There’s No Winners In War Dear Readers, Even as the world is still reeling under the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the unprecedented and sudden attack by Hamas on Israel, last Saturday, left us all in shock and disbelief. Even for those aware of the long-standing military tension between Palestine and Israel in the Gaza […]
Of Good Minds And Collective Consciousness Dear Readers, Even before the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, which brought life to a soul-screeching halt for a while, we were adequately aware of, and even exposed to witnessing Mother Nature’s reaction to the abuse of Her elements. Across the world, there were raging forest fires and floods; […]
Here’s To Good Times! Dear Readers, As we enter the final quarter of 2023, there’s much to look forward to! October heralds the onset of the festive season, as we gratefully start bidding adieu to the rains. Though the monsoons typically end by the first week of October, global warming has tweaked the seasons, so much […]
A Time To Rise And Shine… Dear Readers, It’s not just the population in our community that’s been on the decline… From being bequeathed a legacy of nation building, to having reduced ourselves to bickering over free-housing, we’ve descended much… From being known for our sense of humility, grace and gratitude, we have fallen prey […]
Keep The Faith! Dear Readers, The fact that we live in quite interesting times is not lost on anyone. There’s an overwhelming increase in the number of gut-wrenching crimes across the world. There’s a lot more chaos going on in the world, than we have ever known or experienced. Most news headlines leave us shocked, […]
Stay Connected To Stay Happy! Dear Readers, One of the benefits of being part of a tiny community is that we are naturally more close-knit than most other communities. Being close-knit is especially a boon to us as we have an aging population with many seniors living on their own. But, are we actively connecting enough? […]
The Biggest Teacher Of All! Dear Readers, Undoubtedly, education is the cornerstone of a civilised society, a conscientious nation and a progressive world. Educators, are therefore, deservedly cherished and revered as the crucial architects of ongoing generations, which will harbour a peaceful present and a thriving future. We owe much more than we know to […]
Dear Readers, Parsi Times is delighted to present our yearly ‘PARSI PRIDE BRIGADE’ series each week, where we heartily congratulate and take pride in sharing the academic successes of our community’s bright-sparks – the next gen! This year too, we are overjoyed to commend the hard work and efforts put in, by not just […]
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 […]