Parkinson’s is the second most common neurodegenerative disease affecting 1% of the world’s population, over the age of 55, and is a common condition enslaving a huge number of people in our community. A research conducted in Mumbai revealed that a good number of Parsis are affected with Parkinson’s. Sadly, Parkinson’s is a progressive neurodegenerative […]
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Mind Your Language!
“Bruno… Come here… BRUNO! NOW!” you shout as your pooch walks slowly towards you, detouring to cock a leg at a few bushes on the way. You wait impatiently for him to hurry back to you. “BRUNO!” …you’re getting increasingly angrier! He knows his command, and is being stubborn, you think. Wait till he gets […]
Tech Know With Tantra – Moovit: Bus & Train Time Live Info
‘Moovit’ provides personal assistance for public transport travel. Commuters can find updated bus and train time, transit maps, and real-time line arrivals based on GPS devices on buses, subways, and trains. You can locate nearby stations, travel with on-the-go live navigation guidance and receive get-off alerts at your destination to ensure a smooth ride. MOOVIT […]
Meherbai’s Tarela-Boomla Ni Party
By now, the readers may have guessed that Meherbai was an excellent cook and believed in sharing all the good things of life with her friends. In old age, our friends become our family and it was the same with Meherbai and her Mandli who believed in being happy and making others happy. This is […]
Excerpts from ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’ : Jamshid-i-Nauruz
To Boundless Time, O Ahura Mazda, is born a babe this day. The earth has run her yearly round and the sun enters the vernal equinox with majestic grandeur. Jamshid of Kingly Glory was first among mankind to celebrate this, the festal day of the spring, amid universal thanksgiving and feasting and rejoicing, and named […]
Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
22 September, 2018 – 28 September, 2018
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી . ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. ગઈકાલથી શનિની દિનદશા શરૂ થયેલી છે. 27મી ઓકટોબર સુધી તમે તમારા રોજબરોજના કામ સરખી રીતે નહીં કરી શકો. ચિંતા વધવાથી તબિયત ઉપર અસર પડી જશે. શનિ એકબાજુ પૈસા બચાવી લેશે ત્યાં બીજી જગ્યાએ ચાર ગણો ખર્ચ કરાવશે. તમને સાંધાના દુ:ખાવો, સ્ત્રી ઈન્ફેકશનથી […]
They Will, They Will Rock You!
‘Prague Queen’ To Present Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert In Mumbai
European band, PRAGUE QUEEN, is ready to rock Mumbai with their tribute to erstwhile Rock legend Freddie Mercury, also known as the lead singer of the world’s leading rock band, QUEEN, on 5th and 6th October, 2018, at Rang Sharada (Bandra). Hosted by Fourth Dimension Media, the International Tribute Band – PRAGUE QUEEN – will […]
Popular Parsi Myths- Part XI
Power Of Prayers And Relevance Of Rituals Myth: Prayers and rituals are a complete waste to time, money and energy. Good thoughts, good words and good deeds are good enough to be a good Zoroastrian. There is no place for prayers and rituals in the highly intellectual philosophy of Zarathushtra as expounded in the […]
Tech Know With Tantra – Clipboard Pro
We all juggle at the mobile keyboard, and the faster we try, the longer it takes! ‘Clipboard Pro’, a convenient clipboard app with overlay display, automatically records all copied texts, and provides them to you at the tap of your finger. You can record up to a hundred content, URL’s of articles, product name, etc., […]
The Story Of A Musk Deer
In the Upanishads, there is a thought-provoking story of a musk deer (Kasturi-Mriga) which elucidates the nature of real happiness… Once when roaming about and frolicking among the hills and dales, a Kasturi-Mriga suddenly became aware of an exquisite musk-scent which stirred the innermost depths of its soul so profoundly that the deer was determined to find the […]
The Spring
Mithra’s daylight breaks across high Alburz and rends the veil of the bleak winter’s night. The dark and cold night is dead and the morn has dawned upon the earth with light and warmth. The snow will now melt on the mountains and life-giving waters of the rivers and brooks will flow. Everything everywhere is […]