Earlier this year saw the launch of Empress Worldwide Travelz, a leading Destination Travel Advisory based out of Mumbai, offering full service operations across Europe, USA, UAE, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Conceptualised and headed by travel expert, Kashmira Dumasia, who brings in over thirteen […]
Tag: 2019
The Best Of Iran With Dini Travels
Every year, a number of our humdins visit our original motherland – Iran – for religious, cultural and nostalgic reasons. ‘Dini Travels’, founded by Diniar Mehta, is the Community’s First Choice as travel/tour operator for all such travel-packages to Iran, as it ranks highest when it comes to customer satisfaction in terms of all aspects […]
From the Editors Desk
Cross Bread Dear Readers, These past days have left us with a sad taste in our mouths… both news pieces are related to an aspect considered close to sacrosanct by our community – food. This week saw the passing away of the much-loved, nonagenarian restauranteur – Boman Kohinoor – senior partner of the iconic Britannia […]
SPORTS ROUNDUP 28th September 2019 to 4th October 2019
CRICKET India Women Win First T20: Outstanding bowling effort from Team India and Player of the Match, Deepti Sharma (3-8) in four overs, helped the Women in Blue win their first T20 encounter by 11 runs against South Africa Women at the Lalabhai Contractor Stadium in Surat. Batting first, India notched up 130-8 in 20 […]
Dr. Firdos Shroff Receives Special HEF Award
On 14th September, 2019, Advocate Lion Prof. Dr. Firdos Shroff, Director, The Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank Ltd., received the Special HEF Award for Academic Excellence at the hands of Prof. Dr. R Gopal, Director, D Y Patil School of Management, Belapur and Meheli Shroff, brother, in recognition of his exemplary services in the field of Higher Education […]
International Jazz Fest 2019 By NCPA (Day 3)
NCPA rings in its much in demand International Jazz Festival 2019 from the 11th to 13th of October this year. Having shared the itinerary for Day 1 and Day 2 earlier, Day 3 of the International Jazz Fest, dated 13th October, will comprise, for the first act Yuval Cohen Sextet (5:00 pm) which comprises Bandleader, Yuval Cohen, […]
Film Review: HUSTLERS
When a horde of scantily clad women descend (literally!) upon a guy, it could mean one of two things – either the guy is extremely good looking or well-heeled and gullible. ‘Hustlers’, scripted and directed by Lorene Scafaria, who had chanced upon an article by Jessica Pressler in the New York Magazine, lays bare the […]
TechKnow With Tantra: Infinite Painter
Infinite Painter is one of the most feature-packed apps for digital artists, with dozens of brush presets and the ability to create your own, along with layers, blending, editing tools and more, plus the option to export your images as JPEG, PNG, PSD or ZIP. It has detailed tutorials and guides and a simple user […]
Film Review: ABOMINABLE
The mythical creature Yeti finds itself injured and lost on the rooftop of Shanghai-based, teenager Yi (voiced by Chloe Bennet), a violin player who does odd jobs to save up for a holiday trip. Yi, along with her young friends Jin (voice of Tenzing Norgay) and the playful Peng (voice of Albert Tsai) name it […]
Truth, Divinity And Beauty
An ancient Indian Mantra, ‘Satyam, Shivam, Sunderam’ can be translated as truth, divinity and beauty. There’s a strong relationship between the three because achieving excellence selflessly is equivalent to pursuing the truth, which in turn takes one nearer to the realisation of God. In fact, one can say that any selfless action (Nishkaam-Karma) performed with […]
Let Me Turn Jealousy, Rooted In My Heart, Into Healthy Emulation
. Jealousy is selfish and covetous, blind and malignant, mean and cowardly, vindictive and cruel. It implies inferiority on the part of the person who nurses it. It broods over its inferiority and prostrates itself in impotence. The jealous person is petty-minded. He cannot behold greatness in another. He hates his greatness to which he […]