A Time For Goodbyes Dear Readers, 2020 continues to steal our Community of some of its most loved and cherished stalwarts. In a sad but not unexpected turn of events, we lost our much respected and loved BPP Trustee, Zarir Bhathena, to an ongoing ailment that he bravely fought, to its conclusion. While the community […]
Squadron Leader Parvez Jamasji (Retd.), who was awarded the Vir Chakra for gallantry during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, passed away at the age of 77, on the night of 25th June, 2020. The former Air Force officer was a resident of Dadar Parsi Colony in Mumbai and succumbed to a brief illness. He is survived […]
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 01st July, 2020. WINNER: Baba Ramdev: Forget ‘Patanjali’, let’s go for the kill – please sign and legitimise my ‘CORONIL’! By Fiyona Merzad Irani (Mumbai)
Former BPP Trustee, as also the former Bombay Municipal Commissioner, Jamsheed G. Kanga, passed away in the early morning hours of 25th June, 2020. He was an upright and dynamic IAS officer with an unblemished track record of service to both – the country and the community. His professional excellence was matched by his friendly […]
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” – Benjamin Franklin The death of a near or dear one is always very painful. If the person dies relatively young or passes away suddenly, the shock is even greater. If the person […]
The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) has announced that Indian-origin, Freddy Vachha will become its newest leader, succeeding Richard Braine. Vachha has been UKIP’s London Regional Chairman since 2016 and becomes the sixth leader of the party. At the leadership announcement, in front of Churchill’s statue, in Parliament square, 61-year old tax consultant Freddy Vachha […]
In addition to spearheading efforts to develop a vaccine to fight COVID-19, the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses produced and sold globally, will provide ten million doses of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, which helps to prevent severe pneumonia, every year to lower-income countries for the next decade. […]
As part of a restructuring plan, Noel Tata could soon be inducted as a Director on the Board of Tata Sons, the holding company of all Tata Group firms. The move comes after he was appointed a trustee of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust in 2019. A final decision is yet to be made and a […]
We start off with the story of a young martial arts student, under the tutelage of a famous Master… One day, the Master was watching a practice session in the courtyard. He realized that the presence of the other students was interfering with the young man’s attempts to perfect his technique. Sensing the young man’s […]
The famous Mandli-girls (all over 75) and boys (all over 80) met at the Gateways’s famous Yacht Club. This time they met to discuss foods conducive to good health in old age, because kaaley uthiney apro badhano budhapo avsey… as 90-year-old Rustom Pehelwan observed wisely! It’s another matter that they went overboard and over-ordered everything unhealthy on […]
Seven or nine heavens, vaulting one above another, they say, is Garonmana, Thy celestial Abode of Songs. From there dost Thou come down to Thy worshippers in all Thy grandeur, when they supplicate Thee and invoke Thee. But, in all humility, I feel and know Thy nearness. Thy throne is not in supernal regions, higher […]