Senior, eminent member of the Lions Club of Byculla and Sion, Lion Daara Patel was recently elected to the prestigious position of ‘International Director Endorsee’ of District 323-A1, Mumbai at the 27th Annual District Conference, held on 2nd April, 2017, in Mumbai. Current Secretary-General of the pharmaceutical association, ‘Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association’, India (IDMA), Lion […]
Tag: Volume 06 – Issue 52
The Powerful Energies Of Money
Like everything else in life, money has powerful energies which one can attract, if you have the right attitude towards it, which is to be ‘rich in the mind’. Never use negative terms like ‘I can’t afford it’ or ‘This is too expensive’. This shows the poverty of your mind and the Universe picks-up these […]
Philanthropic March For LCEB
The Lions Club of East Bombay (LCEB) executed two need-based projects aggregating over Rupees One Lakh, over the month of March. On 14th March, 2017, seven Club members donated colourful desks, tables and chairs to the KPB Nursery School at Umtolpada, Gholvad, District Dahanu. The club also erected an attractive slide in the School Compound. […]
Avan Parab Jasan At Panthaki Baug
Panthaki Baug organised a jasan ceremony on 8th April, 2017, (Ava Mahino, Ashishvang Roj), to pay homage to Ava Ardvisur Banu. Performed by Er. Jimmy Dastoor and Er. Eric Dastur, the jasan ceremony concluded with a humbandagi, followed by distribution of chasni and daar-ni-pori.
From The Editor’s Desk
The ‘Good Friday And Easter Sunday’ Message Dear Readers, For all, and especially us Bawas, all Fridays are good, as these herald the weekend. And few other communities do justice to weekends like we do! But yesterday was an even more special Friday, because to most of us, it meant a three-day weekend, instead of […]
The 101 Names Of Ahura Mazda And Their Meanings
Yazad: Worthy of worship Harvesp-tavan: Omnipotent Harvesp-agah: Omniscient Harvesp-khuda: The Lord of the universe Abadah: Having no beginning Abi-anjam: Having no end Buneshteh: The source of all creation Frakhtan-teh: The noble End of everything Chamag: The Lord of reasoning Parjatarah: The Exalted Tum-afik: The most innocent Abarvand: The Unique Parvanda: Within everybody An-aiyafah: Perfection itself […]
Life Is Duty
Religion is duty and life is duty. The sense of duty is ingrained in man. Man owes duty to his creator and the creator’s creatures. God’s will is man’s duty. Life is a pledge to the giver of life to do life’s duties. Let me not neglect or fail to do my duty. Let me […]
Caption This! – April 15, 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 19th April, 2017. . . . . .
Darabsha On Diet
‘Diet’ is a four letter word. It is almost as bad as the word which, when we used to utter it, our dear mothers would threaten to scrub our tongue with soap and butara (a stick broom)! It is a different matter now, with the offending word becoming almost an accepted part of our vocabulary, […]
You Ain’t Nothin’ But A Hound Dog!
You’re testing your vocal chords in the bathroom one morning and as you hit the high note in the second verse of ‘It’s now or never’, a second voice joins in – just as tuneless as you. ‘Who could it be? You think indignantly, as you pop your head around the shower curtain, only to […]