Death the grim harvester is heedless of the seasons of life. Old age and sickness provide a rich harvest for it. As the frosty wind cuts off the buds that have not yet blossomed and flowered, so does death fall as a noiseless shadow upon sprouting human seedlings and blows its withering wind upon […]
Miles To Go And Promises To Keep! We step into the second half of 2018 as a community which seems to have grown in unity, especially over the past few months. It was wonderful to witness the community’s unity manifest into the much-needed ‘Save Our Atash Behram’ Movement, last month. And more recently, the BPP […]
DPCG organised the ‘All Parsee Cricket Tournament 2018’ in the memory of Late Hosie Amroliwalla, former Indian Ranji Trophy cricketer and two times winner of the Jasdanwala Trophy for scoring the fastest century in the H D Kanga league. This year, 24 teams participated for the tournament, with ZCA (Zoroastrian Cricket Academy) and CJ (Cowasjee […]
Dear Readers, We step into the second half of 2018 as a community which seems to have grown in unity, especially over the past few months. It was wonderful to witness the community’s unity manifest into the much-needed ‘Save Our Atash Behram’ Movement, last month. And more recently, the BPP Board welcomed its newly elected […]
Genre: Animation, Fantasy 101 minutes Rating: 4/5 Director: Wes Anderson BFF, not so long ago, signified something else: it meant the friendly and loyal dog. Writer/producer/director Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Grand Budapest Hotel) takes us through a story of exile and reinforces our belief, though circumlocutorily, that BFF is still the canine. Orphaned […]
Genre: Thriller, Crime Rating: 2.5/5 125 minutes Director: Stefano Sollima Political connotations abound in the sequel to ‘Sicario’ (2015) as the US government machinery is let loose to battle the forces which smuggle in illegal immigrants from the porous US-Mexican border. Alongside battling the exterior forces, a few scenes in the beginning seem to suggest […]
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mailparsitimes@gmail.com by 11th July, 2018. Winner: “Salman Khan: Bae mahina ma paacho lagan no season aavech… Sanjay Dutt and Shahrukh: Tu reva de, bro!!” – By Sanaea Pesi Marker (Bangalore)
Olpadwalla brothers – Nekzaad and Shaazad – made their mark at the State Level Taekwondo Competition organized by the Students Olympic Association, Maharashtra, held in Sholapur, on 29th June, 2018. Nekzaad bagged the Gold medal, while, Shaazad grabbed the Silver in their respective weight categories, making their Lady Engineer High School, parents and the community […]
Parsi Pride Brigade – 2018.07.07
On Sunday, 1st July, the BPP elections were held across five centers in Bombay, (Cusrow Baug, Khareghat Colony, Bharucha Baug, Rustom Baug and Dadar) with five candidates vying for Trusteeship of the seat that became vacant, post the end of Muncherji Cama’s tenure. Of the five candidates – namely Anahita Desai, Xerxes Dastur, Ratan Patel, […]
. When will things change? Are the Trustees’ egos bigger than the lives of our community members? The Background: Many years ago, there were two sanatoriums for Parsis in Mumbai – the Petit Sanatorium (at Kemps Corner, South Bombay) and the Bhabha Sanatorium (at Band Stand, Bandra). The homeless members of the community moved between […]