October 11, 2019 marks Day 1 of the International Jazz Festival 2019 presented by NCPA. Dal Segño Trio Featuring LaToya Smith (6:30 pm): 20-year career, New York City native and band leader, Darrell Smith has played drums with globally renowned musicians. Mentorship from acclaimed musicians like Kenny Washington, Ali Jackson, Dafnis Prieto, Bernard Purdie, and…
My association and voluntary support to promoters of Pureganic Products goes way back past five years – they are very genuine, humble and noble people. Their caring for community initiative taken by Team Parsi Times via its comprehensive reach to create the much needed health awareness every week amongst readers as well as community, has…
Twenty years ago, UNESCO requested me to create a programme on the Parsi Zoroastrians, as they realized that this community was facing demographic extinction. With the loss of culture, the world loses a part of its wisdom and UNESCO’s mandate was for us to record this culture. Even as a student and teacher of the…
This Parsi New Year, head out to China Bistro (Worli) and Glocal Junction (Worli and Andheri), to savor some appetizing and delectable dishes, curated especially for the festival of Parsi New Year!! CHINA BISTRO, a Pan-Asian, fine-dine restaurant, offers flavorful dishes like ‘Fire Roasted Mandarin Chicken’, ‘Chicken Basil Dumpling’, ‘Pepper Garlic crabs’, ‘Lobster in Seafood…
On 28th May, 2019, Ahmedabad’s Khushnum Avari was awarded the ‘Times Power Women Of the Year Award’ in the field of Education and Professional Training, by the Vice Chancellor of Gujarat University, actor Jimmy Shergil and Shilpa Phugalia, Director – BMW Gujarat. Originally from Mumbai, Khushnum settled in Ahmedabad after her marriage. An ex-Jet Airways…
Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak! Dear Readers, It gives me great joy to present you our Parsi Times Jamshedi Navroz Special Issue. I hope this bumper issue brings you as much delight, as it has given us a sense of satisfaction and joy in presenting you pages brimming with ‘Positivity and Happiness’ – the theme of our…
Lord Ganesha is invoked before commencing anything significant and it is for this reason that he is called the ‘Lord of Beginnings’. He is also known as Vighnaharta or remover of obstacles. The concept of Vighnaharta or remover of obstacles resonates with the Zoroastrian concept of Verethragna or victorious (in overcoming difficulties, foes or enemies). What Vighnaharta Ganesha is to devout Hindus, Verethragna Bahram…