27th September, 2020, marked the unfortunate passing of the very popular and much-loved Bahadur Hansotia, a resident of Cusrow Baug (South Bombay) for seventy years. A true Parsi, he was known to help everyone in need, a true friend to many. His nearly three-decade-long tenure at the Central Bank of India (Colaba Branch) also showcased […]
Post my last column on Menu Planning, one of the requests I received was to assist a Nonagenarian Birthday. I met the Birthday girl – the brief was a simple Sit-down, home-cooked dinner for a family of 12, using the family Monogrammed silver, glassware and Royal Doulton porcelain. The menu approved, ingredients ordered, appropriate […]
. All Creation is ultimately positive and helpful. It is an optimistic creed which has helped keep a very small, scattered people active across centuries and across several diasporas. This iconography comes to life in traditional Parsi embroidery. Flowers, birds and animals are celebrated as emblems of power, protection and purity. The simurgh and rooster, […]
Urvazi has always been fascinated by the world of performing arts and has been on stage ever since she was a toddler. “Nothing makes me happier. I bagged a lot of TV commercials as a child model starting at the age of 7 and that’s when I realized my love for camera too,” she says. […]
In continuity to the series of articles on Behavioral Biases amongst investors, this article explores the concept of ‘Framing Bias’- or the impact on our decision-making ability by the way information has been ‘framed’ or has been presented to us. A bias is an irrational assumption or belief that constrains our ability to make a […]
In this eleventh part of ‘The Zen Series’, the short story about the Crystal Cup provides you a good gulp of wisdom! A Zen master was given a beautifully crafted crystal cup. It was a gift from a former student. He was very grateful. Every day, he enjoyed drinking out of his cup. He would […]
Masina Hospital and Vivo Kidney Care have teamed up successfully to provide high quality, Dialysis Services that will improve the life-longevity for all patients who undergo dialysis at the hospital. State-of-the-Art machines, along with modern RO systems and well-trained staff, have helped bring back smiles to all patients. While the current Covid-19 situation has […]
“Why Coding? My child is not interested in computers or computer science at all!” you may well ask. Coding, or computer programming, is a creative process to literally tell a computer how to perform a task. At its foundation, it simply involves writing computer programs using programming languages. The future of our world is moving […]
In this tenth part of ‘The Zen Series’, the short story about staying true to one’s own sense of resilience leaves much food for thought! A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, when two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how […]
The ongoing Novel Corona – 19 Virus, known as the Covid Pandemic, has, since late March 2020, been playing havoc with lives of millions in India and rest of the world. Us Zoroastrians too have not been spared. A few thousand of our minuscule community have suffered tremendously, by way of the loss of loved […]
Hello all! Was lovely to receive the plentiful response from you – have tried my best to respond to all. Having shared, in the previous issue – how one could tackle the eternal question in nearly every house – ‘What Do I Cook?’ – this time, let’s move on to another aspect which will go […]