– A Diva Special Featuring Keshia B – ‘One Night Only’ – a Diva-Special, presented by Keshia B, showcases music that has inspired her over the years. The highlight of the evening comprises the dynamic and unique voices of strong women artists in western music, over time. Get yourself a journey down memory lane as Keshia […]
‘Smart Community’ – The Need Of The Hour! Dear Readers, We live in a world inundated with smartness! We have Smart-Phones, Smart-TVs, Smart-Cars, Smart Watches…. Heck! We even have entire Smart-Homes! What we don’t have, ironically, is a corresponding level of Smart People! Allow me to explain my smarting observation… a Smart device is a […]
On the occasion of the grand and glorious 175th year anniversary of the Hormusjee Dadabhoy Saher Agiary, the Agiary building was beautifully decorated with flowers and rangoli. At 10:00 am, Panthaki Er. Jal Katrak performed the Jashan ceremony with six Mobeds, following which a Humbandagi was performed by the Mobeds and humdins present. Thereafter, chasni […]
[Pic – Anahita Desai with Candidate Number under the Pic in BOLD] Also – have different background colours in boxes, for the following vouches: Behnaz Patel: You are class apart dear Anahita. A very strong person, dedicated to the cause of upliftment of the downtrodden. All the very best for all your endeavours. Kazveen Pardiwala: […]
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On 13th February, 2021, music maestro Zubin Mehta had to be hospitalized after he felt sick during a rehearsal of Strauss’ ‘Salome’, at La Scala, in Milan. This was to be broadcast live on Rai 5 on February 20, 2021. After initial medical check-ups were performed, Italian doctors believe that the 84-year-old Maestro suffered from accumulated stress […]
Bahmangan was celebrated at the Mehraban Guiv Darbe Mehr, Toronto, Canada on January 16, 2021. The Festival started with a short introduction, prayers and explanation in Farsi and English by Mobed Er. Dr. Kerman Katrak, who has been performing all religious and cultural events since the last 33 years, in Toronto. Also the name of […]
On 14th February, 2021, Rustom Patel, veteran Dirt-Bike racing champ, participated in and finished in the First Place, in his M8 category with a record breaking time, at the 8th edition of the All India famous Valley Run, which was held on the air strip of Aamby Valley. This event was organized by the governing […]
Charisma and Humility are the attractive twins that rampart your success. Charisma, however, tends to get attracted to Arrogance and loses out. Humility, likewise, gets bestraddled with muted Reticence, and loses out too! Wrong marriages!! Charisma without Humility has a short shelf-life, for it has a tendency beyond a point, to start walking on marshy […]
When Valentine’s Day arrives year after year, every year, in the middle of February, what’s in the air? LOVE!! And who breathes that air? You, me and everybody, including Soli Sales-Tax. And what’s the result of breathing that air? You feel all romantic!! And so our Soli went in search of a brand new lady-Valentine, […]
According to the WHO, there were over 251 million cases of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) globally in 2016. The numbers have increased every year. COPD is identified as the primary cause of over 5% of deaths worldwide, accounting for over 10 million cases in India alone, according to the ‘Indian Study of Asthma, Respiratory […]