School Art Week, circa 2012: I’m trying very hard to keep a straight face as our vice principal takes a tour of our class. My palms are sweating and every now and then, I’m on the verge of hysteria. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Mrs. Thakur nod approvingly at Preeti’s handmade […]
INSTANT COCONUT BARFI Ingredients: 4 Cups – Desiccated Coconut; 4 cups – Sugar syrup; 2 tbsp – Khoya; 1 tbsp – Almonds (blanched and shredded); 1 tbsp – Pista (shredded and blanched); 1 tsp – Ghee Method: Add sugar and water in the same proportions in a pan. Start heating the mixture and keep stirring […]
24th October, 2021 – Ava Roj of Mah Khordad, marked the twelfth anniversary of the initiative started by Hoshaang Gotla and Perzon Zend, to hold a Jashan and Humbandagi on Ava roj every month throughout the year (except during the lock down) at the Holy Bhikhabehram well. With places of worship now open to the […]
The essence of the festival of Diwali lies in the Sanskrit shloka: ‘Tamaso ma jyotirgamaya‘ which means “Lead me from darkness to light.” This verse is found in the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad (I.3.28): “asato ma sad gamaya. tamaso ma jyotir gamaya. mrtyor ma amrtam gamaya,” which means: “From what is not, lead me to what is; […]
– Joint Statement issued by BPP Trustees Noshir Dadrawala and Kersi Randeria – On 20th October, 2021, two sitting Trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) – Noshir Dadrawala and Kersi Randeria broke their hunger fast on the solemn assurance given by their three colleague trustees – Armaity Tirandaz, Xerxes Dastur and Viraf Mehta, that […]