The Writ Petition hearing filed by key petitioner Jamshed Sukhadwalla and others against Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL), The Union of India and others, drew to a close with its final hearing on 8th October, 2018, at the Bombay High Court, in a room filled with over a hundred concerned community members. The hearing…
For the first time ever, NCPA takes you on an exciting journey with an exclusive event – ‘The Secret Garden’ – featuring Marshall and ‘The Mischief’. The Mischief comprise an edgy, fun-loving, 4-piece Alt-rock outfit, known to be amongst Mumbai’s meanest musicians! The band’s music is a culmination of vocalist Yohan Marshall’s lyrics and song…
When William A. Wellman wrote the story for the first ‘A Star is Born’ (1937) and won the Oscar for his efforts, little would he have envisaged that three remakes would follow – in 1954, 1976 and 2018. The most recent, and an almost faithful adaptation of the 1976 version, has Lady Gaga (born Stefani…
‘Measure’ helps you with quick, everyday measurements around the house and office — similar to a tape measure. With the Measure app, you can measure the length and height of objects in the real world like the size of a rug, the width of a cabinet, or the height of a table. You can switch…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mailparsitimes@gmail.com by 17th October, 2018. Winner: “Dog: If she says ‘#Me TOO’ instead of ‘Mee oww’ I’ll be in the dog-house!!’” -By Zubin R. Wadia (Pune)
Top European band, Prague Queen paid a rocking tribute to Rock Legend Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the iconic band ‘Queen’, held last week, on the 5th and 6th of October, 2018, at Mumbai’s Rang Sharda auditorium in Bandra. Queen is a legendary and probably the world’s most popular Classic Rock band. And Prague…
Young Parsi magician, Zenia Bhumgara was recently awarded top spot, winning the ‘Stage Magic Competition’, as a part of the Memorial National Magician’s convention called ‘Jantar Mantar’, held in Surat, on 4th and 5th October, 2018. Organized in memory of the legendary magician, late K. Lal’s sixth death anniversary, Zenia won the trophy for her expertise and…
The Zoroastrian community in Nagpur gathered embellishing their daglis and kor-ni-sarees, to commemorate the 123rd Salgreh of Bai Hirabai Mullan Dar-E-Meher on 5th October, 2018. The celebrations commenced with a jasan performed by eight mobeds at 5:30 pm, followed by distribution of chasni and refreshments. A Falaa Ni Maachi was offered to the Atash Padshah,…
Nine-year-old Karishmah Meherjee, from Alexandra Girls’ English Institution, recently participated in ‘World Record India’ in Zigzag Skating Marathon in Pune and won the Gold Medal on 7th October, 2018. Having performed with a group of students from her school, the team collectively broke the record of skating in a zig-zag style for a period of…
The Just Demands Of The Parsees What have our dear Parsees done? Why should they be made to run? To divert the route of a metro train, And take it to another lane? So that the Sacred Fire should burn. The numbers of Parsees is minuscule, The Parsees always follow the rule. Please don’t…
According to Hinduism, our Earth passes through various cycles, as per mankind’s mental conditioning and consequent actions (karma). These cycles (Yugas) are, Sat-Yug, Treta-Yug, Dwapar-Yug and Kal-Yug (which we are passing through now). Lord Ram was the seventh incarnation of God Vishnu in the Treta-Yug. Since every Yug is a struggle between the forces of…