It’s the seasonal festival of spring and a time when Mother Nature herself seems to have a spring in her feet! Summer, autumn and winter also have their charm, but spring is perhaps the most charming season among them all. Temperatures are moderate, the days get longer and nights turn shorter… migrating birds return to […]
Kaizad Dastoor takes forward the valiant fire-fighting family tradition from his father, Mehernosh Faramroze Dastoor, as well as his grandfather, Faramroze Erachshaw Dastoor – both intrepid Fire-fighters, who greatly inspired Kaizad. While his father served the A’bad Fire Station from 1984 to 2021, being on call 24/7 for any emergencies, and was awarded the prestigious […]
For the first time in all these years of greeting the community on Jamshedi Navroz, I feel the need to say a little more… My term as a trustee started with great promise, as our trio – Late Zarir Bhathena, Noshir Dadrawala and I – with the active support of then BPP Chairman, Yazdi Desai, […]
As per the Shehenshahi Zoroastrian calendar the Holy month of Ava will commence this year on 14th March, 2022, and devout Zoroastrians will wend their way to river banks, seashores and wells to offer homage to Ava, the Divinity that presides over the waters. The term Ava is derived from the word Aap or Aapo – the Divine Cosmic […]
Special Leave Petition Filed In Supreme Court And Withdrawn By Zuleika Homavazir And Others Just A Day Before Dinshaw Mehta Files Intervention In High Court A Supreme Court Order (printed alongside) has been made available to Parsi Times – the record of proceedings in the Supreme Court of India, dated 21st February, 2022, challenging the […]
IT IS RAINING FALSE PROMISES!!! It appears that after Parsi Times exposed the fake promises of ‘converting Licensee to Tenancy’ and the huge stamp duty involved, the Mehta father-son duo are trying desperately to disprove (or prove) the stamp duty calculations. Simple answer: STOP LYING! The Big Tenancy Fraud… Being unable to promise housing to […]
Psychologist Mehezabin Dordi practices at the Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital This year’s theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) is, “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,” which has essentially birthed a whole new hashtag – ‘Break the bias’. But from a mental health perspective, what makes the tomorrow more sustainable? Women’s day is […]
Every year, March 8th is celebrated as International Woman’s Day dedicated to the approximately 3.82 billion women, that make up the population of the world, according to a 2019 census. By that number alone, a celebration is certainly in order. Women worldwide have fought long and hard for their rights and there’s no denying it’s […]
Be it Eve or Indira or Elizabeth… or then Joan of Arc or Jhansi ki Rani or Malala or those magnificent Parsi women of Variav… these were all strong women. A woman, is as Maggie Lindemann puts it: “I’m more than just a picture, I’m a daughter and a sister; Sometimes it’s hard for me […]
World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC) was established in Illinois, USA, in December 2000, to keep alive the spirit of Zarathushti entrepreneurship and professionalism, to facilitate trade and commerce and to guide start-ups on developing and implementing a Business Plan – the key attribute for business growth and success. WZCC today has fifteen chapters worldwide, […]
“Ullu Banavano Time Pacho Ayo… …Resolution Passed – Ave Sapna Joya Karo!” It is election season in our community. And it is raining false promises, as always. Over the last few years, many Trustees have come before the community and promised the moon… and like all good politicians worth their salt, conveniently forgotten their promises… […]