism teaches that man is not a free agent who can shape the actions of his life. The movements of the stars regulate them. Inexorable and inevitable is fate. It holds universal sway. Nothing can alter what fate has set down. Immutable and irrevocable is the decree of fate. Everything happens as fate wills….
Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, unleashes his hilarious take on Father’s Day in our monthly column, Cyrus The (Not So) Great! Someone has to do it! The disparity is ridiculous – it’s like Bill Gates and me…. Okay, that’s too much of a disparity. Make it Bill Gates and You! How can…
Life forgives you. It really does. When you cut your finger by mistake, the sub-conscious intelligence within you immediately sets about to heal it as new cells build bridges over the cut; if you eat wrong food, the body eliminates it to preserve you; if you burn your hand, the life-principle gives you new skin,…