Kadimi Navroz Mubarak! Dear Readers, How absolutely wonderful it is to belong to a community that celebrates its occasions twice over!! While the rest of the world celebrates its special days once a year, we get to revel in our joys twice – once on the ‘Roj ni’ date, based on our Parsi /Irani calendars, […]
Happy 11th B’day, Parsi Times! As Parsi Times completes eleven auspicious years, on behalf of all at Parsi Times, I thank you – our ardent readers and steadfast supporters – for your constant encouragement, enthusiastic participation and invaluable feedback through this momentous journey. It has been an inspiring and exhilarating journey. What started out eleven […]
Have You Been Feeding That Negativity-Monster? Dear Readers, The dramatically increased flurry of negative messages circulating on social media and various WhatsApp groups or e-mails does not come as a surprise during the campaigning period. Like I shared in my last editorial, those embarking on such toxic campaigns, where they falsely malign others, even crossing […]
When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them The First Time… Dear Readers, Most of us will reckon, there’s two ways of getting on top of things in life… one is the path less chosen – to work your way to the top with sincere intention, commitment and effort. And the other, (an increasingly […]
Breathe Easy… But Don’t Get Too Laid Back! Dear Readers, With Covid cases finally declining to a trickle (comparatively) in Mumbai, the State Govt. has finally, after two long years, lifted those rather troublesome and tedious restrictions. Mumbaikars are able to literally breathe easy again and take that unhindered sigh of relief, as the last […]
Sad Partings Dear Readers, It is never easy coming to terms with the loss of loved ones. Sometimes, the loss is felt beyond the immediate circle of family and friends. In the past week, the community mourned the loss of two such lovely souls – one who we lost way before her time, in an […]
Come December…. The Beginning Of The End! Dear Readers, The popular saying, ‘Every end marks a new beginning’, is usually meant in a consolatory or comforting context – but thanks to the harrowing pandemic, time can’t be ticking fast enough to conclude this deadly chapter that has shaken the core of humanity. We can’t wait […]
Dear Readers, Looks like the Gods have been listening to all our prayers as life does seem to be, slowly but surely, crawling back to some semblance of what normal used to feel like. We must, however, keep our masks on, and other mandatory precautions going, because we are not yet completely out of the […]
Let There Be Light… Please! Dear Readers, Just last week the community was finally relieved of the ongoing BPP hubbub, with the announcement that all five current Trustees, had, on their word, signed a consent agreement, to collectively resign and hold brand new elections for all seven trustee seats, next March. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, […]
Doing Our Bit Dear Readers, The success and prosperity of every collective unit – be it a family, a society, a community or a nation – depends on each member doing his/her bit. While the roles of different members, assuming different positions in these units, are interchangeable, the responsibilities are not. For instance, in a […]
Dear Readers, Today, October 2, 2021, marks the 152nd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) – ‘Father of the Nation’. An Indian lawyer in South Africa, whose life took on a completely unprecedented path post an experience that left him feeling discriminated against and humiliated, Gandhi went on to make history as the […]