WGU Scholarship Awards

WGU Scholarship Awards

The Women’s Graduate Union (WGU) Scholarships Awards function was held on 10th January, 2017 where scholarships are awarded every year to women keen on pursuing higher education. Chief Guest Dr. Shubha Tole, Professor in Neuroscience from TIFR, gave away need-cum-merit based scholarships to 91 students, including Research Scholarship. President Havovi Gandhi spoke about various projects…

Letters To The Editor

Letters To The Editor

In Support Of Cmdr. Medioma’s Letter To PT I fully support the views written in Parsi Times’ Letters To The Editor, by Commodore Medioma Bharda, asking us to help safeguard our ancestral properties.  I request all like-minded people to write in to him and let us form an association to protect Parsi land and properties….

XYZ’s Fun Day In Thane

XYZ’s Fun Day In Thane

On 8th January, 2017, XYZ-Thane’s ‘Noshirwan’s Knights’ organized an amusing finger puppet making activity conducted by Nancy. Over sixteen XYZ children enjoyed games based on the animal theme of the month with enthusiasm. Children between 5 and 15 years old, who wish to join the XYZ team can get details at www.xyzfoundation.net or call 9820683398.

Film Review: Ok Jaanu

Film Review: Ok Jaanu

Shaad Ali’s (Saathiya) tryst with the romance genre continues. This time he’s opted to remake Mani Ratnam’s Tamil version of ‘OK Kadhal Kanmani’. Adi (Aditya Roy Kapur), a video-game designer from Kanpur, meets Tara (Shraddha Kapoor), an architecture graduate at a friend’s church wedding. The two don’t have any compunctions about communicating and relaying phone…

Film Review: Haraamkhor

Film Review: Haraamkhor

Released with barely an ado, Haraamkhor is the story of 15-year-old Sandhya (Shweta Tripathi), a small town schoolgirl infatuated with her school teacher Shyam (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), even as 12-year-old Kamal (Irfan Khan) secretly pines for Sandhya. Goading him on is his confidant Minto (Mohammed Samad). Writer-Director Shlok Sharma, in his debut feature film — one…

Know Your Bombay! – 14th January 2017

Know Your Bombay! – 14th January 2017

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you interesting facts about our beloved Bombay! Explore this city’s amusing history and get to know why and how so many streets and places got their names with KYB![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Breach Candy The name originates from a Hindi-Arabic fusion word, ‘Burj-Khadi’. The area has many famous landmarks throughout its long and…

Caption This! – January 14, 2017

Caption This! – January 14, 2017

Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 19th January, 2017. . . . . .[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” rounded_corners=”rounded-10″ background_color=”#c4dbff”] Winning Caption “De Taali! Ab Jeb Hai Khali!”  (On Demonetization) – by Khurshed Buhariwalla [/otw_shortcode_info_box]

Chomp And Cheers: With The Perfect Parsi Prawn/Fish Curry-Chawal And Sesame Seeds Laddo (Til Na Laddo) And The Revolver

Chomp And Cheers: With The Perfect Parsi Prawn/Fish Curry-Chawal And Sesame Seeds Laddo (Til Na Laddo) And The Revolver

The Perfect Parsi Prawn/Fish Curry-Chawal Ingredients: 500 gms Prawns or 2 medium sized Pomfrets, cut into slices; 1 whole tin – Coconut milk; Oil; Salt to taste; Fresh Coriander leaves for garnish; Grind/blend together the following: Half – Fresh Coconut; Sprig of Curry leaves; 1 tsp. – Coriander seeds; ½ tsp. – Mustard seeds; ½…