Meherbai’s Mandli (girls all over 75) met to discuss last year’s Woman’s Day which was an unmitigated disaster as far as receiving gifts was concerned. They shared each other’s sorrow and hoped that their respective partners would be more imaginative and generous this year. In fact their conversation was a ‘Total Dhamal’… Mani Maxfactor: I’d asked […]
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mailparsitimes@gmail.com by 6th March, 2019. Winner: Imran: Apna Time Aayega! Modi: Tu Nanga hi to aaya tha, ab lota le ke jayega! -By Meherwan J Namdarian (Canada)
Be WARned… Dear Readers, There’s not one among us who’s unaffected by the ongoing tensions escalating between India and Pakistan. We ensure to keep ourselves updated with events, even as these unfold, via social media and of course, television which shares greater detail, analysis and opinion. Our hearts bleed in sorrow for, and beat in […]
Throughout the Parsi-Zoroastrian history, Parsi women have all been high achievers – in Persia and India, and globally too! We had Artemisia of Halicarnassus (485 BCE) – Admiral of the Persian Navy and a lover of Xerxes I; there was Pantea Arteshbod (Aryash) – Commander of the legendary Immortal Army known as Persian Immortals or […]
. Women’s Day Contest Winners
In keeping with the celebratory Woman’s Day spirit, Parsi Times attempts to do what no man (or maybe even woman) has really been able to figure – the eternal question… WHAT DO WOMEN WANT??? This is our attempt at demystifying this enigma by sourcing the answer straight from the mare’s mouth! But, we didn’t want […]
XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians), under its MAD (Make A Difference) Initiative, titled ‘XYZ Vessel-a-thon’ organised a vessel collection drive, aimed at providing vessels to all in the city who eat off newspapers and cannot afford to buy vessels to cook or eat in. Over the last 3 weeks you have been reading about this drive […]