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Tag: 17 December 2016 Issue
Know Your Bombay! – 17th December 2016
Kamathipura Kamathipura, which forms an almost perfect rectangle between Bellasis Road, Duncan Road, Grant Road and Suklaji Street, was until 1800, liable to periodical flooding by the sea. The section, which earns its title from the Kamathis, a tribe of artisans and labourers who immigrated from His Highness the Nizam’s Dominions towards the end of […]
Letters To The Editor
Missing Out On The First Prophet! Generally we all read daily news-papers, especially Times of India. Many good writers write about various subjects of religion specially under ‘Speaking Tree’ (TOI). I have observed that those good writers write about various religious subjects. In this category they refer to all known prophets, but the name of […]
Support Godrej As It Runs For A Cause
Each year the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon has grown to attract a host of different crowds and different causes. It not only symbolizes a competition and a show of strength but a gathering of solidarity and unity in the fight for numerous noble causes. Families set personal goals, corporate boost their camaraderie quotient and international […]
Film Review: SHOR SE SHURUAAT
Marking the fourth year of Humaaramovie’s annual short filmmaking competition is a bouquet of seven short films — all with the theme ‘Shor’ (noise) — made by upcoming and talented directors and mentored by acclaimed directors such as Shyam Benegal, Mira Nair, Imtiaz Ali, Zoya Akhtar, Homi Adajania, Sriram Raghavan and Nagesh Kukunoor. . Hello-o-Hello […]
Film Review: ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
The galaxies are at war again. Rebel Intelligence Officer Cassian Andor (Diego Lune) is in charge of a mini-army which consists of Rebellion Alliance soldier Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), a blind gladiator (Donnie Yen), a freelance assassin (Jiang Wen) and an ex-pilot (Riaz Ahmed), a defector from the Imperial group. Their sole mission is to […]
Film Review: WAJAH TUM HO
The title of the film has been taken from a song in ‘Hate Story-3’, which was also directed by Vishal Pandya. But that’s not the only liberty he has taken. He has mutilated — ‘remixed’ being the official term in the industry — at least two iconic songs (‘Pal pal dil ke saath’ and ‘Aise […]
Caption This! – December 17, 2016
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 22nd Decmber, 2016. . . . . 350
Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
17th December – 22th December
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. છેલ્લા ૧૦ દિવસ ગુની દિનદશામાં પસાર કરવાના બાકી છે. બને તો ચેરીટીના કામો કરીને વધુ આનંદ મેળવશો. ફેમિલીના કે સગાઓના કામ કરવાથી તેઓના દિલને જીતી લેશો. મનગમતી ચીજવસ્તુ મેળવવામાં મુશ્કેલી નહીં આવે. ગુની કૃપાથી નાણાકીય મુશ્કેલી આવેલ હશે તો બહાર નીકળવાનો સીધો રસ્તો મળશે. […]
Importance Of Revision And Repetition For An Excellent Memory
Memory is like a store-house where all the experiences are recorded in the brain as the memory traces. If you think of the same thing repeatedly, the traces go deeper and become nearly permanent. Revision or repetition is extremely important to retain something. The famous late American motivational Zig Zigler said, “Repetition is the mother […]
The Third Storey Turns Fifty!
“Rocky, tumhein wahaan nahin jaana chaahiye”, with these seductive words and accompanied by trendsetter Rahul Dev Burman’s pulsating background score (no doubt, aided by Cawas, Kersi and Burjor Lord) does the film begin. Hindi cinema’s leading femme fatale, the Franco-Burmese Helen was at the pinnacle of her career when she got to speak the opening […]