22nd March, 2023 (Roj Adar, Mah Avan) marked the auspicious 19th Salgreh of Umrigar Adarian, located at Fatehganj, Vadodara. Vada Dasturji of Iranshah Udvada – Khurshedji Kekobad Dastur, presided as the Chief Guest at the celebratory function organised by the Parsi Panchayat Charitable Fund Vadodara and attended by many community members. An evening Machi was […]
A number of my patients frequently ask me two common questions – “Should I take a multivitamin as I feel exhausted lately?” and “I was travelling abroad and have picked up some multivitamins – are these good for me?” Let’s try to understand this in greater detail… first off – What is a Multivitamin? […]
The spirited members of ZANZ (The Zarathustrian Association of New Zealand) have indeed kicked off 2023 amidst much revelry and camaraderie. Responding to the New Zealand Police and Auckland City Council’s call in mid-February, for greater involvement of communities celebrating Navruz, ZANZ alongside their Afghani, Iranian, and Kurdish brethren, organized ‘New Zealand’s Inaugural Multi-cultural […]
Organ Donation And Zoroastrianism Query From Parsi Times reader, Yasmin Patel: “I’ve been reading the Religious Questions column in Parsi Times with great interest and feel emboldened to ask whether our Zoroastrian scriptures permit or forbid organ donations. I was told that organ donation is strictly forbidden and in fact it is part of our […]
“We would like to thank Parsi Times for publishing the article on ‘WAPIZ Helping Hands For Seniors’. We immediately started getting a bevy of calls from all across Mumbai – helpless seniors who have no one to look after them or are unable to clean their homes or have no one to help them […]
The Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank has increased interest rates on Fixed Deposits significantly and is now offering interest rate of 7.25% to its Senior Citizens for Fixed Deposits of 1 year to 3 years. Interest rates for general public (other than Senior citizens) is 7% for tenures from 1 year to 3 years. Details of interest […]
The dynamic father-son duo – 52-year-old Jehangir Randeria and 23-year-old Kaiwan Randeria – continue their magnificent winning streak in the field of bodybuilding, this time scoring top places in the ‘3rd National Bodybuilding Competition & Fitness Championship 2022-23’, organised by ABAM (Amateur Bodybuilders Association of Maharashtra), on 8th and 9th of April, 2023, at Sanjay […]
On 9th April, 2023, Avan Yazad was revered and attuned, across the seven seas, by the members of the Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC), by offering prayers including a Humbandagi, the Avan Ardavisur Nyaish, Dooa Nam Setayashne and Tandarosrti prayers, which were led by Ervad Zerkxis Bhandara, at Santa Ana river, in Orange City, CA. It was indeed heart-warming to see so many Zoroastrians, ranging from the […]
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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 19th April 2023. . WINNER: Amitabh: Nothing about Rekha is gonna come out of my mouth! Jaya: Stop being so tight-lipped! I say just SPIT – IT – OUT!! […]
Celebrating The Perpetuation Of Parsi Legacies! Dear Readers, One of the bigger heartaches that comes along with the sorrow of a dwindling population of a community as glorious as ours, is the distressing disappearance of our long-standing legacies, which make us one of the world’s most respected communities, despite our minuscule numbers. This is why […]