CRICKET India Beat West Indies In 2nd ODI: India played brilliantly to clinch the 2nd ODI in Trinidad beating West Indies by 105 runs. The rains spoiled play reducing the match to 43 overs. Batting first, India scored 310-5 in 43 overs. Ajinkya Rahane top scored with a blistering knock of 103 which included 10 […]
Tag: Volume 07- Issue 11
Dadabhai Naoroji’s Statue Garlanded
The Bombay Parsee Association paid a tribute to Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji on his death centenary by garlanding his statue, which was established in 1925 in South Bombay.
Let Me Rise Early With Bright Ushah’s Dawn
Let me rise with the dawn. Let me cleanse my body with the purifying waters of Ardvi Sura and purify my spirit with prayer and be ready for my daily tasks before the rising sun calls me to duty. Let me not waste my precious early hours in drowsiness. I turn in my bed a […]
Film Review: The Big Sick
To begin with, there’s something about the title — it may seem both bizarre and mystifying. There’s nothing but comedy and romance in the film, though. Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani) — the Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley — a Pakistani by birth but an American through upbringing is a part-time standup comedian […]
Film Review: Baby Driver
Rarely does one come across a film on crime with high-octane car-chase sequences, accompanied by an ear-pleasing soundtrack. Baby Driver (Ansel Elgort) suffers from a constant ringing in his ears – a result of a car accident in his childhood that killed his parents – but compensates for his disability by perennially donning earphones and […]
Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
1st July, 2017 – 6th July, 2017
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. 24મી જુલાઈ સુધી મંગળની દિનદશા ચાલશે તેથી તમે નાની બાબતમાં ગુસ્સે થઈ જતા હશો. ડ્રાઈવીંગ સંભાળીને કરજો. જમીન જાયદાદના કામ સંભાળીને કરજો. તમારી વસ્તુ તમને નહીં મળવાથી વધુ નારાજ થઈ જશો. ઘરનું વાતાવરણ સારૂં નહીં રહેવાથી વધુ પરેશાન થશો. કામકાજમાં અપજશ મળશે. મંગળને શાંત […]
Getting Started With The Right Equipment
In my last article I wrote about the pleasures of camaraderie and lifelong friendships that are built around record collectors. Sometimes, many beginners get a bit intimidated by what they feel is the cost of acquiring sufficiently good equipment to play their precious records. In this article, I would like to allay any such anxiety and share with you how […]
Dr. Prof. Meher Master-Moos
By Asst. Editor Delaveen Tarapore with inputs from Dr. Jasvi Doshi PT: Can you share some of the highlights of your life growing up? Meher: Born in Bombay in 1943, I grew up with strong family values. I spent most of my childhood in Delhi, Hyderabad and Bombay, before moving to Tanganyika for nine years […]
Happy 100th Birthday Dearest Homi And Nergish!
Walking Tall At 100 – Homi R Mehta PT Special Correspondent Hoshang K Katrak Reports There’s something magical and truly incredible about people reaching their 100th milestone. Indeed those who hit a century have luck and God by their side – like Homi Rustomjee Mehta, the ‘young’ man from Cama Park, born on 23rd June, […]
True Significance And Relevance of Gambhars
In recent times, we have unfortunately reduced the term Gambhar to a travesty. There are Gambhars hosted by individuals who possess political aspirations and are power-hungry to use Gambhars as a platform to entice the ever-hungry community, which generally gauges the candidate’s worth on the quality of the patru! There is also the ‘fee no […]
Sooni Taraporevala Is First Parsi Member At Oscar’s Academy
Internationally acclaimed screenwriter, director and photographer, Padma Shri recipient Sooni Taraporevala, has been invited to join the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – which organises the globally coveted Oscar awards – alongside other eminent Indian artistes including actors Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan, Deepika Padukone and Aishwarya Rai; […]