Iran, the home of ancient Zoroastrian sites, still retains otherworldly charm in many of its structures. One such is the ‘Atashgah’ – an ancient fire temple in Isfahan Province, located between the city of Isfahan and Najaf-Abad. Currently, the remains of the ruined temple on the top of a rocky mountain draw the attention of […]
As we welcome the Navroz week of 2020, us Parsis still definitely rate as India’s most colourful but fastest dwindling community; our cultural heritage, ethnicity, vibrancy – all rapidly under imminent danger, with our headcount gradually petering out. Life without this small race, over-brimming with its idiosyncrasies, eccentricities and manageable lunacy, will seem bereft of […]
In 1987, Dr. Cashmera P Bhaya conducted a sample (not census) socio-economic survey of poor Zoroastrians residing in the villages of South Gujarat. She identified 687 Zoroastrian families from 209 villages living in miserable conditions, many of them way below the poverty line, which in those days was pegged at an annual family income of […]
On behalf of our team at Parsi Times and myself, I would like to wish each and every reader of Parsi Times, their families and friends and all our Zarthosti brothers and sisters a very joyful and prosperous Jamshedi Navroze and Saal Mubarak to our Irani brethren! May this coming year bring in peace and […]
Despite his extremely packed schedule, Dr. Cyres Mehta takes the time out to answer some of the most frequently asked questions by patients, as regards the advances in the treatment of common eye-diseases, so that information can be disseminated for the common good: Query: Is Laser or Robotic Cataract Surgery actually better than the routine […]
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી .+ ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. શુક્ર જેવા મોજીલા ગ્રહની દિનદશા ચાલુ હોવાથી તમારા મનની નેક મુરાદ પૂરી થઈને રહેશે જે પણ કામ કરશો તેમાં બીજાની મદદની જરૂર નહીં પડે. નાની મુસાફરી કરી મનને આનંદ થશે. તંદુરસ્તીમાં સારા સારી રહેશે. નાણાકીય મુશ્કેલી નહીં આવે. થોડી મહેનતથી વધુ મેળવી […]
WINNER 1: Parsi Hume Chhaiyye! By Meher Parvez Sutaria ‘Parsi, thy name is charity’, This maxim still holds true. It hasn’t yet become a rarity, Although us Bawas, in number, are few. As kids, our elders taught us, ‘Charity begins at home’, Since we’ve always been raised thus, We don’t spend our wealth alone. […]
A few weeks ago, Parsi Times was delighted to break the news that our legendary, and much loved and respected, Parsi and Gujarati theatre actor and personality – Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia, had been bestowed the prestigious Padma Shri Award in the field of Art, by the Govt. of India – much to the pride and […]
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 1st April, 2020. WINNING CAPTION Akshay: Tu cheez badi hai mast mast! Salman: Munna badnam hua, darling tere liye!! By Gerami F. Havewala
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 11th March, 2020. WINNING CAPTION Boy: Hu toh motto thaine mara class ni Suzanne sathej lagan karas! Girl: Avi bhool jarak bi na karto. Punchayet gher nai aapse!! Gerami F. Havewala
22 ફેબ્રુઆરી, 2020 ની શરૂઆતમાં, પાંચ અજાણ્યા અને સશસ્ત્ર ચોરોએ દહાણુ તાલુકા (પાલઘર જિલ્લા)માં વાણગાંવના બવાડા ગામે વૃદ્ધ પારસી દંપતી રોહિન્ટન (73) અને હોમાઇ તારાપોરવાલા (70)ના બંગલામા લૂટ કરી હતી અને રોકડ અને ઝવેરાત બધુ મળીને 7 લાખની ચોરી કરી હતી. હુમલાખોરોએ તેમના બે વોચડોગ અને મરઘીઓને ઝેર આપ્યું હતું, જેના પરિણામે એક કૂતરો અને […]