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    • Chomp & Cheers
      • Chomp & Cheers

        Chomp & Cheers: DIY Christmas Recipes!

        December 24, 2022 PT Reporter

        Chomp & Cheers!

        October 30, 2021 PT Reporter

        Gourmet Catering: Next Level Cuisine And Catering!

        March 27, 2021 PT Reporter

        Super Starters To Kick In New Year’s Eve!

        December 26, 2020 PT Reporter

        Chomp & Cheers Presents ‘The Festive Spread’

        August 15, 2020 By Mahafrin Gotla Umrigar

        Chomp & Cheers Presents Chef Delzad

        August 8, 2020 PT Reporter
    • Profile
      • Profiles

        Spinning Success: DJ Aarish Daruwalla’s ‘WOW’ Factor!

        July 5, 2025 PT Reporter

        Zerbanoo Gifford Woman Of Substance, Pride Of Zoroastrians!

        March 18, 2023 PT Reporter

        ‘Benercise’ Your Way To Fitness With Health Scientist – Benafsha Gazdar

        January 21, 2023 PT Reporter
    • Religion
      • Religion

        પ્રાર્થનાની શક્તિ અને આધ્યાત્મિક જવાબદારી

        December 6, 2025 PT Reporter

        Pearls Of Wisdom: Insights By Er. Zarrir Bhandara

        November 29, 2025 PT Reporter

        Pearls Of Wisdom: Insights By Er. Zarrir Bhandara

        November 8, 2025 PT Reporter
    • Health
      • Health

        The Great Joint Rebellion: Making Sense of Rheumatoid Arthritis

        December 6, 2025 PT Reporter

        Shoulder Muscles: Unsung Heroes Of Pain-Free Movement

        November 1, 2025 Dr. Danesh Chinoy

        Why Your Spine Deserves A Better Deal Than Your Shiny Bikes!

        September 13, 2025 PT Reporter

        Dasvidaaniya: Tandarosti na Dus Vachan!

        August 9, 2025 Dr. Danesh Chinoy

        Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy: Game-Changers or Just Temporary Tools?

        July 19, 2025 Dr. Trishala Chopra

        Back In Action – Strengthening The Silent Supporters

        July 12, 2025 Dr. Danesh Chinoy
    • Horoscope
      • Horoscope

        Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
        06 December 2025 – 12 December 2025

        December 6, 2025

        Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
        29 November 2025 – 05 December 2025

        November 29, 2025

        Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
        22 November 2025 – 28 November 2025

        November 22, 2025

        Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
        15 November 2025 – 21 November 2025

        November 15, 2025

        Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
        08 November 2025 – 14 November 2025

        November 8, 2025

        Numero Tarot By Dr. Jasvi

        November 1, 2025
    • Pet Puja
      • Pet Puja

        Managing Dogs, Protecting People: The Smarter Path To Safer Streets

        November 22, 2025 Shirin Dhabhar

        My Parsi Grandma’s Guide to Raising Dogs (And Humans)

        August 9, 2025 Shirin Dhabhar

        The Secret Life Of Dogs: What’s Your Doggie Really Thinking?

        March 15, 2025 Shirin Dhabhar

        It’s A Dog’s (And Cat’s) Life!

        March 16, 2024 PT Reporter

        The Dark Side Of Pampered Pets: Is Your Kindness Harming Your Dog?

        March 16, 2024 Shirin Dhabhar

        Kids And Preventing Dog Bites

        March 18, 2023 Shirin Dhabhar
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    • Travel
      • Travel

        Turkey: A Cultural Mélange

        November 30, 2024 Veera Shroff Sanjana

        Armenia – Where Tradition Merges With Modernization

        February 24, 2024 Veera Shroff Sanjana

        Soulful Saurashtra: Tales From Roads Less Travelled

        January 6, 2024 PT Reporter

        Empress Worldwide Travelz

        October 12, 2019 PT Reporter

        Travel Like Royalty With Empress Worldwide Travelz

        September 28, 2019 PT Reporter

        Saving the Earth in a Rickshaw!

        April 27, 2019 Razvin Namdarian
    • Finance
      • Finance

        Vastu For Wealth And Financial Flow

        October 18, 2025 Farah H. Kasad

        Next-Gen GST 2.0 – How It Impacts Consumers

        October 11, 2025 Khushroo B. Panthaky

        UNION BUDGET 2023: Analysis

        February 4, 2023 PT Reporter

        5 Things To Do At The Start Of The New Financial Year

        March 26, 2022 By Yazdi Tantra, Chairman, Zoroastrian Cooperative Bank Ltd.

        We Can’t Predict. We Can Prepare!

