Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of SII (Serum Institute of India) – the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, says it will take around four to five years to produce enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate everyone in the world, as per news reports this week. Poonawalla’s remarks came a day after Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan’s claim that […]
US-based best-selling author and award-winning novelist, Thrity Umrigar, who is known for writing books that depict Indian, Indo-Americans and American characters with poignancy and nuance, will release her latest venture – a brilliant picture-book titled ‘Sugar In Milk’, illustrating the value of refugees. The story, popularly known in India as ‘Doodh Ma Saakar’ and is […]
Urvazi has always been fascinated by the world of performing arts and has been on stage ever since she was a toddler. “Nothing makes me happier. I bagged a lot of TV commercials as a child model starting at the age of 7 and that’s when I realized my love for camera too,” she says. […]
Earlier this week, Parsi Times was contacted by a Good Samaritan, who conveyed to us about his being informed of an elderly, 87-year-old Parsi gentleman, who was living all by himself in abysmal conditions and had taken very ill. So, he went over to the house of the old man to check up on him […]
Do you ration pleasure? Do you reserve it only for high days and holidays? How much pleasure do you allow yourself? Do you section it into chunks, isolate it, or leave it for another day in the future which may never come? Life becomes more enjoyable and rewarding by making just a few straight-forward arrangements. […]
In continuity to the series of articles on Behavioral Biases amongst investors, this article explores the concept of ‘Framing Bias’- or the impact on our decision-making ability by the way information has been ‘framed’ or has been presented to us. A bias is an irrational assumption or belief that constrains our ability to make a […]
In this eleventh part of ‘The Zen Series’, the short story about the Crystal Cup provides you a good gulp of wisdom! A Zen master was given a beautifully crafted crystal cup. It was a gift from a former student. He was very grateful. Every day, he enjoyed drinking out of his cup. He would […]
With the ascending bright flames of the sacred fire on the altar, my prayers rise upward and ascend unto Garonmana, the Abode of Song, the celestial residence of Thee, Ahura Mazda and Thy angels and archangels and the Fravashis of the righteous dead. Thou dost come down from the highest heaven to listen to the […]
I invite you to join me as I journey through the wonderful teachings shared in a Khordeh Avesta, which was printed in 1902 – more than a 100 years ago! Authored by Dinbai Sohrabji Engineer, the teachings, stories and notes in this book speak about the various powers of our prayers, while sharing anecdotes of […]
‘SWAYAM’ is a GOI initiation to provide the best teaching and learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged via a platform that facilitates hosting all courses taught in classrooms from Class 9 till Post-Graduation made accessible to anyone, anywhere, at any time. All courses are interactive, prepared by India’s best teachers and available for […]
The Worst of Times – The Best of Men Charles Dickens opens his classic, ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, set in the background of the French revolution with the lines, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” History […]