WAPIZ has tied up with the Dr. N K Dhabhar Trust to hold FREE Breast Cancer Camps for the first time in all Parsi colonies and Baugs, starting out with the first camp to be held in Godrej Baug on Sunday 12th May, 2019. These camps will have a team of doctors and technicians who will […]
Tag: Volume 09 – Issue 3
71st EBZB Guides Celebrate Final Silver Jubilee Event
. On 27th April, 2019, the 71st EBZB (East Bombay Zoroastrian Bharat) Guides, brought the curtains down on its year-long Silver Jubilee celebrations, with the final event commemorating 25 glorious years of the institution, at The Alexandra Girls’ English Institution. Presiding over the evening’s festivities, which drew an audience of over two hundred people, was […]
Nawaz Merchant Wins MWA’s ‘Best First Crime Novel’ Edgar Award
The inauguration function of the 33rd Holiday Programme for Youth (HPY) was held on 28th April, 2019 at JB Vachha Girls’ High School, Dadar. 160 participants from Mumbai and various other parts of the country were all set to enjoy, learn, adapt and make the most of the memorable month. The Organising Committee comprising Huzan […]
Jimmy Engineer Bestowed Habib Jalib Peace Award
On 2nd May, 2019, Pakistan-based eminent painter, Jimmy Engineer was felicitated with the 13th Habib Jalib Peace Award, at the Arts Council in Karachi. Engineer thanked the Award Committee for bestowing the honour on him. He shared that the late Jalib was the people’s much loved poet, who struggled all his life for the rights […]
A’bad’s Trust Holds Sheri nu Jaman
On 28 April, 2019 Ahmedabad’s Sunamai and Firoze Davar Charitable Trust held its first ‘Sheri nu Jaman’ at Parsi Sanitarium Grounds. Founded in 2017 by APP’s (Ahmedabad Parsi Panchayat) ex-trustee, Prof. Armaity Firoze Davar, in memory of her parents, Sunamai and the scholarly Prof. Firoze Davar, the Trust provides educational aid and support to needy […]
Emotional Healing With Tai Chi – Part V:
WORRY
The Emotion: WORRY More often than not our lives are ruled by worry… Of things not happening as they should (fear of failure); of things actually happening (fear of success); relationships not being proper or as a consequence of over-protectedness… the list goes on. People who are more prone to being nervous by nature […]
Zubin Sanjana, Sheriar Irani Summit Mt. Everest Base Camp
Mumbai’s Sheriar Irani and Zubin Sanjana, from Salsette Parsi Colony, completed the rigorous trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp (EBC) on 22nd April, 2019. They started the trek from Surkhe, on 15th April, 2019 to reach Phakding, followed by Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, Dingboche, Thukla, Lobuche and Gorakshep, to finally reach the Everest Base Camp on the […]
Prayers Win – Always!
“In Zoroastrianism, healing is not just the curing of illness, but it is the act of restoring order and harmony in the world. In the Ardibehesht Yasht, it is mentioned that Mathro Baeshazo is the healer who heals through the holy word (the one who prays).” – An Extract from ‘Zoroastrianism, An Ethnic Perspective’ […]
Curtains Rise On HPY 2019!
The inauguration function of the 33rd Holiday Programme for Youth (HPY) was held on 28th April, 2019 at JB Vachha Girls’ High School, Dadar. 160 participants from Mumbai and various other parts of the country were all set to enjoy, learn, adapt and make the most of the memorable month. The Organising Committee comprising Huzan […]
A Hat-Trick Of Wins For Parsee Gymkhana!
Parsi Times Sports Reporter, Binaisha M. Surti, brings you the exciting cricketing action as PG grabs a hat-trick of winning titles, clinching the 70th Salar Jung Invitation T20 Cricket Tournament 2019. A dominating all-round, impressive show in all three departments of the game, helped defending champions, Parsee Gymkhana (PG) win the final of the 70th […]