Homavazir’s 11th C.B.D.A. Scout Group have been doing their bit in keeping with their Scout Promise, part of which mentions – ‘helping other people’. Recently, the Scouts collected unwanted denim jeans and donated them to ‘Project Blue Jeans’ – an organisation that repurposes them into sleeping-bags and distributes these to the homeless in the NCR…
The 11th Poetry Festival by 100Thousand Poets for Change was held online last month, with participation from schools and organisations including Dadar Parsi Youths Assembly (DPYA) High School, J.B. Petit High School for Girls, J.B. Vatcha High School, The Inodai School, Powai English High School, R.S. Deokar English Medium School, Universal School, etc. ‘Angels in Disguise’ was the…
This is an interesting app which allows you to make shortcuts of anything you want on your Android home screen. Simply select the feature and click on CREATE to shortcut. That’s it! Create shortcuts of just anything on your phone viz. installed apps and activities, folders and files from internal storage, quickly change your system…
Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how dire or difficult a situation is, people should maintain a positive mindset. It’s a ‘good vibes only’ approach to life. And while there are benefits to being an optimist and engaging in positive thinking, toxic positivity instead rejects difficult emotions in favor of a cheerful, often…
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 16th November 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. ગુરૂની દિનદશા ચાલુ હોવાથી તમે ભલાઈના કામો કરવામાં સફળ થશો. બીજાના મદદગાર બની શકશો. ફેમીલી મેમ્બરની ડિમાન્ડ પુરી કરી શકશો.સાથે સાથે એમની જે જરૂરત હશે તેવી રીતે મદદ કરવામાં સફળ થશો. આ અઠવાડિયામાં નાણાકીય ફાયદો થવાના પુરા ચાન્સ છે. દરરોજ નસરોશ યશ્તથ…
Every year, the ‘United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’ (UNESCO) celebrates ‘World Philosophy Day’ on the third Thursday of November, underlining the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for each culture and for every individual. According to UNESCO, “Philosophy is an inspiring discipline as well as an everyday practice that can…
Hoshmand Elavia, a resident of Godrej Baug, Mumbai, made the community proud by winning the Overall Title in the Pro Junior Category of the IndiKarting Pro Races. The 15-year-old dominated to finish the four rounds with a total of 98 points ahead of Shobit Narsana (86 Points) and Krish Gupta (80 Points). His consistent form…
A Surat-based Parsi family have been the proud owners of a safely preserved, 194-year-old family heirloom – a Lord Swaminarayan turban, that they keep on display or ‘darshan’ in Surat on Bhai Dooj – a tradition they have consistently maintained ever since they received it in 1881. It is said that Lord Swaminarayan, who visited…
With Gujarat headed to Assembly elections, the State Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi announced that the cabinet had decided to form a committee for the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. The UCC refers to a common set of laws governing personal matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance and succession for all citizens, irrespective of religion. Gujarat is…
My richie-rich friend was showing off her ‘new’ money once again. Mrs. Nouveau Rich told our ladies group, “I spent XX lakhs of rupees on my kitchen, darlings,” to which Mrs. Witchie-witch resorted, “That’s nothing honey, I spent double! This set me thinking… the space once hidden behind a utilitarian swinging-door has become center-stage! …