Central Bank of India celebrated its 107th Foundation Day in the august presence of EDs, Sri B K Divakara Sri P. Ramanamurthy and Sri B S Shekhawat , granddaughter of Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawalla, Dr. Pilloo Hakin and other family members of the Founder of Bank,. Other eminent dignitaries and staff members of the Bank too […]
On 16th December, 2017, Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) celebrated its third annual day at the Bai Avabai Petit Girls’ High School with nine groups across XYZ putting up food and games stall. At the commencement of the funfair, XYZ granted wishes of twenty-five children suffering from life threatening diseases through ‘Make A Wish Foundation of […]
The ex-students association of JB Vachha High School, Dadar organized an in-house Edu-cultural festival on 25th and 26th November, 2017, that witnessed people of all age groups celebrating the festive mood with music, lights and good food. Numerous multi-cuisine food stalls treated visitors to a range of food and desserts. The jewelry, western and ethnic […]
On 16th December, 2017, to welcome the season of celebrations, the senior citizens of Dadar, Wadala and Matunga were treated to Christmas carols by the Dadar Parsee Colony’s (DPC) ‘Colony Choir’ with Havovi Karanjia, Khurshid Engineer, Teenaz Bamji, Gulnaaz Engineer, Natasha Mistry, Pervin Pastakia, Armaity Mistry, Piloo Battiwala, Pearl Patel, Shernaz Talati and Urveez Kakalia. […]
. PT: Who can perform the Vandidad and Nirang Din prayers and where do they need to be performed? Er. Mehenty: Vandidad and Nirangdeen ceremonies can be performed only by Mobeds who have completed Sampuran Navar and Martab ceremonies from Madressa (Yozasthregar Mobeds). It can be done only by Barshnum Mobeds. Vandidad and Nirangdeen are […]
CRICKET India Whitewash Sri Lanka With A 3-0 Win In T20s A commanding overall performance from team India helped them overpower visitors Sri Lanka at the Wankhede stadium, winning the game by 5 wickets as former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the winning stroke in style for a four. Batting first, the Lankan lions notched […]
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 3rd January, 2018.
The Supreme Court recently scrapped the Tardeo Agiary land deal, citing, “there was no urgency to throw away the valuable property of the Trust. It would have defeated the very object of creation of the Trust for the preservation and protection of religion and Parsi culture.” Fourteen years after BC Batliwala Agiary Trustees sold the […]
New Years are a perfect opportunity for taking stock of your life, auditing, accounting and doing a bit of spiritual Hisaab-Kitaab. We are almost into 2018 and are a year older than what we were last year. Also, we have lost one more year of this precious incarnation if we have not made any spiritual progress. We […]
. Ameretat or Amardad (Immortality) is the Seventh Amesha Spenta – Divine Energy/Force of Ahura Mazda which Zoroastrians call the “Bounteous Immortals.” In the Zoroastrian tradition, each Amesha Spenta has guardianship over a Good Creation of Ahura Mazda, thus representing the Presence of God in the physical world. Ameretat or Amardad represents Plants. A devout […]
On 25th December, 2017, Dadgah ‘Asha Vahishta – The Zoroastrian Center’, was inaugurated in Pune, under the umbrella of Association for Revival of Zoroastrianism (ARZ), which will have its doors open to intermarried Parsis and their children, as also Zoroastrian enthusiasts who seek a greater understanding about the religion. A jasan ceremony was performed which […]