પારસી, તારું નામ પરોપકાર છે, એક સામાન્ય માન્યતા એવી છે કે પારસી સમુદાયને અનાદીકાળથી એક પરોપકારી સમુદાય તરીકે માનવામા આવે છે. મહાત્મા ગાંધીએ પણ સ્વીકાર્યું હતું કે મને મારા દેશ ભારત પર ગર્વ છે, કારણ કે ભારતમાં ભવ્ય ઝોરાસ્ટ્રીયન સમુદાય વસવાટ કરે છે જે દાન અને પરોપકારમાં કદાચ અસામાન્ય અને ચોક્કસપણે અજોડ છે. પારસી તારું […]
માત્ર બે વર્ષમાં જ આપણું જીવન ઘણું બદલાઈ ગયું! પરંતુ, શું રોગચાળાએ આપણું જીવન ખરાબ માટે કે વધુ સારા માટે બદલ્યું? કેટલાકે નવા શોખ અપનાવ્યા જ્યારે કેટલાકે બધી આશા ગુમાવી દીધી. કેટલાકે પોતાનામાં છુપાયેલી પ્રતિભાને શોધી કાઢી જ્યારે કેટલાક ડિપ્રેશનમાં આવી ગયા. તેઓ કહે છે કે મુશ્કેલ સમયમાંથી, મુશ્કેલ પાઠ, વ્યક્તિગત વિકાસ અને શીખવાની તકો […]
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 12th January 2022. WINNER: Putin: Have a little bit of this and a little bit of that! Xi Jinping: That’s OK, but where’s the Rat and the Bat?? By Kayomarz Dotiwalla
On 2nd January, 2022, a Behram Roj Jashan was performed at the Mithaiwalla Agiary by the Panthaky Er. Hormuz Dadachanji and Er. Darayesh Katrak, alongside two other mobeds. The monthly Jashan held by the Agiary started at 10:30 am and was followed by a Humbandagi conducted by Er. Darayesh Katrak. Vegetarian snacks and chasni were […]
Ahmedabad-based Ushta-Te Foundation held its bi-annual Awards Function on 12th December, 2021, at Navroji Vakil Sanatorium. The function started with a Monajat performance by ZAGA children. Managing Trustee, Minni Patel gave the welcome address and Meher Medora felicitated Chief Guest – Padma Shri Yazdi Karanjia, who, true to his hilarious self, had the audience in […]
For a while now, New Age spiritualists and channeled beings have spoken about a shift in the earth’s dimensional vibrations. It is believed that the earth is ascending from a 3rd Dimensional state into the 4th or even the 5th one. Somehow, it doesn’t seem to have materialized yet. The COVID-19 impact increased many people’s […]
This App is for speakers who face difficulty in timing their speeches. It comprises a color-coded countdown timer, which shows you the time remaining to complete your speech. There are several buttons for configuring standard predefined time settings for the green, yellow and red progress signals. You could touch a time setting display to adjust […]
Sad Partings Dear Readers, It is never easy coming to terms with the loss of loved ones. Sometimes, the loss is felt beyond the immediate circle of family and friends. In the past week, the community mourned the loss of two such lovely souls – one who we lost way before her time, in an […]
Answer, Shall I Have It? Answer, shall I have it? In the play, ‘Merchant of Venice’, Shylock asks this question in the Venetian court whether the court will allow him to have the pound of flesh nearest to the heart of Antonio the Merchant, as per the bond. The “flesh” nearest to the community’s […]
The hearts of cricket enthusiasts and fans in the community and across the world were brimming with pride when Team Parsee Gymkhana (PG) clinched its third championship title, making history with its fearless brand of cricket, by becoming Mumbai’s first club to win three back-to-back tournaments across different formats. They grabbed a mammoth 298-run victory […]
. In Iran, I saw the Farohar, proudly emblazoned on the Atash Kadehs in Tehran, Shiraz, Yazd and Isfahan. And, more importantly, in the arid, burning sands on a large plateau, it is emblazoned atop the massive columns at Persepolis. We revere this symbol to the extent that it is synonymous with our religion and […]