On 8th November evening, while I was enjoying my kulcha paratha at a Dhaba in Chandigarh, I noticed something wasn’t normal. Few diners had trouble swallowing their food and others had forgotten to chew! After my hearty meal, as I walked up to the cashier to settle my bill with a Rs.1,000 note, I still […]
Three cheers, rah-rah-rah, Hip hip hurray and all that sort of thing. It is 19th November and this is one time of the year since 1993 that we are celebrating the International Men’s day. Normally this day is not celebrated with the same zest and a zing that the Women’s Day is celebrated . My […]
Though the Ratan Tata – Cyrus Mistry conflict seems to have taken a backseat due to ongoing national and global events, the dispute continues to intensify, threatening to prolong the mayhem within the nearly USD 100 billion Tata empire that produces amenities ranging from table salt to Jaguar sports cars! The internal discord has also […]
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. ૨૫મી ડિસેમ્બર સુધી ગુની દિનદશા ચાલશે તેથી તમારા અટકેલા કામ ફરી ચાલુ કરી શકશો. નાણાકીય બાબતમાં ઈનવિઝિબલ હેલ્પ મળી જશે. જે પણ કામ કરશો તેમાં ફાયદાનો વિચાર નહીં કરો. ગુની કૃપાથી ઘરવાળાની સાથે ખૂબ જ સારાસારી થતી જશે. ઘરમાં તમાં માનપાન વધી જશે. તબિયતની […]
Visually, the launched-this-year Royal Enfield (RE) Himalayan with a 220mm ground clearance comes across as a relatively tall adventure motorcycle, which can be rather intimidating to individuals who are challenged in the in-seam. Pleasantly, once astride, you figure the seat height at 800mm is pretty acceptable. One then settles in the comfortable seat gripping the […]
Sanjan is a place of religious and historic importance to Parsis. Contrary to popular belief, this was not the place where the Parsis first landed after leaving Iran. However, this is indeed the place where the very first Atash Behram (Iranshah) was consecrated. It is believed that several families, men and women, took off […]
In a 40-minute televised address on Tuesday, 8th November, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an announcement that left India shocked and then in a frenzy! He invalidated the Indian currency notes of denominations Rs.500 and Rs.1000, saying these “will not be legal tender from midnight tonight” and “just worthless piece of paper.” This move […]
The United States of America voted in Republican Presidential candidate, Donald John Trump, 70, as its 45th President on 9th November, 2016, in a shocking culmination of a populist and divisive campaign that ceaselessly attacked the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy, proving wrong all the polls, the pundits and the data! ! Trump […]
We are right in the lap of celebration and festivities and when it comes to making merry and enjoying, Bawas take the cake hands down! Especially with our weddings, which are becoming increasingly elaborate and personalized every year! I love the glitter and party, but I believe in personal touch and personalized attention, which guarantees […]
Parsis have a penchant for music, as a result of which such a small community has given so many fine musicians. Be it Western or Indian, rock, pop or classical, vocal or instrumental, the twinkle-toes Bawas cover the whole gamut right down to the bathroom singers. I remember myself going the whole range of arias […]
The scriptures not only encourage, but, enjoin marriage, including for the clergy. Ordinary priest or a High Priest, a married priest is considered a better priest. Vendidad (4.47) states: “O Spitama Zarathushtra! Indeed, I thus recommend hereunto thee A man with a wife above a Magava (Holy man), A man with a family above one […]