The J B Vachha High School celebrated its milestone centennial year on 21st October, 2023, at the Jehangir Memorial School Hall, with an evening of poetry, song, dance, drama, even as nostalgic students, ex-students and ex-teachers and staff came together to share precious memories of their school days. A variety program – ‘Memories / Yaadein’ […]
One of the Parsi community’s most revered sites in Mumbai – the Parsi Gate, located at Marine Drive, which was removed in April 2021 for the BMC’s ambitious Coastal Road works, is slated to be placed back by January next year, before the Coast Road is made operational, as per civic officials. The Parsi Gate, would however, […]
Ah, chronic pain, the unwelcome guest that just won’t leave the party! You’ve tried almost every painkiller – pills, patches, and the power of positive thinking. But guess what? Your body didn’t get the memo, and that nagging pain is still there, mocking you like an unruly toddler. Well, fret not, my fellow sufferers! I’m […]
The announcement of a Navjote ceremony of a child born to a non-Parsi (Hindu) father and Parsi mother in Nagpur, has sparked a heated controversy within the community. The Navjote which is scheduled for 14th November, 2023, has garnered staunch resistance from Nagpur’s Parsi Anjuman and other orthodox community members, as well as from the […]
They say, to live in the hearts of those we love, is never to die. This is the true Zoroastrian essence of the Avesta term Ameretat or Amardad, meaning immortality. The endeavour of human life should be Hauratat or Khordad, which means to live a wholesome life on the path of excellence and let our […]
Lending support and solidarity to fight the unprecedented sewage blockage crisis faced by Hyderabad’s famous 119-year-old Bai Maneckbai Nusserwanji Chenoy Dar-e-Meher, Parsi Times had a fortnight ago, published the news of how the Agiary’s original sewerage line had been unlawfully blocked by a local restaurant (Santosh Dhaba) sharing its compound wall. The construction work began […]
To see what doesn’t exist visually – the subtle art of deep perception that borders between the conscious and the subconscious – grants you the freedom to walk into spaces where the geometry and physics of things belie human scope. There are moments of intervals and spaces we meet and encounter daily. The gap between […]
Mumbai, the city of dreams, has lately become a nightmare due to the rising pollution levels! Over the past couple of weeks, Mumbai has been grappling with an air quality crisis through the post-monsoon period. The Air Quality Index (AQI) has consistently been registering the quality of air as ‘poor’. Mumbai hasn’t had a single […]
Breathe Easy… Dear Readers, Mumbai’s deteriorating air quality has become cause for much concern and conversation, as it competes with and even overtakes Delhi’s pitiable polluted air levels. Until a few years ago, Mumbai’s coastal location helped check the air pollution and issues of haze and smog, as the sea breeze would clear away the […]
Published by Shapoorji Pallonji Dedicated to the loving memory of Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry and Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, the book, ‘Iranshah A Legacy Restored’, captures the extensive structural restoration of the Iranshah Ātash Behram and the buildings in the campus in Udwada, Gujarat, India. It records the progress of the work as it unfolded, interventions discovered, […]
A large number of our population suffers from heel pain. Often, the underlying cause goes misdiagnosed due to lack of medical attention. Let’s explore the issue of heel-pains which can be extremely debilitating and even greatly restrict one’s mobility. The causes of heel pain can manifold – some of the clinical names of these include: […]