[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Yazdi Desai, Chairman, BPP, updates the community about the current ongoings in the BPP, with Parsi Times’ Exclusive Column – BPP Connect. .[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Ever since I first contested the BPP election in September 2003, it has been my dream that the BPP be an oasis for the less fortunate of our community. Today…
[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] . Sinlessness is struggle. It is triumph in the war waged against temptation to sin. The sinful act is a sin indeed, but the very will to sin,…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you our monthly column promoting Western Classical Music by leading connoisseur, Khushroo Suntook, Chairman of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA). Mr. Suntook re-acquaints you to the joys of this unparalleled form of music and invites us to relive its melodic splendour by taking us on a journey…
It’s December Already! Dear Readers, We’ve entered the last month of 2017! The year seems to have sped by… we look back with mixed feelings – glad to have achieved some of the things we set out to do, and not so glad about a few others that didn’t see the light of day. Since…
Masina Hospital Department of Dentistry headed by Dr. Arnavaz Havewala, along with Pediatric Dentist, Dr. Shahid Shaikh and dentist, Dr. Shabana Khan, conducted a Free Dental Check-up Camp as part of the Masina Outreach Program, at the Women Graduates Union (WGU), Colaba, on 26th July, 2017. Fifteen tiny-tots of WGU’s Balwadi center and forty students…
XYZ’s Rustom’s Rockstars (RR) from Bandra celebrated Children’s Day and their recently achieved victory at ‘XYZ Extravaganza’ by indulging in an evening full of fun and outdoor activities, on 19th November, 2017. Initially keeping the location of the picnic a secret so as to add to the excitement, the bus finally reached Upvan lake, Thane…
‘Lion Daara B. Patel, Secretary-General of Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA), received the Economic Times Award and a ‘Certificate of Excellence’ at the ET Pharma And Life Sciences Congress 2017, on 3rd November, 2017, in Mumbai. A veteran in the pharma industry for over three decades and a crusader of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry, Daara…
CRICKET India Wins Second Test Against Sri Lanka: Stellar batting performances from Virat Kohli (213), Cheteshwar Pujara (143), Murali Vijay (128) and Rohit Sharma (102*) with great bowling from Ashwin and Jadeja, helped India win the second test by 239 runs against Sri Lanka at Nagpur. Batting first, Sri Lanka notched up 205 in 79.1….
Throwing Light On The Metro III Alignments by Maneck Engineer Kudos to Parsi Times for bringing out an excellent article in the issue dated 11th November, 2017, with an exhaustive explanation along with diagrams, to clear the doubts from the minds of the community members, that the Metro does not undermine the sanctity of religious…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Last month, the greats of the Community came together to celebrate and cheer the achievements and successes of some of the Community’s leading individuals and organisations, at the glittering Zoroastrian Achievers Awards Night (ZAAN) 2017 function. Seventeen exemplary community luminaries were felicitated with the much-coveted ZAAN for doing the Community and the nation…
The Bangalore Parsee Zoroastrian Anjuman felicitated Naval Hormusji Dalal on his 103rd Birthday, on 27 November, 2017. Born in 1914 into a horse racing family, Naval’s elder brother Rusi, who was just a few years older than him, took him for admission to the Clarence Boys School in Bangalore, where the English headmistress christened him…