The 30th of September, 2020 marked a special day for the Orthopaedic Department of MGM Hospital at Aurangabad, Maharashtra, as they successfully conducted the first simultaneous bi-lateral hip replacement surgery in the Marathwada region. Dr. Kaiwan M. Randeria, a Senior Resident Surgeon in the Orthopaedics Department of MGM Hospital, was part of the team which […]
Tag: Volume 10-Issue 29
Gourmet Garnish: A Cheesy Affair!
Cheese is a versatile dairy product consumed in its natural form and also plays a key role in several local and world cuisines! Aromatic and delicious, cheese is an ingredient which changes any dish into a heavenly treat – you can club it with almost anything and enjoy its flavour! There are several types of […]
Being The Authentic Woman – Being Yourself!
In a world where feelings and emotions are best kept under wraps, wearing your heart on your sleeve is looked upon with an air of disdain. Ours is a society embroiled in bling, cash, ego and status. Being genuine or real soon becomes a bit challenging. What does it even mean to ‘be ourselves’ anymore? […]
Let Not My Outlook On Life Be Darkened, Ahura Mazda!
Life is not all spring-time. It is fiery summer and freezing winter and fading autumn too. Corroding are the cares and anxieties of life. Crooked are the ways of life. Often does life offer me the cup of bitterness to drink. Great is the agony with which my spirit has to wrestle. Unbreakable is the […]
TechKnow With Tantra: We Flip – A Digital Wellbeing Experiment
We Flip is a simple app which allows you to focus on the activity at hand and thus helps you achieve digital wellbeing effectively, as part of the Digital Wellbeing Experiments. Many complain of the lack of attention by members of a group, who invariably keep looking at their phones, while the fun is on. […]
Karmic Love
Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired! Feelings of love can make or break us and this is as true today as it was in the very first century BC, when Virgil exclaimed, “Love conquers everything!” Love makes us feel wanted, cherished and part of something larger than ourselves. It makes us feel […]
Caption This – 31st October
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 4th November, 2020. WINNER: Hardik: What energy drinks give you such power? Pls share the concoction! Pollard: It ain’t no concoction, buddy! It’s all about the auction! – By Kaiwan […]
From the Editor’s Desk
Dear Readers, It may be Halloween today, but 2020 has unceremoniously robbed it of its spook entirely! After the whole world living the COVID-19 horror-story in real time, I’m sure this Celtic festival must feel robbed of all potency to scare! It’s a little late in the day to respond to the ‘Trick or […]
Darabsha Goes Shakespeare!
It is the morning after the annual dinner of the Shakespeare Mandli and Darabsha is nursing a gargantuan hangover. His wench… umm… his wife – Rattie bursts into the room, flinging open the curtains. “Rattie, shut yon window that lets the smiling star of the morn invade mine chamber. ’Tis the morning after our annual […]
The Zen Series: Own Who You Are!
In this fourteenth part of ‘The Zen Series’, a Zen master’s answer to a monk’s innocent question, reveals great wisdom to be applied in life! You Are What You Are! According to an ancient Indian fable, a mouse was in constant distress because of its fear of the cat. A magician took pity on it […]
Community Prays For Er. Zahan Turel’s Speedy Recovery
On 24th October, 2020, our community’s young priest, 16-year-old Er. Zahan, who is a student at the Dadar Boarding Madressa, Bombay, suffered an unfortunate accident whilst offering Machi at the Pak Goti Aderan, Surat, where seven generations of his family have served before him. Currently studying in the tenth class in school, the incident took […]