January (Lucky No. 3; Lucky Card: Empress) : Health will be fine. Do not worry about the little uncomfortable things that take place, they are a part of our lives and hence, all you have to do is adjust to it. Financial support is on the cards. . February (Lucky No. 6; Lucky Card: Lovers) […]
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Parsee Gymkhana Wins 68th Salar Jung Cricket Tournament
Champions Parsee Gymkhana (PG) played brilliantly to win the grand finale of the 68th Salar Jung Community Invitation Cricket Tournament, beating Souvenir CC by 40 runs in the finals, at Islam Gymkhana on 1st May, 2017. PG’s Aakarshit Gomel starred in the game with an incredible, unbeaten 87 in 55 balls, smashing 12 fours and […]
Caption This! – May 06, 2017
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 10th May, 2017. . . . . .
Why Great Music Matters
Great music, whether Indian, Chinese or of other countries specific to its traditional forms, has existed for centuries. But it mainly survived in its country of origin, with a smattering of pockets where the immigrants carried a little bit of their culture as comfort nostalgia. Ancient civilisations of Japan, China, India, et al, take immense pride in […]
Religious Insights By Panchgani’s Panthaki Er. Hoshang Bhandara
PT: What, as per our religious essence, should be the virtues of a true Zarthosti? Er. Bhandara: I will read this out to you. “He is not great who is not great in righteousness, he is not rich who is not rich in righteousness, and he is not healthy who is not healthy in righteousness. […]
Ahmedabad’s Parsis Fight To Bring Back The Vultures
With vultures under the threat of extinction, Ahmedabad’s Zoroastrian community has come up with a plan to restore vultures to the area, to help with the traditional funeral practice of dokhmenishini. Around 30 years ago, there were over 80 million vultures in India, which was more than enough to take care of the funerary needs […]
DPC Agiary Kua Dries Out!
After providing clear and natural water for sacred rituals for 89 years, for the first time, the Rustom Faramna Agiary well at Dadar Parsi Colony, has, over the past week seen the well-water recede and has dried up. The Agiary’s Er. Kaizad Karkaria, expressed sadly that this had never happened before. The area’s Municipal and […]
SCAMD Organise Seminar On ‘Harnessing Nature’
On 23rd April, 2017, The Senior Citizens Association of Marine Drive (SCAMD) organised a seminar at the Maheshwari Bhawan in Princess Street, to learn about ‘Harnessing Nature’s Energy Freely’, which also means, ‘Good Health Without Medicine’. The speaker, Dr. Darius Homi Umrigar, D.Sc (Honoris Causa), MD (Alternative Medicine) was introduced by the organiser and host […]
PT Push: Marzy Parakh
In keeping with PT’s commitment to encouraging our community’s youth towards entrepreneurship, PT’s Asst. Editor, Delaveen Tarapore catches up with Marzy Parakh, who quit a career in the Finance industry to set up Marzy Hospitality, and discusses his latest entrepreneurial venture, ‘The Bombay Haveli’ (TBH), a vegetarian restaurant, which has been receiving rave reviews… PT: […]
Cusrow Baug Holds Annual Sports Day
The Cusrow Baug United Sports and Welfare League (CBUSWL) held its annual ‘CB Sports Day’ on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017, at its football lawns. 220 participants, right from ages ranging from 2 to 82 years, enthusiastically took part in over 33 different races – including the Under-5 Cycle Race to the Over-60 Power Walk – as over 300 onlookers cheered […]
1296 Glorious Year Of Pak Iranshah
Around one thousand two hundred and fifty devotees gathered at Udvada to pay homage to Pak Iranshah on 22nd April, 2017, (Adar Mahino, Adar Roj). A jasan ceremony was performed at 10:00am by Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor, along with other priests. The event concluded with a gambhar lunch catered by Mek caterers.