પારસી સમુદાયમાં ભગવાન ઝોરાસ્ટરના જન્મદિનને નાનું નવું વરસ તરીકે ઉજવવામાં આવે છે. આપણે તેમને પહેલા પયગંબર તરીકે ઓળખીયે છીએ. જેમણે આપણને નૈતિક ધર્મ માટે દિશા આપી હતી આજે આપણો સમુદાય ભલે સૌથી નાનો હોય પણ ઐતિહાસિક દ્રષ્ટિએ સૌથી મોટો ભાગ ભજવનાર આપણે પારસીઓ જ હતા. આદિવાસીઓની જાદુઈવિધીના પ્રભાવથી ઘેરાયેલા લોકોને છોડાવી અને એકમાત્ર ઈશ્ર્વર અહુરામઝદાને […]
Tag: 20 August 2016 Issue
શિરીન
તે ત્યારે એક અફસોસની હાય તે ચેરીઝ જેવા હોથોમાંથી સરી પડી ને ઉલટથી તેણીએ એક બીજો પાસો ફેંકી જોયો. ‘મારી…મારી જગ્યા પર નહીં તો કદાચ તમારા કાસલમાં તમો તેણીને કોઈ બીજી નોકરી અપાવી શકો?’ ‘તે પણ બનવું મુશ્કેલ છે કારણ કે એક વખતમાં મારા જેવા ભીખારડા સાથ તેણી વાત કરવા શરમાતી હતી, તેવી છોકરીને કદી […]
Rashi
મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. હાલમાં બુધની દિનદશા ચાલુ હોવાથી સહી-સિક્કાના કામ સારી રીતે કરી શકશો. હાલમાં તમો વાણિયા જેવા બની જશો તમારા કામને સીધા બનાવવા માટે મીઠી જબાન અને બુધ્ધિ વાપરી સામેવાળાથી અગત્યના કામ કરાવી લેશો. જે પણ કમાશો તેમાંથી બચત કરી શકશો. અચાનક ફાયદો મળતો રહેશે. દરરોજ ભૂલ્યા વગર ‘મહેર નીઆએશ’ ભણજો. શુકનવંતી તા. ૨૦, ૨૩, […]
Loans – Cancer To Your Investment
It’s like a sword hanging over your head, the biggest stumbling block to your investments. Benjamin Franklin famously quoted “Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt”. I’m talking about loans which are offered these days at the drop of a hat by financial institutions. When a person ran into debt he was considered […]
Pet Puja: The Truth About Cats – Busting Common Myths
Felines are fascinating animals but little is known about them, so let’s take a look at some myths and facts about cats. Myth 1: Keeping my cat indoors means he will not get any diseases and so doesn’t need vaccination. Truth: Indoor cats are exposed to organisms carried in the air and brought in by […]
Advantage Memory: Link System
‘Link System’ related to memory, also known as ‘Chain Method’, is the system of remembering things like lists and events, based on association between the items of that list. Learning through linking method is way better than mugging or by-hearting. Mugging is memorising matter word-to-word without really understanding the matter, thereby, totally escaping the very […]
Zoroastrian Teachings On Khordad Saal
The birthday of Lord Zoroaster is celebrated as a mini New Year among the community. He was perhaps the first prophet we know, who specifically gave a moral character and direction to religion. Even though today it is the smallest of the major religions of the world based on the number of its adherents, it […]
Gamadia Girls Spend Time With Seniors
The Class VIII students of Bai M. N. Gamadia Girl’s High School recently visited the home for the aged, ‘Gamadia Clinic’ at Tardeo and entertained its fifty-two (men and women) residents. Offering them jalebis and pakodas, as well as singing melodies from the golden era, the Gamadia girls managed to bring a smile on every […]
Letters To The Editor
Superb Special Issue! Dear Editor, Reading your New Year Special issue was just too good. Parsi Times really captured the theme of Parsipanu perfectly. My full family – wife, mother-in-law, mother, father-in-law, and my 11 years old daughter have all really enjoyed the experience of reading the paper. She even took it to school and […]
Rising Star Of Mumbai Cricket: Aryan Irani
PT: What made you choose cricket of all sports? Aryan: I’ve loved sports and knew right from the start that I wanted to make a career here. Being extremely fond of football and cricket, I played both games during my younger days, but later chose cricket. I played at various positions but now focus […]
Providing A Creative Edge – Shoma Beramji
PT: Tell us a little about yourself? Shoma: Having been born and brought up in Delhi, I was interested in art and drawing since childhood. I’d draw on walls and floors, and spend most of my time decorating the class. Post my 10th Board exams, I took up a 3-year diploma course in Commercial Arts and […]