Yesteryears superstar and Bollywood’s much-loved ace actor, Rishi Kapoor, who is currently being treated in New York for a health issue, praised actor Boman Irani and wife Zenobia on Twitter, saying, “Terrific couple. Zenobia and Boman. What an actor he is and she – what a cook. She fed the entire ‘Kapoor & Sons’ film […]
Dear Readers, It’s been an interesting, news-packed week for the Community. First the good, no wait, the GREAT news! The Community is thrilled to celebrate the fabulous cricketing performance of Arzan Nagwaswalla scalping a fabulous five wickets (for 78), against Mumbai’s seasoned middle-order batsmen, bringing immense joy to Team Gujarat and even more pride to […]
Dear Readers, We will soon head into our favourite time of the year – the exciting and fun, ‘lagan-and-navjote’ season. Undoubtedly, the most exciting part of these much awaited festivities, (apart from the food, of course!) is that we end up meeting virtually every other community member through these auspicious occasions, renewing and re-strengthening our […]
“Take Me As I Am” . This week will go down in Indian history as the Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment overruling its own 2013 decision, partially struck down Section 377, a controversial British-era law that banned consensual homosexuality. Not surprisingly, one of the nation’s leading luminaries, who was part of the […]
Dear Readers, Welcome to YZ 1388! As we step into this brand new orbit, may our Community flourish in greater progress, unity and number! There is always something auspicious about new beginnings – a lingering sense of hope and positivity envelopes even the greatest sceptics. There’s a little magic in new beginnings that rubs off […]
Dear Readers, We step into the second half of 2018 as a community which seems to have grown in unity, especially over the past few months. It was wonderful to witness the community’s unity manifest into the much-needed ‘Save Our Atash Behram’ Movement, last month. And more recently, the BPP Board welcomed its newly elected […]
We Will Miss Meherwanji… Berry Much! Dear Readers, Before all else, on behalf of Team Parsi Times, I thank you for the innumerable congratulatory and encouraging messages you sent us for Parsi Times Seventh Anniversary and our Anniversary Issue. We are, as always, grateful and delighted with your constant feedback, guidance and support, which has […]
The Chameleon In Our Blood Dear Readers, The heat is on… there’s red-hot cusswords on everyone’s lips, perfectly complemented by that dehydrated, prisoner-of-(summer’s)war look on most faces. Bombay’s reputation as the ‘melting pot’ takes on a painfully literal avatar during the summers. Even a measly fifteen minutes in the sun paints most of our fair-skinned […]
‘Fraud’ian Slip! As Indians, we are painstakingly used to the word, ‘Fraud’. Heck, not only are we used to it, but are subconsciously getting trained to even calibrate our reactions with increasing leeway – for example, it’s not a ‘decent enough’ fraud to make us raise our eyebrows if it hasn’t run into thousands of […]
Jai Hind! Dear Readers, It’s easy to take freedom for granted when we haven’t had to fight for it… when it has never been taken from us. On the threshold of our 69th Republic Day, maybe we should take a moment to reflect if we’ve justified our freedom as citizens of India, and as a […]
Dear Readers, The topic of the hour – the reconsidered stand taken by the Valsad Parsi Anjuman, on the urging of the Supreme Court to allow intermarried Parsi women into places of religious worship – has, as expected, garnered conflicting reactions from our Community. The move, which is feared as the racial nemesis and religious […]