Change The Face Or Face The Change? Life is characterized by change. As creatures of habit, that’s not good news for most. We constantly have to adapt to change – at home or at the workplace, with family and friends, even the househelp! We also have to accept those changes taking place in our physical […]
Time To Clean Up! Dear Readers, As we step into August – one of the most auspicious months of the year, there’s much to look forward to and even more to do! We start the ‘prep’ for our Parsi New Year – and this encompasses a lot cleaning-up around the house. We look to making […]
Heartiest Welcome To Our New Indian President – Smt. Droupadi Murmu Dear Readers, As India welcomes our 15th President – Smt. Droupadi Murmu, there is much reason to celebrate and take pride in our nation’s new First Citizen and the Supreme Commander of India’s Armed Forces. At a time when the so-called ‘global superpower’, […]
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, […]
Times Of Change Dear Readers, The one thing that is impossible to escape in these times is the overwhelming change that we’ve had to deal with – it’s taking place everywhere, at all levels, and very, very conspicuously. I doubt humanity has ever been subject to as many elements of change, simultaneously, before this. Be […]
A Legend Who Will Never Be Forgotten Dear Readers, On 28th June, 2022, Padma Bhushan Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry – the legendary industrialist, philanthropist, nation builder and one of the tallest feathers in the Parsi cap – breathed his last. It is said some people are born for greatness and it shows in them from […]
The Time Is: NOW! Dear Readers, One of the biggest maladies of our times is procrastination. Putting things off for later is the worst habit, and let’s be honest, many of us have been guilty of it at some point or the other. Procrastination is the natural assassin of both – talent and opportunity. The […]
Dear Readers, The past week saw residents of Mumbai experience the onset of the monsoons, waking up to moderate rainfall a couple of mornings, and a few nightly thunder-showers. Along with the sense of relief from the heat brought on by the rains, we also experienced our first taste of the infamous annual […]
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap, As You Vote, So Shall You Weep! Dear Readers, Election Day is finally here. On Sunday, 29th May, 2022, you will finally be able to choose a whole new Board of Trustees, that will take charge of the affairs of the apex institution of our community – […]
Vote-worthy Or Not? Dear Readers, As we get ready to go to the polls and elect a new BPP Board of seven Trustees next weekend, we hope that this Board will lead our community into a better future. Hopefully, we have paid enough attention to select good candidates who have proven track records of […]
This is The Time… Dear Readers, We are just a couple of weeks away from the community’s most critical event that will define its course for the next five years. The long-due BPP elections will finally take place on May 29th, 2022, all thanks to the efforts fronted by Trustees Noshir Dadrawala and Kersi […]