The Young Rathestars – our community’s leading Social Welfare Association, from Dadar Parsi Colony, held a Parsi New Year bonanza, with its Annual Grain Distribution Program, at the Sorab Palamkote Hall in Mumbai, on 28th July, 2024. The Grain Distribution is an annual tradition of charity by the Young Rathestars, which spans for over three […]
Give… But Smartly! This is the smart era – there’s smart phones, smart TVs, smart everything these days, except of course for smart people. Maybe this is the downside of modern technology – it robs us, bit by bit, of our self-reliance, in the name of convenience. It started a few decades ago, with the […]
For the past five years, Doa Bakshidan, founded by Diana Doctor, has been providing care, education medical aid, and vital assistance to the underprivileged of our community and to countless individuals in need. “Your sponsorship or donation isn’t just a contribution, it’s a lifeline. With the support of our community, we’ve been able to light […]
Dear Readers, While many communities are known to take care of their own, our community has always stood out for going many steps further than simply taking care of our own. There is a reason that the expression, ‘Parsi, thy name is charity,’ is known and appreciated not just across our country, but through […]
Our racial heritage, our temperamental endowment, and vicissitudes of time have built our communal characteristics, Ahura Mazda. We take life cheerfully and strive to make the most of it. We are full of life and gay of disposition. We are boisterous and obtrusive, talkative and vivacious, amiable and jovial, lively and impulsive, virile and industrious, […]
With respect to everyone’s beliefs, and with the main aim of shedding light on this topic, I share my knowledge and my beliefs on the concept of Organ Donation in order to provide clarity by doing away with any misinformation that may lead our Zarthostis to form opinions based on well-intentioned myths or worse, baseless […]
પારસી સંસ્કૃતિ સાથે પરોપકાર અને ચેરિટી જોડાયેલી છે. પારસી તારૂય બીજું નામ સખાવતથ એ કહેવત જાણીતી છે. દિનશા તંબોલી આજે આપણા સમુદાયમાં દાનવૃત્તિ પરોપકારના ખ્યાલના વિકાસ અંગેના તેમના વિચારો જણાવે છે. સખાવતનો ખ્યાલ સમજીએ તો તમારા હૃદયથી અન્ય લોકો પ્રત્યે ઉદારતા વધારવાનું કાર્ય છે. પરોપકારનો સાર અમે જરથોસ્તીઓના મનમાં ઉંડે ઉતારી દેવામાં આવ્યો છે. આપણો […]
When Parsi Times’ Asst. Editor, Delaveen, requested me to key in my thoughts on Charity and Philanthropy in the Zoroastrian community for publication in this Special Navroze issue, I thought it would be appropriate to expand on the very enlightened editorial, ‘This Toxic Sense of Entitlement’, published in Parsi Times issue of April 22, 2017, […]