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 2nd February 2022. WINNER: JAYA: Let bygones be bygones, let’s face life with grace! REKHA: Sure, we’ll let go of the past with a loving embrace! AMITABH: How I wish I […]
26th January, 2022 marked the virtual award ceremony of the Barnet Faith & Belief Awards 2022, hosted by the ‘Barnet Multi Faith Forum’, in partnership with ‘The Faith & Belief Forum’ and Middlesex University. Of the 33 projects nominated for the award, ZTFE’s (Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe) ‘Zoroastrian Senior Citizens Project’ – Caring for the Zoroastrian […]
The Mandli met at Freny Fatakri’s spacious house over tea and snacks which included an exotic chocolate-liquor-cake, mutton samosas, kolmi kababs and chicken nuggets. Khadhri Faridafui: Bus!! Only this much snacks? Meherbai: Everyone has brought along some snack. Farida dikra, what have you brought? Faridafuiji: I have brought my mittho husband, Henpecked Hormusji. Sorry, I’m late as I’m taking singing lessons […]
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Heartiest Congratulations, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla! Dear Readers, It was indeed a moment of great joy and pride for the community to know that Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla was felicitated with the prestigious Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India, on the eve of Republic Day. The third highest civilian award of the nation after the […]
The corporate world is full of business excellence initiatives, which stress the importance of cost-effective, efficient and well-controlled processes and the need for their continuous improvement. Strategies, objectives and Key Performance Indicators to measure the progress of planned activities are carefully defined after much deliberation. “What cannot be described cannot be measured,” and “What cannot […]
Our prayers are a storehouse of omnipotent energies. Each day of the Shahenshahi calendar is named after an angel and Shehrevar Roj is accordingly dedicated to Shehrevar Ameshaspand. The Shehrevar Ameshaspand Setayash, a prayer which praises Him, brings us countless benefits. But before we go further, let us understand the difference between Yazads and Ameshaspands. […]
Last week, Parsi Times featured how Mumbai’s Mata Ramabai Ambedkar crematorium, located at Worli, is currently being refurbished into a world class public crematorium, with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. One of Mumbai’s oldest crematoriums, it comprises a special Parsi Prayer Hall for community members those who opt for cremation, but it has been of even […]
The knee is a vulnerable joint that bears a great deal of stress from everyday activities, such as lifting and kneeling, and from high-impact activities, such as jogging and aerobics. With obesity on the rise, the poor knee joint literary bears the overload. Knee pain is a common complaint among adults and most often associated […]
Seventy-four years ago, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in the compound of Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi. The date was 30 January, 1948. Gandhi was 78 years old. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, had his differences with Gandhi. But on that fateful day of Gandhi’s assassination, he […]
Adding yet another proud feather to his cap and consolidating Parsi pride worldwide, Dr. Cyrus S Poonawalla, the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of the globally renowned Serum Institute of India (SII), which produces the Covishield Vaccine, was felicitated by the Government of India with the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award – one of the nation’s […]