        July 31, 2021 Mehran Felfali

        Financial Management Basics For The Youth

        May 8, 2021 Marzee Kerawalla
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    • Education
      • Education

        Navsari’s Sorabji Barjorji Garda College Enters 78th Year

        The All New Education Loans From Zoroastrian Bank

        The Trap Of Toxic Positivity

    • Ruby’s Column
      • Ruby’s Column

        The Sacredness Of Food

        April 12, 2025 PT Reporter

        Meherbai’s Mandli Discusses Nursery Rhymes!

        July 6, 2024 Ruby Lilaowala

        Meherbai’s Mandli Goes Down Memory Lane

        July 15, 2023 Ruby Lilaowala
    • Lifestyle
      • Lifestyle

        Glow With Cherag: ‘Preparing Your Skin Before Makeup’

        October 18, 2025 Cherag Bambboat

        Resolve To Forsake False Sense Of Entitlement In 2024

        December 30, 2023 Noshir H. Dadrawala

        The Irresistible Poetic Charmer!

        April 29, 2023 Veera Shroff Sanjana

        Psychological Perspective: The ‘Bois Locker Room’

        May 16, 2020 Aviva Damania

        Resolving Family Conflicts During (And After) The Lockdown

        May 2, 2020 By Aviva Damania

        Healing At Home With Taichi

        April 18, 2020 Kashmira Shaw Raj
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    • PT Push
      • PT Push

        Taronish Cooper: Transforming Dream Concepts To Creative Concrete

        November 4, 2023 PT Reporter

        PT Push – Firoza (Tarapore) Shroff and Kainaz Tarapore, ‘Jophiel’

        November 21, 2020 PT Reporter

        Brilliant, Bubbly, Beautiful Binaisha!

        December 28, 2019 PT Reporter

        The Perfect Time For Fudge: ‘NINE 15’!

        August 31, 2019 PT Reporter

        ‘Ammara’ By Kainaaz Mehta

        May 18, 2019 PT Reporter

        PT Push Presents Anosh Yazdani

        April 27, 2019 PT Reporter
    • Special
      • Special

        Dastur Dinyar – Salman-e-Fars And Ahadnameh

        December 6, 2025 Noshir H. Dadrawala

        Can Science And Religion Coexist?

        November 29, 2025 Noshir H. Dadrawala

        Ardashir-e-Babakan – Founder Of Sasanian Dynasty

        November 22, 2025 Noshir H. Dadrawala

        The Parsi Martyr And Hero Of Bharuch

        November 8, 2025 Noshir H. Dadrawala

        Qissa-e-Sanjan Sanatorium!

        October 25, 2025 Noshir H. Dadrawala

        Spiritual Significance Of Salt

        October 11, 2025 Noshir H. Dadrawala
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    • Entertainment
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        What The Fatakra!

        October 18, 2025 PT Reporter

        Parsi New Year 2025 Contest Winners

        August 9, 2025 PT Reporter

        Parsi New Year 2025 Contest

        July 26, 2025 PT Reporter

        Parsi New Year 2025 Contest

        July 19, 2025 PT Reporter

        એ બાળપણ હતું ખુબ સુંદર!!

        May 3, 2025 PT Reporter

        MOTHER’S DAY CONTEST!

        May 3, 2025 PT Reporter
    • Humour
      • Humour

        What The Fatakra!

        October 18, 2025 PT Reporter

        A Little Bit Of This, Just A Dash Of That And What Have We?! Navroz Mubarak!!!

        March 18, 2023 Dara M Khodaiji

        Cyrus The (Not So) Great!

        March 18, 2023 Cyrus Broacha

        Wrath

        October 15, 2022 By Freyan S. Wadia

        Alarming Thoughts (False Alarm)

        October 8, 2022 PT Reporter

        Meherbai’s Mandli Meet For Some Elaar-Pelaar

        January 29, 2022 Ruby Lilaowala
    • Reviews
      • Reviews

        Book Review: ‘Wadia’

        June 1, 2024 PT Reporter

        Film Review – Sam Manekshaw

        December 2, 2023 Hoshang K. Katrak

        Book Reviews: ‘The Story of My Life’ by Dosebai Cowasjee Jessawalla

        April 8, 2023 PT Reporter

        Book Reviews: ‘A Gift From Cyrus’ By Omid Kaveh

        April 8, 2023 PT Reporter

        Book Launches Of Interest

        November 26, 2022 PT Reporter

        Film Review: Runway 34

        April 30, 2022 Hoshang K. Katrak
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      પ્રાર્થનાની શક્તિ અને આધ્યાત્મિક જવાબદારી

      December 6, 2025 PT Reporter

      સુરતના પારસીઓ દ્વારા સંજાણ ડે અને ચિલ્ડ્રન્સ ડે ની ઉજવણી

      December 6, 2025 PT Reporter

      અમરોલી અગિયારીનો 222મો સાલગ્રેહ ઉજવાયો

      December 6, 2025 PT Reporter

      Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
      06 December 2025 – 12 December 2025

      December 6, 2025 Jayesh Goswami

      કોલકાતાની સૌથી જૂની આગિયારીમાં વિનાશક આગ

      November 29, 2025 PT Reporter

      સમયાતીત મોનાજાતને નવી જાન – કૈઝાદ પટેલ દ્વારા પુનજીવિત

      November 29, 2025 PT Reporter
  • Sports
    • Sports

      Jehan Comes Second In France

      July 30, 2022 PT Reporter

      Parsee Gymkhana Clinches Madhav Mantri Tournament!

