Discuss, Don’t Cuss! Dear Readers, Once again we find our community vociferously stepping up the heat on social media about multiple issues – the most aggravated one being the outrage of our community members regarding the annual Doongerwadi Heritage Walk, where a small group of students studying Comparative Religions is educated about our final rites […]
Dear Readers, Would you believe it’s December already? Seems like just yesterday when we stepped into 2016 and already we stand on the threshold of 2017! How time flies! We can’t help but look back on the year that was… on the things we’d planned to do this year, and smile on the memories of […]
Dear Readers, I understand a lot of us would be excited to read this editorial based on the above headline, hoping to find innovative solutions to help garner some ‘change’ – the most sought after commodity currently in our country that has gone into chaos, ever since our PM proclaimed the ‘D’ word! Now that […]
Dear Readers, Let’s face it. Us Bawas are an opinionated lot. We love our opinions but we love sharing our opinions even more! It is this love of opinionating that has seduced us into making digital and social media, which offer free-for-all platforms like Whatsapp and Facebook, a greater part of our lives than most […]
Dear Readers, It can’t be said enough. This past week will go down in Indian, American and global history for witnessing two of the biggest upsets ever, in two of the world’s foremost democracies! Most are still reeling under these two national predicaments – ‘Indian Notes’ and ‘US Votes’, but while the former hit all […]
Dear Readers, Once again, on behalf of Team Parsi Times, I thank all of you for the abundant response to our Lagan Special Issue. It felt contented, like we were doing something right, to be showered with mails not just from readers who had participated in our Lagan Special Issue Contest, but also from so […]
Dear Readers, This week has seen not just our community, but the entire nation and the media (of course) go abuzz with the shocking news about Cyrus Mistry’s ouster by the Tatas. Ever since the news broke out, confusions and speculations are rife within our community, increasingly on digital platforms, as each new day unveiled […]
No One Does It Better Than Us! “Khodai! Ek week ma paachhi aavi Diwali! Baddha pagal jewa lok aakkha mara Bombay ma awaaj ne dhumaro karse!” cribbed ‘Granna’, a close friend’s 89-year-old grandmother I visited yesterday. She rocked on her wooden easy-chair with 7-year-old Dipu (the son of Jamuna, her domestic help of fifteen years), […]
New! New!! New!!! Dear Readers, Having danced away the monsoons with the Navratris, it’s time to ring in the new season! So, on we head, looking forward to welcoming the winters… Umm… let me rephrase that – looking forward to welcoming the ‘not-that-hot’ time of the year. So maybe ‘Bombay Winters’ is an oxymoron, but […]
Solidarity: The Need Of The Hour Dear Readers, One of the strongest similarities today between our nation and our community is the need for solidarity. Now, more than ever, we need to unite firmly in both our fundamental capacities – as Indian citizens and as members of our beloved community. As citizens, we need to […]
On a trip to Chiang Mai in North Thailand last year to attend a seminar on Buddhism, I met a Japanese lady who owns six dogs back home in Asakusa. “They are not dogs. They are my children,” she said. She showed me photographs of all six and told me how she takes them to […]