[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The declining count of the Parsi population is a grave matter of concern as this poses a great potential threat to our rich traditional and cultural heritage. Dr. Katy Gandevia, Programme Coordinator of Jiyo Parsi, a GOI initiative to arrest the declining Parsi Population, highlights the importance and relevance of this scheme to…
Meherbai always says, “Dikra, I am not superstitious at all – touch-wood, touch-wood! Only, I don’t walk under ladders and I stop in my tracks when I see a black cat (mui avvar kaari bilari).” She refuses to see that the black kitty is also God’s creature like any of us and has as much…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Our Sudreh and Kusti is most effective and protects us best when we perform the Kusti ritual correctly and at the stipulated times. One also needs to do the right ritual gestures at the right words. PT Reporter Jamshed Arjani catches up with our Community’s leading religious scholar and priest, Er. Dr. Ramiyar…
To begin with, the title as well as the subject matter of the film is risqué, at best. In tackling this bold and gritty subject, Akshay Kumar seems to have temporarily forsaken his superstar aura and dauntlessly dived into a subject the current PM holds dear to his heart — Swachh Bharat campaign. Keshav (Akshay),…
‘Atomic Blonde’ — the title apparently borrowed from the song Blondie by the group Atomic– is an out-and-out one woman show. Its 1989, before the Berlin wall is set to come crumbling down. MI6 undercover agent Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is sent to Berlin for a two-fold reason—to probe the death of an MI6 agent…
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી . ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. આ વરસમાં નાણાકીય મુશ્કેલી નહીં આવે. આખા વરસમાં ગુરૂ તમને પૈસાની ખેંચ નહીં આપે બને તો બોન્ડ કે ગોલ્ડમાં રોકાણ કરી લેજો. વરસની શરૂઆત સારી નહીં રહે. ચિંતાઓથી ઘેરાયેલા રહેશો. બચ્ચાઓના ભણતરની ચિંતા, ઘરમાં રિપેરીંગનો ખર્ચ કરવો પડશે. 18મી ઓગસ્ટ સુધી રાહુ…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]There is hardly an aspect about our Parsi culture more intrinsic than Theatre, or as we call it – ‘Natak’. Watching a play before heading out for dinner is an integral and unbroken Navroze ritual. Though Parsi Theatre has evolved over the decades, it has sustained its unique ‘Parsipanu’ even today. Our Community’s…
Be it New Year or birthdays, the accompaniment to dhan-daar is usually macchi no patio or tareli macchi. You go to Udwada on a pilgrimage and it would not be deemed complete if you were not served the boi for lunch or dinner. At weddings or Navjotes, there are the saas ni macchi enthusiasts and…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] It is quite commonplace, in keeping with our culture which overflows with an affinity for dogs and pets, to see most of our pooches spoilt silly with all our ‘laar gela’. Let’s face it – our pooches are given way more leniency than our own family members, sometimes! Leading Canine Behaviourist and…
Parsis landed in India about 1200 years ago. The exact date of landing differs amongst scholars but that is not important. After the sugar and spice, and all that’s nice sort of episodes, we were allowed to stay in the kingdom of Sanjan, but with a rider, rather four riders – one of which was,…