Most of us don’t move enough. In fact, we don’t walk much or even fully breathe. The human body is made for movement, which is life. When movement stops completely, we call it death. Movement starts with the very first experimental kicks of the foetus within the mother’s body. It registers as a tickle and…
Come December…. The Beginning Of The End! Dear Readers, The popular saying, ‘Every end marks a new beginning’, is usually meant in a consolatory or comforting context – but thanks to the harrowing pandemic, time can’t be ticking fast enough to conclude this deadly chapter that has shaken the core of humanity. We can’t wait…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#0b1657″] The festive season heralds the onset of marriages. From a Zoroastrian viewpoint, marriage is the celebration of life itself. To understand our prayers, most of us need to refer to translations. A marriage is hopefully, a once-in-a-lifetime experience and many, especially those getting married, would like to understand its essence from…
Come December, ’tis the most beautiful month of the year, Come December, Christmas time is here! Come December, ’tis time for peace and goodwill everywhere, Come December, ’tis festive, fun time, food and good times to share! Unlike today, about half a century ago, as students, we would receive long winter vacation time of about…
Surat-based entrepreneur, popularly known as the Greenman, Viral Desai, has undertaken the mission to transform and redevelop Udvada Railway station on the theme of climate action and ecosystem restoration. He has completed the first phase of work through his NGO, ‘Hearts at Work Foundation’ by planting more than two and a half thousand trees, alongside…
Mumbai’s Rustom Baug resident, Rustom Kersi Patel, clinched an extraordinary haul of medals at the ‘All-India Dirt Time Attack Autocross 2021’, winning four Gold and two Silver medals, across six different categories. The event, which was held at Amanora Park in Pune, on 28th November, 2021, had over 121 riders who came down from all over…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#0b1657″] Parsee Gymkhana (PG), the most popular and loved team in Mumbai Cricket, has garnered a massive fan following beyond the city and India… including Austria, England, UAE, Australia, New Zealand and even Russia! PG’s cricketing chronicles continue to win hearts that beat for cricket the world over! This unit is very…
Dear Readers, And just like that, we will enter the last month of 2021 in a couple of days! Even as most are getting into the festive mood, we look over our shoulders every so often, in keeping with the rumours of the potential outbreak of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, in India….
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 1st November 2021. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Disclaimer: Some of our ‘Caption This’ Contest photos are taken from freely available, public online resources and are published in a light and humorous…
On 24th November, 2021, India’s major online grocery platform, the Tata-owned BigBasket, announced its foray into offline retail (physical stores), with the launch of its first technology-driven and unmanned, self-service ‘Fresho’ store, in Bengaluru’s Basaveshwar Nagar. It was inaugurated by three farmers, who are part of BigBasket’s Farmer Connect programme. With a plan to invest…
Masina Hospital has always been known for its excellent care and has treated Community members for over a hundred years with empathy and compassion. For the past few years, the hospital has focused on revival by modernization, constantly upgrading our technology, our infrastructure and our specialists to serve Mumbai even better as a multi-specialty medical hub for Mumbai. November 18th,…