Ratan Tata Makes Strong, Pertinent Statements On ‘Future Of Design And Construction’ Panel Discussion

Tata Group Chairman Emeritus, and pride of our community, Ratan Tata on 20th April, 2020, while sharing his views in a virtual panel discussion on the ‘Future of Design and Construction’ described the unorganised sprawl of Dharavi in the heart of Mumbai, where experts most fear the spread of the Coronavirus, as a “wake-up call,” […]

From The Editor's Desk

From the Editors Desk

Reach Out! Today, the 25th of April, 2020, marks an entire month of India’s historical Lockdown.  Last month, on 24th March, after a fourteen-hour long public curfew on 22nd March, PM Narendra Modi called for a 21-day nationwide lockdown, to contain the movement of the entire 1.3 billion strong Indian populace, as a preventive measure […]

Caption This – 25th April

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 29th April, 2020. WINNER: Coomi Mai: Marere! Aay Lockdown ma rahine ghanu sikhwanu malyu! Bepsi Mai: Hasto wari! Mane aaj sudhi maalam nahi hatu ke Bomi ketla sojja vaasan dhoich ne ketlu fine jharu-katko maarech!!   By Kayomarz Dotiwalla 

Dealing With The Crisis

Veera is a published Author (‘Endured’ and ‘#LoveBitesLifeHacks’) and Columnist; a passionate Educator and Counsellor; Poet and Philosopher… but most of all, a lover of all things literary.  Even as India, and other nations across the world work towards flattening the dreaded COVID-Curve, the protocols of the lockdown has a large number of us struggling […]

Blessed Are Our Baugs!

If there ever was a time for being thankful to our forefathers for establishing that unique institution – ‘the Parsi Baug’ – it is now! Indeed, during the lockdown period triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, when many people are coping with a sense of isolation, we in our ‘Baugs’ feel a kindred sense of community.  […]