Today, many across the globe will celebrate Christmas Eve and tomorrow, the Christmas feast or holiday. Iranians would have already celebrated the feast of Yalda on 21st December. Interestingly, the festival of Christmas has similarities or rather roots in the ancient Iranian feast of Yalda, which celebrates the winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere. While…
‘I-Specialists’ Blurring Community-Vision! Dear Readers, The one question that has been plaguing my mind for a while now, is, why does it take a calamity for us to snap into being the helpful and selfless souls that we are all capable of being? As a community, we have more than adequately proven our sense…
Parsi Times is delighted to share yet another brilliant win by Pezan Hemin Vapiwala, who secured a gold medal for India, at the International Martial Art Games, 2022, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 9th December, 2022, bringing much pride to the community and the country! The 21-year-old Vapi-resident competed at Nepal’s Dasarath Rangsala Sports Complex,…
The Mumbai Marathon attracts a host of different crowds and causes, in a gathering of solidarity and unity. Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., committed to giving back to society, will participate for the 14th consecutive year in TATA Mumbai Marathon – 2023. Come January 15, 2023, 105 Godrejites will run the Full Marathon (42 Kms.),…
With the aim of reducing the waiting period of paediatric cancer patients in need of a bone marrow transplant, the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Parel (Central Mumbai) has partnered with three city hospitals – Wadia Hospital, SRCC Hospital (Haji Ali) and BMC-run Comprehensive Thalassemia Centre (Borivli). Though nearly two hundred children with different cancers…
These days, it’s normal, or even a bragging point, to claim how hard you’ve been working. It’s almost like we have confused success with over-exertion and burnout. Having unrestricted social media exposure, our lives are more visible to all. We find ourselves enmeshed in a need to prove our worth, to show how busy and…
What’s in a word? Simply this… a mélange of consonants and vowels, all put together in a pattern to form a word. Words come together to form a sentence. A senten—-oops here I go preachy, preachy. When it comes to anything to do with a language or literature, mainly English, the teacher and lecturer in…
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 17th December 2022. [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…
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી .+ ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. 25મી ડિસેમ્બર સુધી ગુરૂની દિનદશા ચાલશે. હાલમાં ફેમીલી મેમ્બરની ડિમાન્ડ પુરી કરવામાં સફળ થશો. આ અઠવાડિયામાં નાણાકીય બાબતની અંદર સારા સારી હોય તો ઉધાર લીધેલા પૈસા પાછા આપી દેજો. ગુરૂની કૃપાથી તબિયતમાં સારા સારી રહેશે. ફેમીલીમાં વધુ સારા સારી થાય તે માટે…
The demand to award industrialist, philanthropist and social activist – Ratan Tata, the highest national civilian honour – the Bharat Ratna, has been amplifying across India. Already awarded the prestigious Padma Vibhushan in 2008, Ratan Tata’s dedication to the over-all upliftment of industry, society and development across various other sectors, has attracted much global praise…
The holiday season is the best time of the year and after two years of having subdued celebrations due to the pandemic, this year, it’s even more special! People are travelling, socialising and getting back to normal life. Even so, there is a certain level of anxiety around the culinary part of the season. For…