Law-making in India has been taking a dangerous direction. Every scam, every fraud, every wrongdoing results in the enactment of new laws! Our law-makers believe that every wrongdoing can be prevented by bringing in new laws. They do not accept that scams can be prevented by effective implementation of existing laws. The ‘Satyam Scam’ (2009) […]
They say, ‘life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother’. Mother’s Day is always special, but in 2020, it’s even more so! Gripped within those icy fingers of the Pandemic fear, there is this condensed realisation, that one really does not need a reason or a special day in May to celebrate […]
How very often do we hear Rudyard Kipling’s quote, “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers,” and other similar sayings celebrating the unparalleled importance and irreplaceable significance of a mother. Mothers are more to us than our bestest friends or siblings or fathers or grandparents. Her unconditional loving and giving starts […]
The end-result of all things evil is always good. This paradox is, to an extent, similar to the prevailing ‘Lockdown’ situation. My wife and I are keeping a happy distance and our verbal exchanges verge almost on civility! Good, isn’t it? Her cooking has improved, not à la Godiwalla, but one looks forward to her […]
Irreplaceable Irrfan 7 January, 1967 – 29 April, 2020 I’m frequently asked what ‘Crossover Films’ mean. Is it just the language content? (But more of that later.) When the distressing news of Irrfan Khan’s passing poured in on 29th April, my mind wandered to the other actor – Om Puri – who had done India […]
The WZO Trust Funds and The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust are pleased to convey that they are now in a position to issue forms to Zoroastrians who have been adversely affected financially, due to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic. Till such time the lockdown has been lifted and our office, which is in a containment zone, […]
The dreaded disease has brought relief to a lot of people I know because of social distancing and home quarantine, especially due to another virus that spreads boredom and ennui, the dreaded ‘Coronus Darabsus’. Over time, there are many other cognomen (nick-names) I have received, such as ‘God-help-us Darab’, ‘Darab Pipyu’, ‘OMG’, and so on, […]
. With all of us confined to our homes and a large number working out of home due to the Pandemic, here are a few tips to take care of your eyes and keep the virus away, considering that the eyes are one of the main portals through which the virus enters the body. 1. […]
We are in the midst of a pandemic, with cities, nay entire countries, shutting down. While some live in areas that have been affected by the novel coronavirus and declared ‘Red Zone’, others live in fear of what could happen next. For most, the uncertainty surrounding this pandemic is the hardest to handle… What if […]
Kersi Randeria shares… Dear Friends, Over the past few centuries, many of our earlier generations have served at the forefront of community service via their selfless acts of charity, providing community members with housing, building schools and hospitals, setting up Trusts for the aid of the less fortunate, and so on. They were driven by […]
“Dear Friends, My team and I at Bombay Hospital hope you and your family members are safe and healthy during this incredible pandemic, which has ripped through our entire planet. We initially felt India was less affected due to our immunity, but for variety of reasons the numbers of COVID positive cases are climbing, and […]