After moving the High Court over lack of precautions and sensitivity shown on part of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) towards the JN Petit Institute, during the construction of the Metro III line, the court has now asked for a ‘Three Member Committee’ to be set up to consider the appeal. This Committee […]
Tag: 23rd September 2017
TechKnow With Tantra: Parallel Space – Multiple accounts
If you have multiple accounts in the same app and want to switch between them, you have to logout from one account and then login to another. Parallel space allows you to skip that pain. As one of Android’s top-ranked tools, Parallel Space helps users log on multiple accounts at the same time on one […]
Caption This– September 23, 2017
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 28th September, 2017.
Chomp And Cheers: Parsi Prawn Curry
Parsi Prawn Curry Ingredients: 20gms. Peanut Raw; 3gms. Green Chilli; 2gms. Black Pepper; 12gms. White Sesame Seeds; 15gms. Khus Khus; 25gms. Cashew Nut; 2gms. Cloves; 70gms. Grated Coconut; 50gms. Kasmhiri Chilli; 4gms. Cinnamon; 3gms. Green Cardamom; 14gms. Coriander Whole; 25gms. Garlic; 125gms. Onion; 150gms. Tomato; 3gms. Curry Leaves; 10gms. Parsi Sambar Masala; 500gms. Prawns; 20gms. […]
Time Is Life
Thine is Zurvan Akarana, the boundless Time, Ahura Mazda. From it hast Thou carved out Zurvan Daregho-khvadhata, the Time of Long Duration of our world. Eons count not in the eternity of time and a millennium is but a moment. The period of man’s life in eternity is like a flash of Thy lightning that […]
Review: BHOOMI
Surely Sanjay Dutt could have chosen a more sensible (read: mature) vehicle to make his comeback. Even with the battle-scarred Dutt, the rape-revenge-retribution saga is turning out to wear thin. A blink-and-miss opening scene tells you that a woman is being sexually assaulted in a moving vehicle at night, with one of her shoes falling […]
Review: Haseena Parkar
In the dying moments of the film come the unintended guffaws from the audience — not the only time though — when the subject of the biopic makes a tongue-in-cheek (or should one say tongue-in-prosthetics) remark to the court that the presiding magistrate has no jurisdiction over the matter at hand. For the uninitiated, Haseena […]
Review: Newton
Who says that art cinema in Hindi films is non-existent? In India, politics and politicians have always made strange bedfellows – as the inveterate R K Laxman would lampoon in his daily column and which second-time director Masurkar ( Sulemani Keeda,2014) would have done well to emulate. Both Masurkar and Mayank Tewari, without attempting to […]
ZAC Celebrates Paitishahem Ghambar
On the eve of September 16th, Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC) celebrated the Paitishahem Gahambar, at ZAC Atash Kadeh, sponsored by Shahnaz Mavandi. It commenced with a Jasan performed by Zarrir and Zerkxis Bhandara along with Dr. Cyrus Dastur, the grandson of late Vada Dastur of Iranshah, Dr. Hormazdiyar Mirza. After the Jasan, Zarrir spoke about […]
Anjuman Atash Behram Celebrates 120th Salgreh
18th September, 2017 marked the 120th Salgreh of Mumbai’s Anjuman Atash Behram, which was celebrated on Ardibehesht Mahino, Ardibehesht Roj (September 18th 2017) with two joyful Jasans, (morning and evening) performed by Nayab (meaning successor in waiting) Dasturji Saheb Dr. (FRCS) Jamasp JamaspAsa and his teams of Mobeds. Trustees Er. Phiroze Katrak, Er. Burjorji Antia, […]
Ratan Tata Features As One Of Only 3 Indians On Forbes’ List Of ‘100 GREATEST LIVING BUSINESS MINDS’ Worldwide!
Doing the Community further proud, former chairman of Tata Sons and cynosure of the Parsi Community, Ratan Tata, has been featured by Forbes, as one of the only three Indians, to make it to Forbes’ global ‘100 Greatest Living Business Minds’ List. The other two are Lakshmi Mittal, CEO and Chairman of the world’s largest steel-making company, […]