On 26th April, 2018, social worker, Jeroo Billimoria was awarded the eminent Royal Honor from the King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, by being appointed Officer of the ‘Order of Orange-Nassau’ – a Dutch civilian order of chivalry, bestowed on people for providing committed and outstanding service to society. Having established and led multiple international non-governmental organizations based…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT Reporter Khushroo Mehta catches up with Er. Khoremand Marolia, at Zai Agiary in Bordi, who elucidates upon the importance of the five Gehs in our Zoroastrian religion.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] PT: Could you explain the context behind dividing the day into five Gehs in our religion? Er. Khoremand: The day has been divided into five gehs…
The WESAK festival (called VAISHAKH in India) occurs annually at the time of the full moon of TAURUS Zodiac sign in late April or early May. A ceremony takes place on this day in a Tibetan valley on the further side of the Himalayas 390 miles west of Lahasa wherein blessings are given to all those…
Intolerance and bigotry and dogmatism are the bitterest enemies of religion upon earth. They make religion a tyrant, a persecutor, a veritable daeva, the demoniac perversion of angelic religion. The frog croaks that his well is the whole world and the bigot boasts that his is the only inspired and perfect religion. The truth and…
Genre: Biography, Crime, Thriller Rating: 3/5 98 minutes Director: Hanslal Mehta When I had first heard of the film last year, I had assumed it would be akin to a film on the Mafia, since Omerta is the Sicilian code of silence where the captured admit nothing, for fear of retribution on their families. The…
In our personal lives we have many people who guide us in the process of taking decisions – family, friends, consultants, etc, whom we trust and who help us enrich our lives with their experience and knowledge. They help us in choosing a career, a life partner, even setting up a business. We share a…
CRICKET DD Beat RR By Four Runs: Power packed performance from Rishabh Pant (69), skipper Shreyas Iyer (50) and Prithvi Shaw (47) helped Delhi Daredevils (DD) win by four runs V/s Rajasthan Royals, as per the DLS method, as rains reduced the match to 12 overs each and Rajasthan needed 150 to win off 12…
How To Get That ‘Toned’ Look Women come to the gym to ‘tone up’ – they desire the fresh look of firmness. They believe that body weight floor exercises will give them what they want. Many women will not and are often not encouraged to lift beyond 5 or 10 pounds. Floor exercises can neither…
There are innumerable reasons for bone issues. They can stem from having rickets in childhood, rheumatoid arthritis in the young and the old, low bone density issues due to heredity, bad diet and eating habits, illnesses, incorrect or wrong medication, etc. Bone issues can affect children, adults and old people alike. No matter the age,…
Baap Aur Punya The best known sequence, till now, of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor is of ‘Naseeb’ (1981) where the two cavort to the evocatively sung Mohammad Rafi’s ‘Chal mere bhai’. Now, in ‘102 Not Out’, their sixth collaboration, AB and RK deliver an unbridled comedy, based on the eponymous Gujarati play, written by…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you Dr. Jasvi’s monthly column on her unique Numero-Tarot Readings, based on your birth month.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] January (Lucky Number – 3; Lucky Tarot Card – Empress): Focus on things that need to be done. Happiness, success and peace is what comes your way in the near future. Justice is on the cards….