The idea of making Big Money and Quick Money has always attracted people to stock markets. However, what most of them don’t know, is making money in stock markets is simple, yet not easy. Apart from having sound processes and a financial plan, it requires loads of patience and discipline. Today, let’s explore ‘herd mentality’, […]
The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), a global frontrunner seeking to develop a safe and effective COVID vaccine, has registered its second and third phase trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine candidate – ‘Covishield’- with the Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI). The trails will be conducted on 1,600 healthy participants across India. […]
On 18th August, 2020, Pakistan-born, Zoroastrian quantum astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala has been named the new Dean of the prestigious MIT School of Science, one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As the hitherto Associate Head of the Physics Department, Mavalvala will take over as the new Dean from September 1, […]
The loss of Cawassa (as I would fondly call him) leaves a void that will be very difficult to fill. He was as strict, as he was compassionate. He was as kind, as he was firm. He was a simple man dedicated to his work and totally committed to the welfare of the community. Cawassa […]
. Winners Of ‘CELEBRATING HOPE IN WORDS AND ART’ WINNER: Celebrating Hope By Meher Parvez Sutaria As Alexander Pope has rightly said, Hope springs eternal in the human breast. At present dark clouds are hovering high, But they’ll soon be gone, by and by. The world, of all its mirth, is shorn, But soon, a new day will be […]
“I wish all the members of the Parsi community a very Happy New Year! I know that these are difficult times for all of us, but I wish Navroze particularly will bring respite and ease in business conditions and good health and prosperity to each one of you. With best wishes, Ratan Tata”
The year 2020 has been a challenging one. There has been loss of life and there has also been loss of livelihood. There has been anxiety, anguish and even a degree of anger which stems from helplessness or our inability to be in control of the situation. However, the best and probably the only antidote […]
Let’s face it – us Parsis are incorrigible foodies -barely are we done with breakfast, that we launch passionately into, ‘What’s for lunch?’ You will therefore, be thrilled to know, that you can now, ‘up the mood, even beyond the food’ – raising our favourite sport (eating), to the next level… one that engages all […]
For Old Champs’ Sake! . Somebody asked a Parsi gentleman as to why Parsi New Year comes so early in the year, in the month of August, generally. I still remember the old gentleman’s reply, “Dikra, aay pakar,” and no, please don’t insert any double meaning here. No, my grandfather simply asked my six-year-old self […]
Let me start with a joke. I asked my friend, Behnaz, “Your hubby Neville is such an angry man! How do u deal with it?” She said, “It’s simple – I clean my bathroom after every fight.” I was amazed! “Really? How does that help?” She said, “I use his toothbrush!!” Cliched jokes apart, everyone […]
Red Bull Racing Junior, Jehan Daruvala, finished fourth in Silverstone, UK, in the Sprint race of the FIA Formula 2, part of the British Grand Prix weekend on 2nd August, 2020. The Indian racing sensation started in twelfth and worked his way up the field after a sensational last three laps. Jehan, in his first Formula […]