Three Cheers! Dear Readers, It’s been a good week for the community – we have three delightful reasons to rejoice! The first, of course being our very own Police Inspector Cyrus Boman Irani bringing great pride onto our community for being awarded the distinguished ‘President’s Police Medal For Meritorious Service’, on the occasion of our […]
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, Today’s issue of Parsi Times is one which truly celebrates the human spirit, and leaves us in awe and inspired, when we read about the seemingly impossible feats that one can achieve – immaterial of the tragedies that destiny riddles you with – when you make up your mind to overcome these. Yes […]
Dear Readers, Welcome to 2018! A New Year brings with it a sense of immense hope, symbolising ‘new beginnings’ and a ‘clean slate’ for us to sketch a more rhythmic poetry of our lives. It’s nearly like the universe gives us that encouraging pat on the back saying, “go forth, ye warrior, try again”, and […]
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 […]
The Biggest Lesson Of Them All Dear Readers, The pleasantly cold wave that has taken over Mumbai, pronouncedly over the past week, has brought in much relief to us all. At some places, especially in the baugs and the burbs, it gets quite nippy, but we’re all good with that because it’s a welcome […]
Belling The DisCriminATion Dear Readers, The past weeks have seen the sentiments of our Community hitting an all-time-high as numerous issues have converged upon us – the two most prominent ones include, what is popularly known in the circles as ‘the Goolrukh Gupta case’, where we keenly await the Supreme Court’s verdict as regards the […]
Life Is Short, Break The Rules! Dear Readers, Everyone has got that one aunt, related or otherwise, who is quite convinced that she deserves to be the center of everyone’s universe, and worse, that she is the last word in counselling (usually unsolicited). I have one too. Firuza aunty (name changed for obvious reasons). She’s […]
Blessed With The Gift Of Giving Dear Readers, It’s always a joy heading into this fun festive season – we’re all happy to be done with the monsoons and the potholes and water-logging and those serpentine traffic jams – our spirits are painted over in mood-changing shades of sunshine and vibrancy! Many of us are […]
Resurrections And Ripples Dear Readers, It’s never too late to start anew – If it was once there, it still lies in you, Covered and lost under the shroud Of fear, hesitation and self-doubt. Self-resolve and a sprinkling of faith Is what it takes to resurrect the innate, Let ripples of faith replace the ‘how, […]
Take A Minute, Change A Life Dear Readers, Last Sunday, 10th September, marked ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’, and the title of this editorial, ‘Take A Minute, Change A Life’, is the theme for this year. This line really got me thinking… especially when I read the statistics – worldwide, every year about three million (thirty […]