OK. The opening and closing frames of the film couldn’t have been more reprehensible — John Abraham (Kabir), a crack member of the Special Task Force and the blue-eyed boy of the External Affairs Ministry (the Minister is a woman, of course!) is shown smoking in an elevator and flicking a lit cigarette at the […]
The Benefits Of Adopting An Adult Dog For the past few months the Shroffs were debating getting a new dog. It was three years since their last dog had passed away. But with the tight schedule the family had with school, tuitions, the cook on vacation, and Mr. Shroff working longer hours, Mrs. Shroff just […]
A press briefing was called yesterday afternoon at the Garware Club House by BPP Chairman Yazdi Desai and ex-Trustee Khojeste Mistree, to expose alleged irregularities by former BPP Chairman and Trustee Viraf Mehta’s father, Dinshaw Mehta in a tenancy transfer matter at Dadi House. The panel of speakers who addressed the Press in addition to […]
Jam-e-Jamshed (JJ), the community’s oldest (184 years old) weekly newspaper has teamed up with its five-year-old and equally popular counterpart, Parsi Times (PT), under the sole management of Parsi Times Multimedia Pvt. Ltd., which will have a common board of Directors. The aim behind this unison is two-fold – to add to the commercial viability […]
There are two men I’ve been absolutely crazy about since childhood. I must have seen them dozens of times and yet I don’t think I’ll ever get them out of my system. One of them is F-A-T (and CHO CHWEET!!) and the other is thin. They are my all-time favourite movie comedians, ‘Laurel and Hardy’. […]
Bengali Fish Paturi A dish cooked for special occasions, Bengali Fish Paturi is very similar to our Parsi dish, Patrani Machhi, which literally means, ‘fish cooked in a leaf’. Ingredients: 400 grams – Basa fillets cut into 2 inch pieces; ½ cup – Scraped Coconut; 3 to 4 Banana leaves cut into 6 inch squares; […]
We read a lot of stuff all the time, in the form of books, articles, brouchers, pamphlets and newspapers. But how much are you able to retain over a period of time? Is it a tenth or a hundredth of all the information that you read? Students generally put in great effort while studying, however, […]
Leading Ophthalmologist, Dr. Cyres K. Mehta was awarded ‘The Gold Medal Of IIRSI (Indian Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society)’ by Prof Bellucci, President Of European Society Of Cataract And Refractive Surgeons at the International Conference For Advances In Eye Surgery held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai on 18th June, 2016. Dr. Mehta was awarded this recognition […]
Air filter: Can you breathe freely if your lungs are clogged? Metaphorically, think about air filters as the lungs of your motorcycle. A mucky and a moisture laden filter will cause impediment on a two-wheeler’s performance as well as mileage. Air filters, as a thumb rule, always need to be dry and dust free. The […]
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. છેલ્લું અઠવાડીયું મંગળની દિનદશામાં પસાર કરવાનું બાકી છે તેથી તમારા મગજ ઉપર કંટ્રોલ ગુમાવતા વાર નહીં લાગે. નાની વાતમાં ઈરીટેટ થઈ જશો. ઉતરતી મંગળની દિનદશા ભાઈ-બહેનો કે મિત્રો વચ્ચે મતભેદ પાડી દેશે. તમારા વાંક-ગુના વગર તે લોકો તમારાથી નારાજ થઈ જશે. નાણાંકીય મુશ્કેલીનો સામનો […]
As a food-loving and outgoing community, we always look forward to trying something new, while maintaining our loyalties to our tried and tested favorites. Situated opposite Churchgate station, South Bombay, and known for its Parsi/Irani patronage, the classy and cozy restaurant ‘Gaylord’ now offers us the best of both worlds – being an ‘old’ favorite […]