      December 4, 2021 Binaisha M. Surti

      Defending Champs Parsee Gymkhana Retain Talim Shield Title

      November 6, 2021 Binaisha M. Surti

      Tête-à-tête With Adille Sumariwalla

      July 17, 2021 Binaisha M. Surti

      Parsi Cricket Pioneers Of 1886 Honoured At Lord’s!

      June 26, 2021 Binaisha M. Surti

      Triple Honours For Parsee Gymkhana Cricket Team!

      March 27, 2021 Binaisha M. Surti
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Tag: Martab

Heartiest Congratulations On Navar Ordainments!

Community News June 1, 2024May 31, 2024 PT Reporter 0 Comments

Parsi Times is delighted to share the Navari ordainments of three of our dynamic, hard-working young boys – Er. Kylle Sharzad Sethna, Er. Thian Navroze Sanjana and Er. Xan Mahiyar Engineer.   Er. Kylle Sethna Er. Kylle Sharzad Sethna was ordained Navar on 24th May, 2024 (Mah-Dae, Roj-Tir), at the Sorabji Thoothi Agairy (Walkeshwar, Mumbai) under the affectionate and able […]

Er. Raamin Sanjana Ordained Martab

Community News June 24, 2023June 23, 2023 PT Reporter 0 Comments

14-year-old Er. Raamin Sanjana successfully completed his Martab ceremony, at the Malcolm Baug Agiary, by performing the Vandidad Ceremony, under the guidance of Er. Eric Dastur and Er. Farzad Ravji, on Ram Roj – Dae Mah, 1392 YZ. The son of proud parents Er. Zubin and Kaneeza Sanjana and grandparents Er. Bomi and Freny Sanjana as […]

(Er.) Shayan Bulsara Ordained Martab

Community News June 15, 2019June 14, 2019 PT Reporter 0 Comments

Bright, religious and all of ten years of age, (Er.) Shayan Bulsara, son of Farzad and Dinaz Bulsara, was ordained Martab on 26th May, 2019, at Mumbai’s Banaji Limji Agiary. His Martab ceremony was conducted by Er. Hoshedar Panthaki, Head Priest of the Agiary. Having attended Ratamai and Tehmina Peer’s weekly prayer classes since he […]

Er. Jehan Madan Ordained Martab

Community News January 19, 2019January 18, 2019 PT Reporter 0 Comments

13-year-old, Er. Jehan Madan, son of Hutoxi and Farokh Madan, was ordained Martab on 2nd January, 2019, at Dadabhai Umrigar Adarian, Fatehgunj, Vadodara, under the guidance of Er. Hormazdiar Bhesania and Er. Kersi Bhesania. A student of Std. VIII at the Delhi Public School, Gurgaon, Jehan has been performing jashans and navjote ceremonies at the […]

Priesthood Initiation Ceremonies: Navar And Martab

Religion September 16, 2017September 15, 2017 PT Reporter 0 Comments

The Navar Ceremony: One newly initiated into the work of offering prayers, rites and sacred things to Ahura Mazda is called Navar. The candidate for initiation must first pass through two bareshnum purifications. He is then initiated into the order by two priests. To qualify for the performance of the ceremony, these priests have to […]

Erishe Solai Ordained Martab

Community News January 15, 2017January 14, 2017 PT Reporter 0 Comments

Eleven-year-old Ervad Erishe Solai, son of Niloufer and Ervad Rayomond Solai and a Class VI student of Christ Church school, got ordained as Martab on 23rd December, 2016, at the Vatcha Gandhi Agiary under the guidance of Ervad Aspandiar Dadachanji, Ervad Nariman Panthaky and Ervad Khushroo Kanga.

Martab Mubarak

Community News July 4, 2016July 13, 2016 PT Reporter 0 Comments

Ervad Shahren Balaporia, son of Urviz and Hoshedar Balaporia, was ordained as a Martab on May 14, 2016 (Roj Hormazd, Mah Dae) at the Bai Motlibai Wadia Adaran. The Martab ceremony was performed by Er. Eric Dastur and Er. Khushroo Kanga. Parsi Times wishes Er. Shahrenall the very best.

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