Writes Ashdeen… “While cleaning my kitchen shelves, I found old decorated plates that I have been collecting for years. Later that day, while shuffling through some old albums, I saw these sepia-tinted photos of Parsi families shot in photography studios. It made me wonder. Had these plates and people ever interacted? Did they have […]
If you are a stickler for privacy or just curious to know which of your apps does what, install Skit to view the insides of each app. Skit allows you to view, at a glance, detailed information about any app – when it was installed, when it was last updated, what permissions it uses and […]
Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit’s one desire is that man should not recognize him and appraise him at his true value. He lurked about me to beguile me into the wrong path. I saw not his deception. My Fravashi, Guardian Spirit, warned me against the danger. But as in vain does the ploughman goad his […]
Thank You BPP for the Truly Helpful Direct Help Line Initiative For The Community The initiative taken up in the current scenario of COVID-19 by all the Trustees of the Bombay Parsee Punchayet is a boon in disguise as on today, without considering all future allegations against them! My mother aged 73 years, is stuck […]
Every name is real, that’s the nature of names – Jerry Spinelli Starting today, I will be doing a series on the 101 names of Paak Dadar Ahura Mazda. While commonly the 101 names are called ‘names’, they are really attributes or qualities of Pak Dadar Ahura Mazda. When we recite these names, they not […]
The novel coronavirus is neither ‘Divinity’s Wrath’ nor ‘Nature’s Vengeance’. From a Zoroastrian perspective, this virus is the opposite of all that is good, God-given, life-giving and health-promoting. However, there are all kinds of posts on social media about the coronavirus being ‘Divine Anger’ on mankind and COVID-19 being ‘Mother Nature’s Vengeance’ on human beings! […]
Will Not Admit New Cases Or Visitors Till Mid-April On 1st April, 2020, the B D Petit Parsee General Hospital issued a statement that it was in Lockdown mode and would not be admitting any new cases or permitting any visitors to enter the hospital, till 15th April, 2020. Services were suspended after a patient, […]
On 2nd April, 2020, Serum Institute India’s Chief Executive Officer, Adar Poonawalla, shared that he has invested in the Pune-based molecular diagnostic company, Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (MDS) – the first Indian firm to get commercial approval to make and sell coronavirus testing kits (named Mylab PathoDetect COVID-19 Qualitative PCR kit, approved by Indian FDA/CDSCO and ICMR evaluation). […]
As the world around us comes to a standstill with the virtually global lockdown, physical activity gets restricted, taking a toll on your fitness. However, you can continue being fit and focus your pent-up energy with a productive fitness routine. The coronavirus shutdown doesn’t necessarily have to translate to bulging waistlines just because gyms and […]
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 1st April, 2020. WINNER: Puppy: Compared to humans, am I not wiser? Look, I’ve diligently used ‘SOAP and SANITIZER’!“ By Hoofriz Dotiwalla
We know the physical causes that lead to earthquakes and tsunamis, but there are more subtle spiritual issues involved, based on the Karmic principle, that all right actions bring joy, while wrong actions bring grief. When wrong actions reach an extreme, it leads to massive destruction (pralaya) bringing about an en-masse settlement (group-karma) of human […]