It’s been close to a month now since we were unceremoniously hurtled into this lockdown mode. Unprepared, uncertain, the nation reeled under the imminent threat of all that it would entail. While we gripe and complain – safe within our homes which are stockpiled to the ceiling, guaranteed to pull us through a flood or […]
On 6th April, 2020, Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) strategic unit – TCS iON, announced a free, 15-day, self-paced digital certification programme called ‘Career Edge’, specially designed for college students and working professionals to enhance their career skills, thereby enabling them to effectively utilise the time at hand during this lockdown period. Offered on the TCS […]
On 3rd April, 2020, our community’s extremely talented musician, Er. Frazan Adil Kotwal, currently based in Germany, was invited to the Robert Bosch Hospital to sing for patients enduring the Coronavirus. Handled with care, in keeping with the need for Social Distancing, he sang from outside the hospital premise, while the patients watched from their […]
The black tuxedo, invented in the l With the world in an increasingly tight grip of COVID, there is the recognition of human vulnerability like never before. The image of once invisible Yama is not even hazy anymore. He is clear and spares no one —power, wealth, technology, nuclear arsenals, and what have you… the […]
‘Living Zoroastrianism’, by Anna Sowa and Almut Hintze from SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies and Chouette Films, has received a Special Mention at the prestigious 2020 British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Awards ceremony, in the Best Practice Research Portfolio 2020 – Installations and Video Essays Special Mentions. The judges […]
Your future is the result of your habitual thinking – it is already in your mind. The future of a country, likewise, is in the collective consciousness of the people of that nation. Tomorrow’s events are inside your mind, in your thinking… so are next week’s and next month’s! No coronavirus or disaster is likely to happen to […]
In all business transactions, you get an invoice from your supplier (or even restaurant) which includes his GST Identification No. If you need to verify the No., to see if it’s an authentic GST registered enterprise, whether he has paid his GST dues and whether he has filed his GST returns upto date, use this […]
Let me will what Thou willest me to will. Work Thy will in me. I will accept Thy will as law and submit to it. My lip-loyalty to Thee does not mean anything. It counts for nothing. Doing Thy will, living according to Thy will, is everything. I will do all that Thou wiliest me […]
It’s been nearly two weeks that we are all Lockdown, and some in Quarantine, isolating ourselves, in an effort to flatten the curve. Sit! Stay! The 21-Day Dog Challenge Things you should ABSOLUTELY NOT DO to your dog during the lockdown: Do not cut your dog’s nails on your own, especially if you have no […]
CM Uddhav Thackeray Cheers Him On! Nagpur’s good Samaritan, Khushroo Poacha, a Superintendent with the Central Railway (CR)’s Commercial Department (Nagpur), has hit upon a successful strategy to feed thousands of poor and needy, especially during these challenging times – but without taking help from NGOs, donations, or even opening a bank account! Making the […]
otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. She credits her learnings and insights, shared in her articles, to all Zoroastrian priests and scholars whose efforts […]