Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 28th April 2021. WINNER: Hare: Like GoI’s Covid response, I started out well, snoozed off and missed the slot! Tortoise: Just ‘slow’ but nowhere ‘steady’ – forget the race, they’ve […]
I have sinned against Thee, Ahura Mazda, in Thought and word and deed. I have denied Thee. Intolerant is the burden of my misdoings. I have been tempted to sin and inequities. I confess my sins to Thee, I acknowledge my sins. I humble myself before Thee. Kneeling at Thy feet, I repent. I prostrate […]
Files we delete from our Windows computers do not get erased completely. They remain on the disk until another file is created over it, and even after that, it might be possible to recover data by studying the magnetic fields on the disk platter surface. To ensure that your confidential and sensitive files are completely […]
Let’s not confuse issues here. Many people, I would safely venture, practically everyone, is normally on this whirlwind, merry-go-round of emotions. As humans, we are wired to feel, act, respond and live emotionally. We grow up as confused balls of pent-up emotional energy, trying our best to suppress, or at best, cope with negative emotions, […]
The Zoroastrian Association of California celebrated the Adar Yazad Nu Parabh with a Jashan performed by Ervads Zerkxis and Zarrir Bhandara, which was attended by about 50 people in person and on Zoom, and was sponsored by Dolly Malva. In addition to honoring Adar Yazad, this Jashan was dedicated to those in India suffering from […]
With the second wave of the pandemic wreaking havoc with lakhs of lives, a shortage of health facilities and equipment is the main dilemma in the nation today. Many states, including Maharashtra, are seeking help from the central government due to shortage of oxygen. Tata Steel has stepped in to help out with this fatal […]
On 25th April, 2021 (10:30 am to 11:30 am), Jiyo Parsi will present a Sunday Special webinar with Dr. Kersi Chavda, for an interesting session in discussing his thoughts about dealing with the current situation as best as we can. Dr. Kersi Chavda is Past President of the Bombay Psychiatry Society, Consultant at the P […]
Over two decades ago, Dubai resident – Gulshan Kavarana, started a journey from her living room, which has, as of today, offered support and growth to over a thousand people in the form of a support group for families and children with special needs, titled, ‘Special Families Support’ or SFS. Established in 1999, SFS is […]
‘All India Radio’ (AIR)- ‘Akashvani Samvadita Mumbai’ channel brings to you ‘Sports Magazine’ hosted by our very own Binaisha M. Surti. Tune in to join her at 9:45 am IST, on 27th April 2021 (Tuesday) for an exciting ‘Special Episode-2’ on ‘Motivation’ featuring former ICC Test Umpire – Shahvir Tarapore and former Mumbai Cricketer, coach […]
Meherbai was a voracious reader as you all know by now and she had just finished reading a book by Prof. Alex Gardner – a retail-psychology expert who advocated that shopping is good for marriage, especially shopping for shoes! For the husband, it lowers blood-pressure and anxiety. For the wife, it raises her self-esteem and prevents […]
₹ 600 For Pvt / ₹ 400 For State Govts. On 21st April, 2021, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Pune-based Serum Institue of India (SII), the world’s largest producer of vaccines, released a media statement, where the price for the Covishield vaccine was fixed at ₹600 per dose for private hospitals and ₹400 per jab for State […]