I had finished my breakfast an hour ago and was already getting the elevenses hunger! With nothing to do, I played some music – the Colonel Boogie March from the movie, ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’. I had seen it at Mumbai’s quaint, old-world Excelsior theatre, with its spacious garden and a rustic garden […]
Aaderji Writer steps out of his house. Remember him? Adarji the Angrej, an absolute anglophile, more British than the Brits! He notices Sherry, the colony’s adorable arm-candy and ‘Miss Parsi Colony – 2012’ approaching him. Adjusting his behesti papa’s Tootal tie, he tries buttoning up his tweed jacket that was de rigueur, way back when […]
A friend of mine was posted in the USA for three years. Rather than keep the house locked up, he had leased it out on Leave and License basis with a view that it would be in lived in and thus, kept clean. Upon his return, on taking back the possession of his spacious flat, […]
We live in a topsy-turvy world, in topsy-turvy times! As Tennyson said, “Old order changeth yielding place to new, And God fulfills himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world.” In keeping with the times, the word ‘Nature’ seems a better fit than ‘God’. Man has tried to play God and […]
Parsi times is now ten, Hic! I’ll drink to that! She’s growing fine, Hic! I’ll drink to that!! Always truthfully presenting news, full of balanced views with lots of humerous features – I’ll drink to that, Hic! “Darabsha! You’ve toasted to everyone. Last time, you really let yourself go at our ‘PT’s Anniversary Party’! Now […]
Prince Phillip: A Tribute “It is with deep sorrow hat Her Majesty, The Queen, has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness – The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle,” was the announcement posted outside the Buckingham Palace on 9th April, 2021. HRH Prince […]
Aapra Adarji Writer, also known and Adarji the Angrej, remember him? He’s just polished off a breakfast of two scrambled eggs made in butter with a sprinkling of cheese atop, toasts, a good helping of last night’s papri-ma-kawab, all accompanied by a dollop of ‘ravo’, being the compliments from Jaiji Jilla next door, on the occasion […]
God created the earth and beautified it with flora and fauna. Then, He made man to enjoy this paradise. Man was happy and satisfied. His wants were few. Maybe sometimes, he’d have liked to hang out with a couple of other guys for an evening of poker and beer… but otherwise he was a happy, contented […]
Adarji Writer, also known as ‘Adarji-the-Angrej’, steps out of his building in a once smart, but now frayed Trilby hat, atop his almost balding crown and a scarf around his neck. A confirmed anglophile and a great fan of Aapri Rani, Adarji meets his cronies who congregate near the entrance of the Baug daily. “Aadooo! Aadar! Aadarjiiiii!” […]
It is the morning after the annual dinner of the Shakespeare Mandli and Darabsha is nursing a gargantuan hangover. His wench… umm… his wife – Rattie bursts into the room, flinging open the curtains. “Rattie, shut yon window that lets the smiling star of the morn invade mine chamber. ’Tis the morning after our annual […]
It must have been a long, long time ago, when mankind was in its infancy, about eighty or ninety thousand years ago, one Homosapien must have banged against a log of wood, liked the sound it made, then hit it repeatedly producing a rhythmic sound, making it the first musical instrument. The drum was born […]