. Zarathushtis follow an ancient calendar, which is full of meaning and relevance for our day-to-day living. The first seven days of the month in the Zoroastrian calendar are dedicated to Ahura Mazda and His Amesha Spentas. The Amesha Spentas represent at one level, a Divine quality of Ahura Mazda, and at another, the guardian […]
. Shehrevar (Avestan Khshathra vairya) is the sixth month of the Zoroastrian calendar and represents Ahura Mazda’s ‘desirable dominion’. It is the Amesha Spenta or Archangel presiding over metals and minerals. Shehrevar’s qualities are strength and power and Shehrevar uses both these qualities righteously to bring peace and Ahura Mazda’s ‘desirable dominion’ in this world. […]
Imagine the plight of this planet a couple of decades hence — overpopulated to the extent of being almost uninhabitable, with dwindling resources and unmanageable waste. Scientists have been confounded. But not Hollywood’s filmmakers. Director Alexander Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor seem to have found the ultimate remedy. The film opens somewhere in the future […]
The bear is carnivorous, but it can also be cute and cuddly, as Paddington 2 – following up on its hugely successful earlier instalment of 2014 – tells us over a delightful and rapturous 102 minutes of fun-filled fantasy. The marmalade-loving Paddington Bear (adroitly voiced once again by the talented Ben Wishaw), is now firmly […]