Today is Vasant Panchami, the Indian festival that reminds us that Spring and the festival of Holi is not too far away. Vasant means Spring and Panchami means fifth or the festival falling on the fifth day of the Hindu lunar month of Magha. It is considered an auspicious day to begin any new venture. In like […]
Air India, or the much adored ‘Maharaja’, landed back in the hands of its founders, the Tatas, on 27th January, 2022, nearly seven decades after it was nationalised and following years in debt. Last year, in October, the Tata Group reclaimed the airline, after winning the bid for ₹18,000 crore. The historic handover marked the end […]
The much-awaited Union Budget 2022 provides an impetus for economic growth. It emphasises on planned urbanisation, domestic manufacturing, digitization and rural upliftment, which would ultimately lead to accelerated economic growth. The fiscal deficit should eventually consolidate, given strong economic recovery, robust forex reserves, and a sustainable growth in exports / revenue collections. Despite the impact […]
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS INHERENT AND EXTRAORDINARY JURISDICTION MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO. (L) 29493 OF 2021 In the matter of Scheme for the Election of the Trustees of the Funds and Immovable Properties of the Parsi Punchayet Bombay (“Scheme”). AND In the matter of amendments to […]
Much to the relief and delight of community members, on 4th February, 2022, the Hon’ble Supreme Court passed an order finally allowing the traditional Dokhmenashini system for Parsis, who succumbed to Covid, in keeping with the terms of the agreed protocol, which confirmed to both – the tenets of the Zoroastrian faith as well as […]
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 2nd February 2022. WINNER: JAYA: Let bygones be bygones, let’s face life with grace! REKHA: Sure, we’ll let go of the past with a loving embrace! AMITABH: How I wish I […]
26th January, 2022 marked the virtual award ceremony of the Barnet Faith & Belief Awards 2022, hosted by the ‘Barnet Multi Faith Forum’, in partnership with ‘The Faith & Belief Forum’ and Middlesex University. Of the 33 projects nominated for the award, ZTFE’s (Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe) ‘Zoroastrian Senior Citizens Project’ – Caring for the Zoroastrian […]
The Mandli met at Freny Fatakri’s spacious house over tea and snacks which included an exotic chocolate-liquor-cake, mutton samosas, kolmi kababs and chicken nuggets. Khadhri Faridafui: Bus!! Only this much snacks? Meherbai: Everyone has brought along some snack. Farida dikra, what have you brought? Faridafuiji: I have brought my mittho husband, Henpecked Hormusji. Sorry, I’m late as I’m taking singing lessons […]
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Heartiest Congratulations, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla! Dear Readers, It was indeed a moment of great joy and pride for the community to know that Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla was felicitated with the prestigious Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India, on the eve of Republic Day. The third highest civilian award of the nation after the […]
The corporate world is full of business excellence initiatives, which stress the importance of cost-effective, efficient and well-controlled processes and the need for their continuous improvement. Strategies, objectives and Key Performance Indicators to measure the progress of planned activities are carefully defined after much deliberation. “What cannot be described cannot be measured,” and “What cannot […]