મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી .+ ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. મેષ રાશિવાળાઓ માટે આ વર્ષ મહેનત માંગી લે તેવું છે. મહેનત કર્યા વગર કોઈપણ વસ્તુ સહેલાઈથી નહીં મળે. સ્વભાવમાં ઉતાવળ ખૂબ જ આવી જશે જે તમારા માટે નુકસાનકારક સાબિત થઈ શકે છે. જે પણ ડિસિઝન લો તે સમજી વિચારી અને શાંતિથી લેજો. […]
Long before Parsis landed on Indian shores with the promise to sweeten the milk of Gujarat, Zoroastrianism was the lifeblood of one of the world’s greatest empires. In ancient Persia, the religion wasn’t confined to temples and rituals. It walked the corridors of power, whispered into the ears of kings, and shaped the very fabric […]
– Sohrab Irani – The Parsi New Year is just around the corner – the sweet scent of sandalwood, sev-dahi for breakfast and ‘Navroz Mubarak’ WhatsApp forwards will come at you faster than Najamai-na-bhona tiffin services! Yes, it’s that time again when every bawa and bawi suddenly decides to ‘turn over a new leaf’… only […]
ER. ZARRIR BHANDARA As we usher in the joyous Parsi New Year, let’s explore a captivating facet of our faith that speaks directly to the essence of charity and selfless giving – the profound symbolism of the cow, and how this ancient wisdom illuminates our path today. Some might assume our reverence for the cow began […]
Every year, on Independence Day, a delightful tradition continues in most Parsi colonies, baugs and buildings – the hoisting of our glorious Indian flag… with the younger lot enthusiastically singing the national anthem with more volume than tune, and elderly uncles standing in ‘attention’ mode, in proudly preserved and pressed kurta-pyjamas from the pre-liberalisation era. […]
New Year (Yazdagardi saal 1395) will soon be here, providing us with an opportunity to pull ourselves out of the gloom of the past. A large part of 2025 has seen multiple global disasters including earthquakes, accidents, floods, wildfires, tsunamis and wars. As if the long-drawn battle between Rusia and Ukraine was not enough, Israel […]