Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 25th March, 2020. WINNER: Imran Khan: You’re saying you found the solution to the Coronavirus? Trump: Yes! I’m building another wall so high, the Chinese virus will tire and die! By Jersis […]
NCPA presents ‘JAZZ GOES RETRO’ – the greatest hit songs ever – all Jazzified! These include timeless songs of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Elton John, Sting, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Doors, Eric Clapton and many more, performed by a jazz band stellar musicians including Rajeev Raja (Flute); Rahul Wadhwani (Piano); Manfred Weinburger (Trumpet); Sanjay Divecha (Guitar); […]
Keep The Faith! Dear Readers, Jamshedi Navroz graces us this year amidst some gloom, some cheer, some gratitude, some fear. As the dreaded Coronavirus sets its foot more definitively in India, the next two weeks will prove crucial in knowing the real extent of its deadly spread. Which is why, more than ever, we need […]
Fear is one of the most debilitating and self-limiting emotions to live with. It is also an emotion most difficult to wash out of the system. Fears can be known/ conscious, like the current wave of fear caused by the very real threat of the Coronavirus. Unknowingly too, we live with various fears which affect […]
As we all know, Meherbai’s Mandli was a khanar-pinar group, full of life, loving to eat out, visit cinemas, nataks, art-galleries, gambhaars, et al… But the spread of the deadly Coronavirus confined them to stay home – a fate worse than death! So, they decided they’d only meet in the evening on their colony-lawn’s benches […]
Garden Answers is a revolutionary plant identification app that instantly identifies over 20,000 plants and gives you accurate and detailed information about it. If you’ve ever wanted to identify a flower or plant or find out if a plant in your garden is harmful to your pets or small children, now you can with the […]
Blessed I become when Thou dost take me as Thy friend. Great is my delight when, Thou my friend, dost hold me in close embrace and take me near Thy bosom in friendship. Life in this world is livable only in Thy company. I put my trust in Thee, even as a child trusts its […]
On February 26, 2020, Surat’s Yohan Sarosh Wadia, did the Parsi Community proud, by being conferred the prestigious RD Desai Gold Medal, on the completion of his Bachelor of Architecture Degree, from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, making him the very first Parsi Gold Medalist architect of Surat. Yohan was awarded the Gold Medal during […]
On 14th March, 2020, 71-year-old Mobed Er. Nozer B Vajifdar, attached to the Aslaji Agiary (Congress House lane, near Queen Mary School), met with an unfortunate accident while tending to the holy fire, when a spark from the afarganyu flew onto his jama, instantly setting it on fire, as both – the jama and the […]
Despite eighteen years of togetherness, successful careers and a house in Bombay, something felt amiss for Najoo and Sarosh (names changed). Focusing on climbing the ladder of success, time flew by only to bring them to realize that what they wanted was a child of their own, a family, a home. It’s difficult as the […]
Within the precincts of the serene and beautiful landscape at Sanjan’s WZO Sanatorium, away from hustle and bustle of the city, the Empowering Mobeds (EM) team organised its second off-site training program on 15-16 February, 2020. A total of 28 participants, comprising a blend of senior Mobeds and young budding Mobeds from the Dadar Athornan […]