With the Divali festivities behind them, Meherbai and her Mandli had a Chicken-Farcha-Pe-Charcha with cold coffees at the PVM Gymkhana. The subject under discussion was ‘Sasujis and Vahumais’! Meherbai: My Sasuji was extremely kind and loving and treated me like her own daughter. In fact, she pampered me and at times, she and I would gang-up […]
Achievers Are Us! Dear Readers, Parsi Times takes great delight and pride in presenting you the ZAAN 2017 Special issue, recognizing and felicitating some of the great individuals within our Community, who do us proud not just as Parsi/Irani Zoroastrians, but as Indians and humans! The Zoroastrian Achievers Awards Nite (ZAAN) is the flagship event […]
Adding yet another feather to his cap, the multi-faceted and dynamic, global holistic health and fitness guru, Dr. Mickey Mehta recently debuted as an author with his first novel – ‘The SHOONYAM QUOTIENT’. Within a short period of its release, the ‘The SHOONYAM QUOTIENT’ has already gotten listed in the prestigious Nielson Top 500! Speaking […]
Vadodara’s 13-year-old, Tinaz Mistry bagged a ‘Bronze’ medal at the National School Games Chess Championship held at Warangal, Telangana, on 14th November, 2017. Representing Gujarat in the Under-14 category with her team at the 63rd School Games Federation of India (SGFI) competition, Tinaz also bagged a ‘Silver’ medal for the board prize for her individual […]
The Nowroze Baug Play Centre organized the 19th All Parsis Floodlit Rink Football Tournament and 6th All Parsis Penalty Shootout Tournament from 11th to 18th November, 2017. Numerous teams battled it out across various categories to clinch the trophy and the prize money worth Rs. 30,000 sponsored by Viraf Mehta, in memory of his grandfather, […]
A single clue is what is proffered in the middle of the film, based on the enigmatic maestro Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel by the same name. The self-proclaimed ‘greatest detective in the world’ – the fastidious and mustachioed Belgian Hercule Poirot (played by director Branagh himself) – is bound for London aboard the famed Orient […]
Re: Parsi General Hospital-Medanta Concerns [Note To Readers: Recently a Mumbai lawyer wrote to various government authorities and the CEO of Medanta allegedly insinuating non-issues regarding Medanta’s handling of the new medical facility at the Parsi General Hospital. Principal donors of Parsi General Hospital, Pervin and Jal Shroff, mailed Parsi Times the following communication with […]
The 2nd Jiyo Parsi Jiyo Mobed Workshop was organized by the Jiyo Parsi team and PARZOR Foundation on 19th November, 2017 at the Sir H.N. Reliance Hospital’s auditorium, with fifty-six priests and four Behdin Pasbaans actively participating in the workshop. The aim of the workshop was to empower our priests with communication skills so they […]
. Tir, or Testar (Avestan Tishtrya), is the divinity presiding over the Star Sirius (Greek Seirios which means glowing or scorching) or the Dog Star which is the brightest star visible from all parts of the earth in the night sky. Sirius is colloquially called the ‘Dog Star’, on account of its prominence in the constellation […]
Parsee Gymkhana (PG) conducted its second ‘All Zoroastrian Men and Women Arm Wrestling Competition’, registered and recorded under the Maharashtra Arm Wrestling Association Nagpur, at the gymkhana grounds in Mumbai on 18th November, 2017. Organized by Rustom Jasoomoney, Minoo Khan, Khodadad Yazdegardi and Vivek Chaphekar, and sponsored by Veldon Coats, Wibbs Bakery, Zoroastrian Cooperative Bank, […]
. On the eve of 10th November, 2017, the Parsi/Irani Zoroastrian Community’s glitterati came together at the Garware Club in South Bombay, to celebrate the Zoroastrian Achievers Awards Nite 2017 (ZAAN 2017), presented by the Zoroastrian Trust Funds Of India (ZTFI), with the aim of recognizing and honouring the outstanding achievements of Parsi/Irani Zoroastrians, who […]