Dear Readers, Welcome to the New Year! Hope it’s started off with a lot of love and laughter for you all. On behalf of the PT team, I thank our readers for all the New Year greetings and for the extremely encouraging and generous feedback about our Bumper Special Issue that you shared with us…
[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] With homage and adoration, praise and glorification, I lay my offering at Thy feet, and dedicate my all to Thee, Ahura Mazda. What I bring unto Thee and…
The Bandra Tata Blocks Welfare Association (BTBWA) organized a visit to the four Atash Behrams across the city on 31st of July, 2016. Commencing with Banaji Atash Behram at 8:00 a.m. followed by Atash Behram at Fanaswadi, the group of fifty further visited Anjuman Atash Behram and Wadiaji Atash Behram. They also visited the Cama…
Q.: My 24-year-old daughter was happy go-lucky but now keeps to herself, is alone and silent – moreso with her irregular periods. She’s been treated earlier for hyperacidity, but it keeps returning no sooner than it gets relieved. She’s also unhappy at her workplace. Please advice. Dr. Batra: Your daughter is showing symptoms of depression,…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Our prayers are a storehouse of omnipotent energies. Each day of the Shahenshahi calendar is named after an angel and today is Shehrevar Roj, dedicated to Shehrevar Ameshaspand. The Shehrevar Ameshaspand Setayash, a prayer which praises Him, has countless benefits. PT Reporter Jamshed Arjani discusses this prayer with Ervad Pervez Karanjia, Panthaky of…
Team ZTFI (Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India) celebrated Parsi New Year with the residents at Parukh Dharamshala (Mumbai) on the 15th of August 2016, with over 75 senior citizens who had a fun time at the event. ZTFI Trustee Yasmin Jal Mistry started off with greetings, and handed sweets and gifts to all the residents,…
Zoroastrians observe Khordad Roj of Fravardin Mah as Khordad Saal. This is the sixth day of the first month of the Zoroastrian calendar. Each of the 30 days of the month, as also each of the 12 months of the Zoroastrian calendar, is dedicated to an Amesha Spenta (Bounteous Immortal) or a Yazata (Adorable Spiritual…
Before I start this article, I must say that ‘Reincarnation’ has been a rather controversial subject with the Zoroastrians. Why so? Because our Priest-class and some scholars say there is no reincarnation in Zoroastrianism. Some base their dissent on actual study of the scriptures whereas many just go along because the priests says so. However,…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Gourmet Extraordinaire Mahafrin Umrigar, is an Eng. Lit. graduate, home maker and highly successful home-chef, known to supply her delectable delights to big-wigs in Bombay and beyond. Cooking being a childhood passion, Mahafrin took to the kitchen as an excited ten-year-old, alongside her grandmother, and went on to continue and expand her mother’s…
The film is out, and so are the reviews and the verdict. While the critics’ reviews have been mixed, audience reactions in general have been encouraging. That the film is based on the celebrated Nanavati case was never in doubt. While the actual events of the late 50s and the early 60s had political undertones…
Originally planned to be titled ‘Dolly Lahore Mein’, ‘Happy Bhag Jayegi’ is a carefree, nonchalant film which promises much but fails to go the distance. Harpreet ‘Happy’ Kaur (Diana Penty) is a feisty and plucky bride-to-be who decides to play the vanishing trick on her wedding day in Amritsar. Jumping into a truck laden with…