‘Valentine Week’ has commenced since 7th February, observed as ‘Rose Day’ and will culminate next week with Valentine’s Day on 14th February. While modern Valentine festivities generally revolve around romantic love, it also has roots in early spring observations, especially around the season of bird mating. The first recorded association of Saint Valentine’s Day with […]
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Leading A Joyful Life
Recently a young reader of Parsi Times asked me some interesting questions: “How come we observe a Hindu ‘Ram’ Roj in our Zoroastrian calendar? Why don’t we name our children as Ram? Why do we abstain from consuming gosh (meat) on Gosh Roj?” Mino Ram The twenty-first day in the Zoroastrian calendar is not dedicated […]