The 145th Salgreh of the Jamshedji Dadabhoy Amaria (Sodawaterwalla) Agiary at Marine Lines was celebrated with a jasan performed by Panthaky, Er. Pervez Karanjia and Er. Kayomarz Kerawalla on 4th September, 2018. Attended by Trustees of the agiary, Anahita Desai and Aspi Sarkari, the function continued with a religious talk by Er. Karanjia on the […]
Community members in Ahmedabad observed a condolence meeting to pay respect to Ex-President of Federation of Zorastrian Youth Association (FOZYA) and Ex-Trustee of Ahmedabad Parsi Punchayat (APP), Porus Jehangirji Karanjawala, at Sanatorium Hall on 25th August, 2018. Jointly organized by Mohudawala Trusts and Gamir Trust, the meet commenced with a jasan, followed by nineteen community […]
LCB (Lions Club of Bombay) Host, celebrated Teachers Day by felicitating teachers from various NGOs, school and colleges, at a grand ceremony held on 5th September, 2018. Various teachers received recognitions included former Principal of Alexandra Girls English Institution, Freny Mehta; Principal of Bai Bengali Girls High School, Kashmira Balsar; and others. Addressing the gathering, […]
Guilt is a very strong emotion that often rules our lives, relationships and us in general. We may suffer from it without anyone saying anything to us (due to upbringing perhaps) or due to others, making us feel responsible for a given situation. This is a feeling or emotional state experienced when one feels that […]
. The teams of Empowering Mobeds and Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) collaborated to create a religious session at the JB Vachha High School, Dadar (Behrams Battalions) and Bai Ava Bai Petit Girl’s High School, Bandra (Ketayuns Conquerors), simultaneously, on 2nd September, 2018. Dressed in scarves and topis, the sessions at Dadar were managed by Er. […]
Peace is what man prays for by day and by night. Peace he seeks for himself on earth during life and peace for his soul in heaven when dead. Life of avarice and envy destroys peace in this world, life of vice and sin in the next world. Peace nurtures cultures and civilizations. All law […]
Ancient Indian literature, both, spiritual as well as historical, has several references to Lord Ganesha- the lovable elephant-God who is the deity of beginnings and a terrific trouble-shooter (vignaharta). The Skandapurana delineates his origin while the Ganesh Purana is named after him. The Nagdala Purana says that rishis and munis bowed before him saying, ‘Om Ganeshaya Namaha’ (meaning, I bow to Lord Ganesha). The Yajnavalkya […]
Genre: Drama, Romance Rating: 3/5 102 minutes Director: Kanwal Sethi Telephonic conversations between a divorcee and a widowed mother — both at least in their late 40s — which gradually progress towards a certain degree of romance, are at the centre of ‘Once Again’, available on Netflix. Amar Kumar (Neeraj Kabi, fresh from his stint […]
Genre: Drama, Romance Rating: 2.5/5 140 minutes Director: Sajid Ali ‘A modern-day love story’, proclaims one of the film’s publicity posters. Well, it certainly is — part of the blossoming romance is on the mobile phone. Possibly the eighth Hindi film to be so titled (two of them during the silent era), this latest, co-written […]
Genre: Drama, Thriller Rating: 3.5/5 114 minutes Director: Dipesh Jain ‘Gali Guleiyan’ translates to ‘In the Shadows’. In this sense, the film, for its major part retains a dusky, gloomy look, which is possibly the intention of its first-time feature director Dipesh Jain. Screened so far at almost ten Film Festivals worldwide, Gali Guleiyan features the […]
“Take Me As I Am” . This week will go down in Indian history as the Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment overruling its own 2013 decision, partially struck down Section 377, a controversial British-era law that banned consensual homosexuality. Not surprisingly, one of the nation’s leading luminaries, who was part of the […]