The little dog screamed in pain and fear as I approached her. If her legs could move, she would have run away from me. Unfortunately, she could only drag herself around. Frightened and hungry were how I found Bambi and Lyla, hours after they had been abandoned in a public park. More victims of COVID-19, […]
You are much more powerful than you could ever imagine. There’s not a single thing life throws at you that can defeat you. Even the worst circumstances can’t stop you. Even the worst situation can’t make you less than who you are: a victorious, chosen child of Ahura Mazda, who is immeasurably loved and abundantly taken […]
Amidst this pandemic and the perception of the dreadful 2020, let’s ensure not to start the New Year on the wrong foot! Navroz stands for ‘new day’ – a fresh start. We may not be able to change what’s going on around us, but we can change are our thoughts and our outlook. As Zoroastrians, […]
As the community enters another year, one is but forced to look back at the last year which unfortunately, has not been a good year for me – as a Trustee, as well as personally. In the last few months, the Trust and the Community, lost a very capable and humane Trustee, my colleague and […]
The year 2020 has been a challenging one. There has been loss of life and there has also been loss of livelihood. There has been anxiety, anguish and even a degree of anger which stems from helplessness or our inability to be in control of the situation. However, the best and probably the only antidote […]
Let’s face it – us Parsis are incorrigible foodies -barely are we done with breakfast, that we launch passionately into, ‘What’s for lunch?’ You will therefore, be thrilled to know, that you can now, ‘up the mood, even beyond the food’ – raising our favourite sport (eating), to the next level… one that engages all […]
For Old Champs’ Sake! . Somebody asked a Parsi gentleman as to why Parsi New Year comes so early in the year, in the month of August, generally. I still remember the old gentleman’s reply, “Dikra, aay pakar,” and no, please don’t insert any double meaning here. No, my grandfather simply asked my six-year-old self […]
જે પતિ પત્ની સવારે સાથે ઉઠીને એક સાથે ચાય પીએ છે એને જોઈને જ વાઘ બકરી ચાયનું નામકરણ થયું છે. *** ડોકટર: તમારા શરીરમાં પાણીની કમી થઈ ગઈ છે. છોકરી: હા બહુ દિવસ થયા પાણીપુરી નથી ખાધી એટલે જ પાણીની કમી થઈ. *** પત્ની: તમે મને 500 રૂપિયા આપો હું તમને લાખો રૂપિયાની વાત કહીશ! […]
કેટલીક ધાર્મિક પરંપરાઓમાં, ઈશ્ર્વરને ડરામણા દેવત્વ તરીકે (ઈંગ્લિશ શબ્દકોશમાં ગોડ ફીયરિંગ આ વિશેષણ બહુ સામાન્ય છે) અથવા સ્વામી (લોર્ડ) કે માલિક તરીકે જોવામાં આવે છે. જો કે, આપણી ઝોરાષ્ટ્રિયન પરંપરામાં અહુરા મઝદાથી ન તો ડરવાનું છે અને ન તેઓ એવા માલિક જેને પ્રસન્ન કે ખુશ કરવાના છે. ઝોરાષ્ટ્રિયન દીનમાં સર્વોચ્ચ દેવત્વને ‘ફ્રિયા’ અર્થાત મિત્ર અથવા […]