Rear-View Mirror Or Windshield? Dear Readers, How do you drive a car? Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel… and look into the huge windshield onto the road ahead, or do you look into that little rear-view mirror and keep sight only of the road already gone? Definitely a stupid question, […]
Let’s Surprise Our Loved Ones Today! It’s April 1 today, no better day to pull a few fast ones on those near and dear. Don’t we just love that look of surprise on their faces, which should hopefully burst into peals of laughter, when we subject them to our well-meaning antics? But these typical pranks […]
Thank You! Dear Readers, First off, let me convey heartfelt thanks on behalf of Team PT for the overwhelming response to our Jamshedi Navroz Special Issue. Your constant feedback and generous appreciation of our efforts equips us with all the encouragement and motivation, to sustain and better the quality of content delivered to you, in […]
CommUNITY Call! Dear Readers, It was a collective and easy decision when it came to determining the theme of our Jamshedji Navroz Special issue this year. Unity. Because that is the need of the hour in our community. Unity. Because that is the only real premise of any successful solution. Unity. Because we are respected […]
Khushroo Suntook BA, LLB, Advocate, FCS, is a descendant of a distinguished line of lawyers. His maternal great grandfather, Sir Dinshah Davar, and grandfather, Justice Jehangir Davar were celebrated judges of the Bombay High Court. His father, Nariman Suntook was Mumbai’s leading solicitor and senior partner of M/s Mulla & Mulla, & Craigie Blunt and […]
Coconut Water And A Couple Of Seconds! Dear Readers, Our Maximum City has started announcing the arrival of maximum temperatures, with all of us beginning to quite literally feel the heat! And if the weather gurus are to be believed, we are to expect one of the hottest summers this year. So, as we start […]
Dear Readers, Over the past few months, I found myself at the listening end of one recurrent lament/complaint in most conversations I had, across our community’s members, including educators, social service providers, parents and priests. Surprisingly, it was not about the dwindling population, nor was it related to the orthodox/liberal divide. It was an issue […]
Dear Readers, We are citizens of the world’s largest democracy, and democracy, as you know, is based on an informed citizenry that votes into power its preferred representatives who go on to form a government. That’s the first half. The second half is ensuring that these representatives deliver on the promises made to us voters, […]
Dear Readers, It’s been a week of celebrations in our community in Mumbai, and Parsi Times, as always looks forward to further the noble and never-underestimated cause of such ‘fun with a cause’ community events. These jamborees, which fit seamlessly into our positive default preference for fun and entertainment, foster a sense of the much-needed […]
Dear Readers, First up, I want to thank you all for the overwhelming response to PT’s ‘Wow Your Valentine’ Contest! You wowed us alright with your brilliant talent – we truly are a blessed community, gifted with love! Which is probably why we celebrate every festival and ‘Day’ possible, with as much gaiety – be […]
Revised Tax-Free Investments… Profits Guaranteed! Dear Readers, The obvious hot topic of this week, the Union Budget, seems to be one that doesn’t change too much for most of us. Which is a good thing – we could do with the breather post the ‘demon’etization – a racist (anti-black) exercise in national exhorcism (pun intended)! […]