Hope, Healing And Recovery In The New Year! Dear Readers, It feels way longer than eighteen months, since we’ve been battling the coronavirus epidemic, which has destroyed lives and livelihoods, robbed us of our loved ones and dimmed our happiness. Dealing with losses and living with the scary uncertainty of a deadly, mutating virus causes […]
Dear Readers, The onset of the holy Muktad days heralds an atmosphere of serenity and purity in fire-temples and homes, alike. Many take the effort to spruce up their homes in advance, preparing for ten of the holiest days of our religion, culminating into New Year. Offerings of special daily prayers, fresh flowers in polished […]
A Time Of Immense Pride and Joy For The Community! Dear Readers, The past week has brought in much reason for our community to truly feel an immense sense of pride and joy at the achievements and ongoing events… and your favourite weekly is privileged to share it all with you! Leading the list of […]
With Great Power Comes Great Irresponsibility!?! Dear Readers, An aspect that stands out during current times, which will also go on to leave an indelible mark (or should we say blotch?) on the history of mankind, in addition to the pandemic – is the abject collapse of leadership. At all levels – nationally, globally… or, […]
Two Main Take-aways… Dear Readers, The last fourteen months have been nothing if not one of humanity’s most profound learning curves. There’s a number of invaluable lessons we’ve had to learn the hard way since the onset of the pandemic. The new ‘at-home’ normal – be it ‘work-from-home’ or simply ‘stay-at-home’ – clubbed with the […]
Reasons To Smile Dear Readers, It hit the community like the much-needed and much-missed feeling of joy, amidst the ongoing gloom, to know that after twenty-eight long years, a member of our Parsi community had once again made it to the Indian Cricket Team! Nargol’s Arzan Nagwaswalla has been the toast of our cricket-crazy community […]
The Unparalleled Power Of Unity Dear Readers, The power of unity is often undermined. There’s much power in unity – we can only accomplish so much by ourselves. But united, we can move mountains and create movements that deliver tangible changes and give us hope for the future – the one thing we’ve all been clutching […]
‘TEN’darosti To Aapru PT! Dear Readers, Your favourite publication, aapru Parsi Times, is now ten years old!! And what a fabulous ten years it’s been… all thanks to the constant support, appreciation, encouragement, critique and guidance from YOU – our lovely readers! It is your patronship and faith in PT, which has hoisted our popularity […]
Ten years is a long time and yet, it seems like only yesterday when we launched Parsi Times, after much soul-searching, number-crunching and discussions. Much thought and deliberations went into considering whether there was space for one more weekly, given the integral presence of the much respected and sole, princely Parsi newsweekly – Jame Jamshed. […]
A Time To Pray… Dear Readers, India’s response to the second wave of the deadly pandemic, much like the virus itself, has mutated from grappling with the virus, to crumbling under its predominance over our efforts… to helplessly watching the near collapse of the systems that were supposed to protect us. India continues to lead […]
Dear Readers, I’ve been receiving a number of emails from community members sharing their fears and confusion as regards the safety and/or the need of taking the vaccine – in keeping with the endless contradictory messages we receive on social media platforms and WhatsApp. While some messages give us a sense of relief and consolation […]