The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions Dear Readers, We are a passionate and presumably educated community with an unyielding sense of pride in our glorious religion and our illustrious forefathers, who set the definitive tone for our race – Parsis – as a bunch of progressive and cultured people, comprising hard-working […]
Life Is Short, Break The Rules! Dear Readers, Everyone has got that one aunt, related or otherwise, who is quite convinced that she deserves to be the center of everyone’s universe, and worse, that she is the last word in counselling (usually unsolicited). I have one too. Firuza aunty (name changed for obvious reasons). She’s […]
Blessed With The Gift Of Giving Dear Readers, It’s always a joy heading into this fun festive season – we’re all happy to be done with the monsoons and the potholes and water-logging and those serpentine traffic jams – our spirits are painted over in mood-changing shades of sunshine and vibrancy! Many of us are […]
Looking Forward… Are you someone who wakes up looking forward to something every day? Or does your daily life function with routine-passivity, like it’s on auto-pilot? One of the unfailing keys to happiness is having something to look forward to. And anticipating something fun means you enjoy that happy experience for longer, even before it’s […]
Bloody Atrocious! Dear Readers, Having been a media professional for over twenty years now, I’ve seen some serious lows to which people can stoop for a few minutes in the media spotlight. And believe me, I’ve witnessed a good amount of preposterous behaviour… verging from the ridiculous to the insane – I thought I’d seen […]
Resurrections And Ripples Dear Readers, It’s never too late to start anew – If it was once there, it still lies in you, Covered and lost under the shroud Of fear, hesitation and self-doubt. Self-resolve and a sprinkling of faith Is what it takes to resurrect the innate, Let ripples of faith replace the ‘how, […]
Take A Minute, Change A Life Dear Readers, Last Sunday, 10th September, marked ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’, and the title of this editorial, ‘Take A Minute, Change A Life’, is the theme for this year. This line really got me thinking… especially when I read the statistics – worldwide, every year about three million (thirty […]
‘Fate’ Accompli Or Free Will? Dear Readers, There is perhaps another religion as empowering as our Zoroastrian religion. We are told to pursue happiness, to keep our minds and bodies in a state of happiness (little surprise then, our love for music and food!) by following the simple yet profound tenets of Good Thoughts, Good […]
Fun Times Ahead! Dear Readers, We’ve entered one of the most auspicious months of the year for our community – with Navroze less than a fortnight away. Unlike looking back at the year gone by and reflecting on our ‘would’ve, could’ve, should’ve’ moments – as is the stereotypical practice leading to the New Year that […]
Be‘Cause’ Of You! Dear Readers, It was wonderful receiving your numerous responses to last week’s editorial – ‘A Cause Bigger Than Yourself’ – which encouraged you to participate in a cause and make a bigger, collective difference. It was heartening to see so many of our community members expressing not just willingness, but a desire […]
We’re On A Roll! Dear Readers, The past few weeks have augured very well for our community, with the much-needed good news pouring in from all corners! Our community has lots of reason to beam with pride in keeping with the upward swing of news coming in from local, national and global quarters, about Parsis […]