The festival of Navroz is as old as our beautiful Zoroastrian legacy. We as Persians celebrated the Spring Equinox, for the quintessential meaning that it stood for. With the advent of Navroz, the spring festival was celebrated by our agrarian forefathers, to welcome the onset of a bountiful harvest and a prosperous year, full of […]
– Dr. Kaiwan M. Randeria – Us Parsis are known for our love of good food, our creature comforts and our active social lives. Unfortunately, often, in our daily routines, we overlook the health of our bones. We have a reputation for being strong and resilient, but have we truly been giving our bones the […]
My dear Parsi Times readers, Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak! Let’s welcome the new year with an honest chat. We Parsis love our comfort – our cushy armchairs, our afternoon naps, and of course, being WhatsApp warriors where we sit and type away, slowly turning into Dhansak-fed ‘papeto’. But while our taste buds may be thriving, what […]
Jamshedi Navroz marks a time of renewal, reflection and rejuvenation. It’s a festival that celebrates fresh beginnings, both in nature and in our personal lives. Just as we engage in spring cleaning – decluttering our homes and making space for positivity, we should also take this opportunity to cleanse our minds and emotions. Getting a […]
There has been an increasing appeal from Mumbai’s community members to the Maharashtra Government to formally name the junction near Churchgate station as ‘Bhikha Behram Chowk’, in commemoration of the glorious 300-year anniversary of our sacred Bhikha Behram Well, located near Churchgate. The proposed renaming is seen as a tribute to Bhikaji Behram Pandey’s enduring […]
Cyrus The (Not So) Great! Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Maharaja of Masti, is back to tickle your funny bone! This time, he’s diving headlong into the most bizarre (yet oddly believable) theory – could Donald Trump secretly be a Bawaji? Fasten your seatbelts for a rollercoaster of laughs, lunacy and legendary Parsi humor, in our exclusive column, […]
– Zaara M. Kapadia – Ours is a community that can debate for hours about the best way to cook one dish. And if there’s one dish worth fighting over, it’s our national dish – Dhansak. Forget democracy, forget world peace… if you’re looking to start a real war, just walk into any Bawa home […]
– Darius J. Irani – The Persian Empire, with its vast history spanning numerous dynasties and centuries, gave rise to some of the most formidable rulers the world has ever known. While legends like Cyrus the Great, Darius I, and Xerxes I dominate history books, countless intriguing details about Persian sovereigns remain hidden in the […]
The Spring Equinox, as observed in the Northern hemisphere, is the time when the sun crosses the celestial equator (an imaginary line in the sky above Earth’s equator). This phenomenon happens every year on March 19, 20, or 21. Usually, Zoroastrians celebrate the first day of spring on 21st March. However, this year this ancient Iranian spring […]