Us Bawas love centuries, then be it cricket or life! We generally tend to live long and strong, but many people worry about their cognitive (intellectual/mental) health. They fear their mind will no longer be as sharp as earlier. The thought of losing the cognitive ability they had in their youth feels scary. You know […]
Chef Anahita Dhondy has been awarded ‘Cookbook Author Of The Year’ for her book, ‘The Parsi Kitchen’, as one of the prestigious winners of the ‘T + L Tastemakers’ eight special award categories (a part of Travel + Leisure India & South Asia’s Delicious Dining Awards 2022), felicitating individuals who have made a difference in […]
The Holy Fravardegan or Muktad days this year will commence on 6th August and end on 15th August 2022. Zoroastrians believe that during this period, the fravashis of the righteous dead, come down from their spiritual world into this material world and bless all those who remember and pray for them. These last ten days of the […]
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 27th July 2022. WINNER: Duck: Just have a Parsi Peg, my friend, you’ll stop whining and feel whack! Doggie: I’ve been warned off your suggestions – you’re just another quack!! […]
Heartiest Welcome To Our New Indian President – Smt. Droupadi Murmu Dear Readers, As India welcomes our 15th President – Smt. Droupadi Murmu, there is much reason to celebrate and take pride in our nation’s new First Citizen and the Supreme Commander of India’s Armed Forces. At a time when the so-called ‘global superpower’, […]
On 21st July, 2022, NDA Presidential candidate, Droupadi Murmu scripted history by becoming India’s first Tribal President, defeating Opposition nominee, Yashwant Sinha, by securing 64.03 per cent of the total votes polled, bagging 2,824 of the total 4,701 valid votes while Sinha managed 1,877 votes. The former Governor of Jharkhand (2015), 64-year-old Murmu is the first Adivasi and […]
With the Banaji Dakhma now operational for the exclusive use of Parsi/Irani Zoroastrians who have succumbed to COVID-19, thereby permitting Dokhmenishini to COVID victims in accordance with the order passed by the Supreme Court of India, the High Priests of our community – namely Dastur (Dr.) Firoze M. Kotwal (High Priest H.B. Wadia Atash Bahram, […]
Heartiest Congratulations and Best Wishes for a Shining and Successful Future to our Young Guns… Hurrah Husepas! Husepas Marfatia from Jankidevi Public School, scored a brilliant 98.2% in the ICSE Board exams, securing second position! A resident of Malcolm Baug, 16-year-old Husepas has won many Olympiad and Asset medals in Science and Maths. He […]
“What a lifetime achievement – Khorshid Jobani is 101 years young! Born on July 12, 1921, Khorshid has always led her life with a positive mindset. She’s a wonderful, gentle soul that sees nothing but the good in everyone. She is a daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a friend that is precious to […]
Frohar Films presents ‘Vohumana’: Episode on ‘Frohar Foundation Exhibition’ -[Part -2], on 24th July, 2022, at 1:30 pm on DD – Girnar channel. This episode will include glimpses of the exhibition, comprising the Parsi Song, ‘I’m Bawa and I know it’; Dances by children; Cooking and Parsi Attire competitions, Parsi Anthem, etc.
Weaving together the tracks of Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan, Holly Petrie takes us on a journey through popular music history, telling a story of the evolution of R&B, funk and soul. She has put together some of the most vocally challenging and well-known tracks from these two multi-genre legends, to showcase the widespread influence […]