The Baffling Start To New Year 2020: Every year, on March 21, Jamshedi Navroze, our Agiaries and Atash Behrams are flooded with streams of worshippers, each exchanging happy greetings, blessings, and well-wishes, with every known face encountered. These familiar scenes of Jamshedi Navroze were no different this year in many parts of the world. But […]
n the pantheon of Zoroastrian divinities, Bahman Amshaspand ranks next to Ahura Mazda. Bahman is an Amshaspand or Amesha Spenta (variously translated as Bountiful Immortal or Arch Angel) and is doctrinally seen as the guardian of one of Ahura Mazda’s good creations, namely animals – particularly Goshpand like cow, goat, sheep, etc. It is for […]
On the 10th of June, 2020, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) wound up its Food Program that it ran for a month and a week… Within a few weeks of the imposed lockdown, even as the BBP’s Helpline fell in place, the BPP struggled with the challenge of providing good, wholesome food to members of […]
While many of us are coping with the ‘work-from-home’ and ‘stay-at-home’ work regimes, do you wonder what employers do while we are at home, or how they are preparing for our eventual return to office? As India (along with other nations) eases up on the lockdown, employers are feverishly working through logistics in implementing precautionary […]
While India and the world have been under lockdown, it is not possible for an Institution like Parzor to stop activities. In fact, the last three months have been busier than ever before, since the needs of many sections of society have dramatically increased and people from very different walks of life have turned […]
The lockdown has produced many unusual repercussions. The environment, which during the past decades has been a universal concern, and appeared to be progressively and irreparably damaged, has had a natural respite, and is on its way to getting mended. Man must seize this opportunity to allow it to heal, and remain healthy. We now […]
They say that sometimes the most important ingredient for spiritual renewal is a cataclysmic event. A three-quarter of a century down, our memories horrifically lived or relived through chapters in history books or cinematic experiences of the World Wars, its gruesome conflict and devastating consequences. Even then, those who survived those wars had to grapple […]
Today is the sixty-third day of my vacation at home. It is almost the equal number of days that my ears have been blitzed with the same old complain – telephonically of course – of being imprisoned at home by many of my family and friends. Ask any politician, any fraudster, any crook about their […]
Roj Govad of Mah Dae, which falls on 3rd June this year, is observed as Homaji ni Baj. The story of Homaji is about the power of truth and the sacrifice made by a pious and innocent man who was falsely accused. It is a tragic tale revolving around mindless acrimony that prevailed among Parsis of Gujarat, in the […]
The world over, entire humanity is engrossed in a research to find a cure for the deadly Coronavirus, but as yet, no one has succeeded. Sadly, we are losing many precious lives each day. The best we can do now, is to build up the immunity system to fight against and defeat the deadly virus. […]
Prof Rumy Mistry was a Senior Member of Baroda University with an area of specialisation in Engineering (Textile)and Higher Education. One of the first supporters of Parzor, his work for his country and community remains remarkable. He was the Chairperson of the Election Committee Of the Baroda Parsi Punchayat. His work with the Federation of […]