Canadian resident, Omid Kaveh is an Iranian Zoroastrian who has authored ‘A Gift From Cyrus’, an intriguing novel inspired by true events, which Arya (central character) experienced in his life since he was 12, when the Islamic Revolution started in Iran. The book has also been gaining attention in the US, for its incredible story…
It is perhaps Mumbai’s most famous statue in honour of a man described as the ‘Lion of Bombay’. Every day, thousands of tourists admire the imposing statue of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta outside the municipal headquarters building at CSMT in South Mumbai. On April 3, 1923, the bronze statue was unveiled by Governor of Bombay, George…
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Parsi Times is delighted to share that Mehezabin Dara Dordi – practicing psychologist with the Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Department at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, and PT Columnist – was bestowed the prestigious ‘Business World – 40-under-40’ Award, at the grand event of Business World’s ‘Festival of Wellbeing’, which was held at the…
After enjoying rollicking parties for New Year, Valentine’s Day, Holi and Jamshedi Navroze, the Mandli fixed another party for an all-inclusive lunch date. The idea was that a little bit of nonsense makes a lot of sense in life! This time they had two new couples in their Mandli – Dinamai Designer and her husband…
The Heat Is On! Dear Readers, As Maximum City gets back to having us live through maximum temperatures – Summer seems to be well and truly settling in, much to the discomfort and despair of many who have been dreading the travel and sweat and grime, usually associated with its experiences. In keeping with the…
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 12th April 2023. [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. છેલ્લા 6 દિવસ જ સુખમાં પસાર કરવાના બાકી છે. ગુરૂવાર પહેલા અગત્યના કામો પુરા કરી લેજો. જો તમારા કામ અધુરા રહી જશે તો 13મી થી 4થી મે સુધી નાના કામમાં પણ સફળતા નહીં મળે. ઘરવાળાની ડિમાન્ડ પહેલા પુરી કરી લેજો. લાંબા સમય…
The Padma Awards 2023 were conferred on 6th April, 2023, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. President of India, Droupadi Murmu, who had approved the conferment of 106 Padma awards on the eve of this year’s Republic Day, awarded the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards. In…
10th April, 2023 (Roj-Jamyad, Mah-Ava) marks the 192nd birth anniversary of one of the most popularly worshipped and pious Zoroastrian saints – Dasturji Jamshed Sohrab Kukadaru Saheb – who was known to possess spiritual powers/potency known as ‘Amal’, which empowered him to perform extraordinary feats, which we know as ‘miracles’. Even today, many of the…
Table Tennis legend, Burjor Khambatta, (popularly called Baji), who created much upsets with his defensive style of play, shocked the table-tennis fraternity when he passed away of a cardiac arrest, on 5th April, 2023, after a brief illness. Born on 2nd June, 1935, ‘Baji uncle’, as he was fondly known, came into prominence in the…