Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 8th April, 2020. WINNER: Deepika: Farha Ma’m, please teach me ‘12’ new dancing steps as I think Modiji will ask us to dance for ‘12’ minutes on our balcony at ‘12’ noon, in…
On March 26, 2020, Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University Of Medical Science, Iran received the second humanitarian package of medical supplies and safety equipment, sent to them through the support of Indian Zoroastrians. Over the past three weeks, two containers of medical supplies had been sent to Iran, that has been facing a major challenge controlling the…
A few decades ago, ‘Corona’ referred to a shoe company. I am talking of the days when TV had not yet come to India and hence the only powerful medium of advertising was the radio. Whether it was All India Radio or Radio Ceylon or Vividh Bharati, the ‘Corona’ shoe advertisement blasted like this in…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Veera is a published Author (‘Endured’ and ‘#LoveBitesLifeHacks’) and Columnist; a passionate Educator and Counsellor; Poet and Philosopher… but most of all, a lover of all things literary.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Welcome, dearest world, to 2020! Fearful, anxious, panic stricken – are we? Think back, to how long we have been plundering, corrupting and marauding it!…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT Film Critic, Hoshang Katrak takes a look at some films, which had a ‘virus’ as the central theme![/otw_shortcode_info_box] As the continents (Antarctica excluded) of our planet grapple with the lethal and unseen enemy, one’s thoughts dwell on Hollywood’s fascination for the unknown… While the perils of viral annihilation has been the subject…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#051f94″ background_color=”#cff0ff” css_class=”boxed”] Parsi Times is delighted to share one of our community’s and nation’s topmost Fashion Designer – Ashdeen Lilaowala – featured in the ‘Designers at Home’ platform, a by-invitation series, hosted by thevoiceoffashion.com, where Indian fashion designers share their thoughts and creative ideas — fashion or otherwise — while working…
If you are a stickler for privacy or just curious to know which of your apps does what, install Skit to view the insides of each app. Skit allows you to view, at a glance, detailed information about any app – when it was installed, when it was last updated, what permissions it uses and…
Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit’s one desire is that man should not recognize him and appraise him at his true value. He lurked about me to beguile me into the wrong path. I saw not his deception. My Fravashi, Guardian Spirit, warned me against the danger. But as in vain does the ploughman goad his…
Thank You BPP for the Truly Helpful Direct Help Line Initiative For The Community The initiative taken up in the current scenario of COVID-19 by all the Trustees of the Bombay Parsee Punchayet is a boon in disguise as on today, without considering all future allegations against them! My mother aged 73 years, is stuck…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. She credits her learnings and insights, shared in her articles, to all Zoroastrian priests and scholars whose efforts…
The novel coronavirus is neither ‘Divinity’s Wrath’ nor ‘Nature’s Vengeance’. From a Zoroastrian perspective, this virus is the opposite of all that is good, God-given, life-giving and health-promoting. However, there are all kinds of posts on social media about the coronavirus being ‘Divine Anger’ on mankind and COVID-19 being ‘Mother Nature’s Vengeance’ on human beings! …