Doing the Community further proud, former chairman of Tata Sons and cynosure of the Parsi Community, Ratan Tata, has been featured by Forbes, as one of the only three Indians, to make it to Forbes’ global ‘100 Greatest Living Business Minds’ List. The other two are Lakshmi Mittal, CEO and Chairman of the world’s largest steel-making company, […]
Monaz Gandhi, a pre-school teacher in Mumbai at the Learning Curve School, was awarded the SXRC Creation Award by SystemX Research Centre (SXRC), Bengaluru, for single-handedly programming India’s very first teaching Humanoid Robot, ‘MONTEA’. The invention came into light when a team of doctors and researchers from SXRC, Bengaluru, comprising Dr. Vikram Aditya Singh – Chief […]
Light of Life Trust (LOLT), an NGO established in 2002 by Villy Doctor, in partnership with Flowering Tree, Inc. USA, organised a musical dance drama, ‘Kalpataru – A Musical’, on 9th September, 2017, at Sophia Bhabha Auditorium, Mumbai. Directed by Artscape Production, performances were by talented, underprivileged children from rural areas, who were trained under LOLT’s Anant Program, with the aim of fostering […]
Lawyer, philosopher, criminologist and professor, Dr. Rohinton Mehta, released his co-authored book – ‘Matheran – A Mountaineering Manual’ in August 2017, along with wife and Director of CorporatEdge, Rupa Mehta, and colleague, Swati Mahajan. An avid mountaineer and popular on the hiking circuit in Mumbai, Dr. Rohinton spent four years documenting this book which showcases […]
On 15th September, 2017, caretaker of Udvada Museum, Aspi Sepoy, met with a tragic accident at the Udvada railway station, when he was trying to board the ‘Firozpur Janta’, but slipped and fell on the tracks under the train, crushing his legs. He was rushed to Valsad Civil Hospital but having fatally injured his legs, […]
Partnered by Star, with co-sponsors including Govt. of Maharashtra and PVR Cinemas, this year’s Film Fest will feature films from 49 countries in 51 languages, vying for top honours in various categories. TataSky will highlight select films of MAMI. The selection jury comprising Anu Rangachar (Head, International Programming), Rashid Irani (senior film critic) and Bhardwaj […]
Last year, Parsi Times partnered with our community’s premiere All-Parsis Cultural and Sports annual Fest, ‘WINGS’, which drew over a thousand people and over two hundred teams, showcasing their best talent in an array of events. After celebrating great success in its first year, ‘Wings ‘17’ is back this year, with Parsi Times as media […]
Experiment in International Living (EIL), Bombay, conducted a drawing competition on the topic of National Integration, at Lady Engineer High School on 21st August, 2017, which had over 100 students participating across 3 age categories. The EIL community thanked Principal Errick Elavia and the panel of judges – Past Community Chairman and Hon Secretary, Viraf […]
On 10th September, 2017, XYZ’s Bandra group – Rustom’s Rockstars (RR) – organized ‘Super 60’, a senior citizens’ evening, at Bandra Tata Block’s Jamasp Tata Pavilion. Children between five and fifteen years of age, under the guidance of RR’s volunteers, conducted the event commencing with felicitations, followed by refreshments offered to all seventy-two senior attendees. […]
The Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) recently announced their verdict supporting the residents of Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC), against BMC’s road widening proposal that would have caused serious damage to its green cover. Much to the joy of our community residing in Mumbai’s only boundary-less Parsi colony, the DPC residents immediately opposed the proposal saying […]
Surgical Director and Chief of the International Eye Centre, Dr. Cyres K Mehta, was recently awarded the ‘Daud Khan Endowment Peace Prize’ by the Association of Community Ophthalmologists of India (ACOIN) on 8th September, 2017. Held at a resort in Goa, ACOIN, which spans across various SAARC countries and is recognised by the Government of […]