Ain’t All Frowns Under This Lockdown, Right?

Ain’t All Frowns Under This Lockdown, Right?

[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] It’s been close to a month now since we were unceremoniously hurtled into this lockdown mode. Unprepared, uncertain, the nation reeled under the…

TCS Offers ‘Career Edge’ – Free Digital Certification During Lockdown

TCS Offers ‘Career Edge’ – Free Digital Certification During Lockdown

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The programme, offered on the TCS iON Digital Learning Hub platform, is followed by an online digital assessment and certification, according to a TCS statement.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] On 6th April, 2020, Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) strategic unit – TCS iON, announced a free, 15-day, self-paced digital certification programme called ‘Career Edge’, specially designed for college…

(Er.) Frazan Kotwal Lifts Spirits Of German Patients During Pandemic

(Er.) Frazan Kotwal Lifts Spirits Of German Patients During Pandemic

On 3rd April, 2020, our community’s extremely talented musician, Er. Frazan Adil Kotwal, currently based in Germany, was invited to the Robert Bosch Hospital to sing for patients enduring the Coronavirus. Handled with care, in keeping with the need for Social Distancing, he sang from outside the hospital premise, while the patients watched from their…

The Corona Crisis: Why Does It Take An Adversity To Bring Out The Best In Us?

The Corona Crisis: Why Does It Take An Adversity To Bring Out The Best In Us?

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Our community’s leading medical luminary, Dr. Keki Edulji Turel commands 47 years of expertise in neurosurgery and is a Consultant Neurosurgeon, Prof. Emeritus, Dept of Neurosurgery at the Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences. Known for his compassionate outlook towards his patients, Dr. Keki Turel is the Managing Trustee at Mumbai Institute of Neurosciences…

SOAS’ ‘Living Zoroastrianism’ Receives Special Mention At BAFTSS

SOAS’ ‘Living Zoroastrianism’ Receives Special Mention At BAFTSS

‘Living Zoroastrianism’, by Anna Sowa and Almut Hintze from SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies and Chouette Films, has received a Special Mention at the prestigious 2020 British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Awards ceremony, in the Best Practice Research Portfolio 2020 – Installations and Video Essays Special Mentions. The judges…

Handling Your Dog During The Lockdown And The Quarantine

Handling Your Dog During The Lockdown And The Quarantine

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Asia’s leading Canine Behaviourist and PT Columnist, Shirin Merchant, shares extremely relevant and crucial ‘Do and Don’t’ guidelines for pet-owners during the ongoing Lockdown and Quarantine cycles.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] It’s been nearly two weeks that we are all Lockdown, and some in Quarantine, isolating ourselves, in an effort to flatten the curve.  Sit! Stay! The…

Nagpur’s Khushroo Poacha Brings Relief During Pandemic

Nagpur’s Khushroo Poacha Brings Relief During Pandemic

CM Uddhav Thackeray Cheers Him On! Nagpur’s good Samaritan, Khushroo Poacha, a Superintendent with the Central Railway (CR)’s Commercial Department (Nagpur), has hit upon a successful strategy to feed thousands of poor and needy, especially during these challenging times – but without taking help from NGOs, donations, or even opening a bank account! Making the…

The 101 Names Of Pak Dadar Ahura Mazda – Part II

The 101 Names Of Pak Dadar Ahura Mazda – Part II

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…