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 9th September, 2020. WINNER: Mommy Penguin: Aveh eni Navjot karavsu 2021 ma. Papa Penguin: Haan! Ne peraamni ma thi bija Masks ne Sanitizers lehsu! By Farzin Dalal
The HMS ‘Parsee’ was a ship built in 1868 by Robert Steele & Company. Originally, the HMS ‘Parsee’ was a fully rigged, clipper ship which was later re-rigged, into a barque. The ship initially plied the England-Bombay trade route and then went on to sail from India to New Zealand, until its decommissioning in the […]
Human spirit thrills with rapture when man gazes on the beautiful nature. Gardens and orchards, farms and fields ring with the sweet, sonorous songs of the beautiful birds, attired in lovely plumage. The winds waft the fragrance of the fields all around. From flower to flower does the busy bee hit to gather the nectar. […]
The Indian Air Force has come up with a gaming App which allows aspirants to experience first-hand, the roles of an IAF air warrior, as well as means to apply and appear for recruitment from the comfort of his home. The gaming option has various features, including offline single player missions, an online multiplayer sorties […]
Preserve Our Parsi-Panu It has been a constant struggle nowadays to see a Parsi marrying a Parsi. In fact, the numbers are so skewed in favour of inter-caste marriages that the day is not far enough when people in our community shall stop talking about it altogether because it would have become a common thing! […]
In the ancient civilizations of ‘Mu’ and ‘Atlantis’, there were certain rules and practices on death, with details of breath-control, mind-control and guiding the ‘last-thought’. In ancient Egypt, occultists could predict whether it was time to ‘to fight for life’ or ‘let go and die’ for their Pharaohs. In the Mayan civilisation, initiates were taught […]
January (Lucky No. 17; Lucky Card: Star): This will be an excellent month for women and girls born in the first month of the year! You need to work on coming out of your confusions. Don’t allow self-pity to make you feel like you’re being neglected. You will not face any monetary issues so stop worrying […]
In this ninth part of ‘The Zen Series’, the short story about elderly gentlemen in Japan leaves much to reflect over! There was a group of elderly gentlemen in Japan who would meet over tea to exchange news. One of their diversions was to search for costly varieties of tea and create new blends that […]
I have been blessed with a very good memory, so good that I often wish I could forget much, for a number of those memories have been peppered generously by ghotalas, chabardas and more embarrassing faux pas than I care to remember. Recounting all would fill up a tome but here are few incidents I […]
WZO Trust is pleased to inform donors, well-wishers and community members, an update of the various relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken by the World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust Funds, as on August 31, 2020 towards alleviating distress caused due to the Covid Pandemic amongst our community members in India. Update: 31 August 2020 THE WZO TRUST […]
Here’s extending our very Best Wishes for a Shining and Successful Future, alongside our Heartiest Congratulations to our Young Guns….