Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of SII (Serum Institute of India) – the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, says it will take around four to five years to produce enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate everyone in the world, as per news reports this week. Poonawalla’s remarks came a day after Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan’s claim that…
US-based best-selling author and award-winning novelist, Thrity Umrigar, who is known for writing books that depict Indian, Indo-Americans and American characters with poignancy and nuance, will release her latest venture – a brilliant picture-book titled ‘Sugar In Milk’, illustrating the value of refugees. The story, popularly known in India as ‘Doodh Ma Saakar’ and is…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] In the news for her pivotal role in the hit ongoing web series – Flesh (ErosNow) – actor and model – Urvazi Kotwal has received much appreciation for her role by the masses and the critics. Parsi Times shares a tête-à-tête with Urvazi in our column, ‘In The Spotlight’, which cheers for…
Earlier this week, Parsi Times was contacted by a Good Samaritan, who conveyed to us about his being informed of an elderly, 87-year-old Parsi gentleman, who was living all by himself in abysmal conditions and had taken very ill. So, he went over to the house of the old man to check up on him…
Do you ration pleasure? Do you reserve it only for high days and holidays? How much pleasure do you allow yourself? Do you section it into chunks, isolate it, or leave it for another day in the future which may never come? Life becomes more enjoyable and rewarding by making just a few straight-forward arrangements….
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] Marzee Kerawala is a Certified Financial Planner with expertise in Income Tax and Investment products. Managing assets worth over Rs. 4 Billion, his firm ‘NiveshIndia’, designs Tailored Investment Strategy through Customised Financial Planning for individuals and NRIs, and also handles Treasury Management for Corporates and SMEs. You can contact him at +91 9987567667 or Email: marzeek@niveshindia.co.in [Website…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] Parsi Times presents our readers ‘The Zen Series’ by PT Columnist, Kashmira Shaw Raj – a professional Taichi and Qigong practitioner and teacher, as also a sought-after clinical psychologist and healer. These Zen stories will resonate with you and help you connect within, at a deeper, inner level to encourage and empower…
With the ascending bright flames of the sacred fire on the altar, my prayers rise upward and ascend unto Garonmana, the Abode of Song, the celestial residence of Thee, Ahura Mazda and Thy angels and archangels and the Fravashis of the righteous dead. Thou dost come down from the highest heaven to listen to the…
[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…
‘SWAYAM’ is a GOI initiation to provide the best teaching and learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged via a platform that facilitates hosting all courses taught in classrooms from Class 9 till Post-Graduation made accessible to anyone, anywhere, at any time. All courses are interactive, prepared by India’s best teachers and available for…
The Worst of Times – The Best of Men Charles Dickens opens his classic, ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, set in the background of the French revolution with the lines, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” History…