All communities are hydra-headed. They have their orthodox and their reformers, fanatics and sober-minded persons, visionaries and men of commonsense, mystics and rationalists, hypocrites and sincere persons. The orthodox see not the absurdity of remaining in bondage to the customs of the infant humanity, when it was in swaddling clothes. They are wedded to the […]
Tag: 13th February 2021
TechKnow With Tantra: Listle
The free App Listle is for those who wish to consume content with ease by letting you listen to a growing library of high-quality audio versions of articles. New narrations of top voted stories on HackerNews and Reddit are added every day. You can thus keep up with current events as you go about your […]
NZ Celebrates Khushali nu Jashan
There was much excitement within the Zoroastrian community in Kiwiland on the eve of 1st February, 2021, as they held the Nava Varas (2021) nu Khushali Jashan, at Faroud Shahlori Dar-Be-Mehr situated at 7-Dowling Place in Pakuranga (Auckland, New Zealand). Chasni was distributed post the Jashan, which was performed by priests – Er. Yazad Karkaria […]
Community Appeal By Young Rathestars
Living out the true essence of the illustrious Parsipanu trait of charity with the firm belief in the adage, ‘Happiness to those who help others’, every year, the committed members of ‘Young Rathestars’ of Dadar, Mumbai, reach out to provide help and support to poor Zarthosti families living the hinterland areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra, including […]
How Stir Crazy Are We In Love?
So, it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow… we’ll have those packs of love-crazed wolves howling at the moon, all ready to jump off cliffs, swim the deepest seas and climb the highest mountains – all in the name of love. These love junkies have you wondering where that magic and blush of first love has disappeared. While […]
Valentine’s Day During The Pandemic!
Congratulations To Our Contest Winners!! . WINNER 1: Dedicated To That Special Place In My Heart… Grant Road Meri Jaan! By Farzana B. Mistry . Wo Forjett street ki hawa, Wo Bhatia hospital ki dawa; Wo Chor Bazar ki shopping, Aur Bharda School ki copying; Wo Cafe Ideal ka khima-pav, Wo B Merwan ka maska-pav; […]
Cyrus The (Not So) Great
Valentine’s Day And COVID! . As the world grapples with this situation, (I’m talking of poor connectivity of Wifi), I would like to apologise to the readers for being somewhat dormant in the last few months. Apparently, there’s some sort of illness out there, for which all of us investigative journalists, Parsi and Non-Parsi, but […]