CRICKET India Under 19 Storms Into World Cup Final: A prolific unbeaten 105 from Yashasvi Jaiswal coupled with 59 not out from Divyansh Saxena ensured India Under-19 a ten-wicket victory against arch-rivals Pakistan Under-19 during the first semi-final clash. Defending champions India will now take on first time finalists, Bangladesh in an epic finale. Batting […]
Tag: 8th February 2020
Caption This – 8th February
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 12th February, 2020. Winner: Cat: Why you in the pool? What happened to the manger? Dog: Curiosity will kill you, cat! Run! You’re in danger! by Silloo Eruch Mehta (New Delhi)
NCPA Presents Klaus Graf Quartet
After having played as a sideman along different national and international jazz formations, alto saxophonist Klaus Graf founded his own Quartet in 2001. A large part of the music consists of Graf’s compositions written for serving the quartet’s concept: jazz with a soul character, melody-based and groove-driven music for the body and mind. The musicians […]
Jashn-e-Sadeh Observed By Zoroastrians In Iran
On 30th January, 2020, a number of Zoroastrians in Iran got together to celebrate Jashn-e-Sadeh, a time-honored religious mid-winter festival, in Taft (central Yazd), as also in other cities across Iran including Tehran, Shiraz and Kerman. In keeping with the essence of the festivity being the mythical discovery of fire, the Irani Zarthostis set fire […]
Sazeman Celebrates Jashn-e Sadeh
Sazemane Jawanane Zarthoshty celebrated the Jashn-e Sadeh (the glorious event of Birth of Fire) at NM Petit Fasli Atesh Kadeh on 30th January, 2020, graced by Chief Guest, BPP Chairman, Yezdi Desai, accompanied by wife, Anahita Desai. Welcoming the Chief Guests, Hon. Administrator Darayush S. Zainabadi addressed the congregation in Persian, explaining the significance of […]
TechKnow With Tantra: Firefox Send
Firefox Send lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires, so you can keep what you share private and ensure it doesn’t stay online forever. Firefox Send makes it simple to share large file sizes – perfect for sharing professional design files or collaborating on a presentation with co-workers. With […]
Let Me Live Well, That I May Die Well
. I know not the day when death will conquer me. Yet I cannot live with peace, if the knowledge of the day of my death were given me. I will die one day in body, I know, but help me my God, never to die in spirit. Teach me to live and teach me […]
When Were You Born?
Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. She credits her learnings and insights, shared in her articles, to all Zoroastrian priests and scholars whose efforts have contributed […]
From the Editors Desk
Dear Readers, Love, Actually With Valentine’s Day round the corner, many get into frenzied brainstorming sessions on gift-giving. From the humble card, which professes all kinds of affections, as if trying to make up for the lack of a ‘real gift’… to the ‘real-gifts’ themselves –dazzling solitaire diamonds on platinum bands or race-cars or then, […]
Film Review – MALANG
In the opening scene, reminiscent of the ’70s, a guy with a well-chiseled, gym-toned body thrashes his prison inmates, while the rest of the junior artistes stand around, feebly flailing their hands above their heads. The identity of the person is revealed soon enough, but the reason for the mayhem much […]
Utkarsh Dance Academy Performs At Kala Ghoda Arts Fest
Surat’s dynamic dancers from the Utkarsh Dance Academy LLP, and Nrityanjali, under the guidance of Behnaz S. Todiwala and Payal Bhatt performed at Mumbai’s eminent Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020, on 1st February, 2020. Twenty spirited performers wonderfully showcased the Indian culture and traditions by performing on Indian folk dances like Kalbelia – the gypsy […]