It’s not just the title that is alliterative: with bounteous babes, bullets and Biharis– though not necessarily in that order– in good measure, Kushan Nandy’s ‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’ can lay claim to being a tolerably worthy, albeit milder successor to Anurag Kashyap’s 2012 ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. Contract killer Babu Bihari (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) has no compunctions about…
ભોપાલ પારસી અંજુમને તા. 12મી ઓગસ્ટ 2017ને દિને પારસી નવા વર્ષની ઉજવણી કરી. છ કુટુંબોએ સાથે મળીને હોટલમાં જઈ આ પ્રસંગની ઉજવણી કરી હતી. આ કાર્યક્રમમાં હાજર રહેનાર લોકોએ રમતો રમી તથા મજા ભરેલી પ્રવૃતિઓ કરી નવરોઝ ઉજવી હતી. આ પ્રસંગે ભોપાલ પારસી પંચાયતના પ્રમુખ રોહિન ગાંધી, સેક્રેટરી ગેવ ધનજીભોય અને ખજાનચી (કર્નલ રિટાયર્ડ) ફિરોઝ…
‘બોય’ આપવાનું મહત્વ શું છે અને કેબલામાં નવ વખત ઘંટડી કેમ વગાડવામાં આવે છે? એરવદ હરવેસ્પ: બોય આપવાની ક્રિયા એ ઘણી મહત્વની છે જેનાથી ખરાબ શક્તિનો નાશ થાય છે. બોય આપતી વખતે આતશ નીન્યાએશ ભણાય છે અને દુશ્માતા, દુઝુકતા, દુઝવરશ્તા (ખરાબ વિચારો, ખરાબ શબ્દો અને ખરાબ કર્મો) ભણતા દુષ્ટતા અને નકારાત્મક શક્તિને દૂર કરવા એક…
Excellent Parsi New Year Issue Kudos to the team of Parsi Times for delivering another superb Bumper New Year Issue yet again. Your advertisements were absolutely right – your special issues are indeed collector items. Me and my whole family were very excited and delighted to read all the articles which truly celebrated our wonderful…
Make It Happen! Dear Readers, I’m sure most of us must have set foot into our navu varas, amidst much fanfare and celebrations, as we absolutely must – fun, food and laughter is the hallmark of our Community! It’s always lovely to be showered with warm greetings by our family and friends on New Year…
The Parsi Ambulance Division (PAD) celebrated Independence Day at its Headquarters in South Mumbai, on 18th August, 2017. Attended by its members, a flag hoisting ceremony was held in the morning. Established in 1904, Parsi Ambulance Division has been giving free ambulance service for the past 113 years within the municipal limits of Mumbai and…
Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) Behram’s Battalions (Dadar group) celebrated ‘Family Day’ on 20th August, 2017, at JB Vachha High School, where XYZ’s members’ parents put up stalls of food and other items. In spite of the rains, the event which included a play, dance and fashion show, was attended by two hundred people. The children…
After completing two successful sessions at Bund Gardens and Petit School in Pune, Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) inaugurated a new chapter, Pune’s ‘Vistasp’s Viking’s’ on 20th August, 2017 at the Lulla Nagar Parsi Colony, Pune. XYZ Founder, Hoshaang Gotla met with parents and started the day with a prayer, followed by tots between four to fourteen…
The dark clouds formed the perfect setting for Bai Jerbai Baug Sports League’s (BJBSL) ‘Monsoon Games’ on 19th August, 2017 which saw 36 members, between 16 to 50 years of age, participate in four teams of nine members each. These teams competed in 10 different games including blind folded obstacle race, lifting cans with a…
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and Ardeshir BK Dubash, the producers of the play, ‘Laughter In The House – 2’, are offering four hundred tickets at highly subsidised rates to community members who are theatre-enthusiasts but are economically constrained to buy them. The play – a tribute to the legendary Adi Marazban…
The EIL Bombay Centre celebrated Independence Day on 20th August, 2017, with community Chairperson, Dr. Lily Mistry and Director of Celebration of National and International Days, Vispi Dastur, addressing the gathering. This was followed by a quiz conducted by Hon. Secretary, Viraf Mistry. The event concluded with the National Anthem.