. Unquenchable is man’s thirst for happiness, Ahura Mazda. In this Thine wide world, there is enough room for all to live and food to eat and good things of life to enjoy and be happy. At the gray dawn of history, Zarathushtra gave Thy message to mankind that the individual’s happiness depended upon the […]
The Chameleon In Our Blood Dear Readers, The heat is on… there’s red-hot cusswords on everyone’s lips, perfectly complemented by that dehydrated, prisoner-of-(summer’s)war look on most faces. Bombay’s reputation as the ‘melting pot’ takes on a painfully literal avatar during the summers. Even a measly fifteen minutes in the sun paints most of our fair-skinned […]
Why do bad things happen to good people? They happen because of their ‘Karma’. What do we exactly mean by karma? Is it a punishment? Is it a reward? No! It is payback through divine intervention, a universal method of checks and balances. It is divine-mathematics – a ‘spiritual law of cause and effect’. It […]
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Unrequited Love The tagline, ‘This is not a love story, but rather a story about love’ threatens to wear thin after a while; but National award-winning director Shoojit Sircar reuniting (Vicky Donor, Piku) with his favourite writer Juhi Chaturvedi manages to hold the viewer’s interest. Varun Dhawan plays 21-year-old Danesh (Dan) Walia, interning in various […]
. Shree Daman Vapi Parsi Jarthosthy Anjuman (DVPJA) commemorated the inauguration of a new bungli at the Daman Doongerwadi, with a jasan on 31st March, 2018. Donated by Kairus Dadachanji in memory of his loving father, Shavak Phirozesha Dadachanji, the jasan ceremony was performed by Vada Dasturji of Udvada Khurshed Dastoor, Panthaki Noshir Sahiar, and […]
…… Parsi Times: Why have you finally decided to speak up now? Kersi Randeria: The straight-up answer is – unfortunately, it is election time once again, and the politicians of our community are out in full strength. Their main objective is to perpetually launch vicious, personal attacks on people by running them down. By doing […]
. On 14th July 1783, one of the greatest Parsis that our Community was blessed with, was born in a humble little place at Yatha Vario Mohalla (somewhere near the present-day Crawford market). Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy was a man of humble beginnings but went to became a pioneer in organised philanthropy and one of the greatest […]
. Myth: One keeps hearing about the advent of a world saviour, ‘Shah Bahram Varezavand’, coming in our midst and ushering the Golden Age. Is this a myth or legend? What is the authenticity of this prophecy? Fact: All major religions of the world believe in the future advent of a saviour or saviours. The […]
THE TRUTH ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT The brief facts are as follows: The BMC last September 2017 announced that it would not collect wet waste from large Housing complexes (more than 200 flats) from December 2017. The Housing complexes would have to manage the disposal of their own wet waste. 10 of our big colonies were […]