Hope, Healing And Recovery In The New Year! Dear Readers, It feels way longer than eighteen months, since we’ve been battling the coronavirus epidemic, which has destroyed lives and livelihoods, robbed us of our loved ones and dimmed our happiness. Dealing with losses and living with the scary uncertainty of a deadly, mutating virus causes […]
Dear Readers, The onset of the holy Muktad days heralds an atmosphere of serenity and purity in fire-temples and homes, alike. Many take the effort to spruce up their homes in advance, preparing for ten of the holiest days of our religion, culminating into New Year. Offerings of special daily prayers, fresh flowers in polished […]
Dear Readers, And just like that, we find ourselves just about to roll into the month of August! This is one of those times when the phrase, ‘how time flies’, is seen as a welcome blessing. We all want to bide over this historical period of having lived through one of the most devastating of […]
Greater Community Engagement Needed With Our Luminaries Dear Readers, We often find ourselves participating in discussions which lament how our community today simply can’t compare with the greatness and the glory of our illustrious forefathers… that our predecessors were a different breed altogether when it came to their values, principals, dedication and achievements… that they […]
“By Failing To Prepare, You Are Preparing To Fail!” Dear Readers, Little could the Founding Father of the USA – Benjamin Franklin have known, how literally live-saving, his iconic quote, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail,” would turn out to be through the Coronavirus pandemic! It definitely qualifies as one of the […]
Dear Readers, Over the last few days, even as the community grieved the demise of our popular philanthropist and personality – Muncherji Nusserwanji Cama, we received more sad news – a national tragedy, in the passing of India’s first ever superstar – Dilip Kumar. A former BPP Trustee and Director of Mumbai Samachar, India’s oldest […]
A Time Of Immense Pride and Joy For The Community! Dear Readers, On behalf of Team PT, I thank you for the overwhelming and encouraging feedback on PT’s feature – ‘Parsi Cricket Pioneers Of 1886 Honoured At Lord’s!’, by Binaisha Surti, published last week, highlighting our fabulous Parsi cricket pioneers honoured at Lord’s, in MCC’s […]
A Time Of Immense Pride and Joy For The Community! Dear Readers, The past week has brought in much reason for our community to truly feel an immense sense of pride and joy at the achievements and ongoing events… and your favourite weekly is privileged to share it all with you! Leading the list of […]
PT Presents ‘Parsi-Preneurs’! Dear Readers, Our community has always been hailed for its inimitable acumen in entrepreneurship and enterprise. The grit, hard work and determination of our visionary forefathers, who settled in this magical nation, catapulted and redefined our presence as a small community with large contributions – having delivered numerous pioneers of modern India. […]
A Star Indeed! Dear Readers, It is said that the bond between a mother and a son is like none other – an unconditional connect that is as powerful as it is tender, often transcending every other affection. And when it comes to our community, the steadfast mother-son connect is one of its most predominant […]
With Great Power Comes Great Irresponsibility!?! Dear Readers, An aspect that stands out during current times, which will also go on to leave an indelible mark (or should we say blotch?) on the history of mankind, in addition to the pandemic – is the abject collapse of leadership. At all levels – nationally, globally… or, […]