There are two types of Parsis – those who love tea and those who love coffee. Kekoo Coffeewala, more popularly known as Kekoo-Kalingar (Watermelon) loved coffee since childhood. His psychiatrist knew that Kekoo’s coffee-mania went back to his embryo-stage since his mother Ketayun had an urge for this beverage throughout the nine months she carried […]
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So far we have attempted in these columns to interest people into the love of music by way of the various methods suggested thr ough these musings. It is, of course, necessary to document the various Parsis who have championed the cause of the great Western Classical Music, either in their capacities as teachers […]
Twenty-year-old Arish Bhiwandiwala, has been enthralling the audience with his creative talents on the only English-vocal Talent-Hunt – THE STAGE – Season 3 aired on Colors Infinity. A TYBMM (Third Year Bachelor of Mass Media) student of HR College, Arish has been training in music since childhood and has so far cleared level 7 in […]
Shree Daman Vapi Parsi Jarthosthy Anjuman (DVPJA), commemorated the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of a new bungli to be constructed at the Doongerwadi, Ringanwada, Daman, on 1st November, 2017. The new bungli is being constructed thanks to donations by MD of Scott Kaisha Private Limited, Daman, Kairus Dadachanji in memory of his late father, Shavak […]
‘The Hundred Poets For Change’ book launch and poetry festival, held from 26th to 29th October, 2017, was a grand four day event curated by Menka Shivdasani and co-presented by Deepankar Khiwani. The key event commenced on Sunday morning at Kitab Khana, with host, conductor and Former Principal of Queen Mary School, Rati Dady Wadia […]
In a recently released report of ‘2017 Best Indian Brands’ by ‘Interbrand India’, the Tata Group once again topped the chart for the fifth consecutive year. The salt-to-software conglomerate has topped the brand league with its brand valuation at Rs. 73,944 Crores, despite registering a marginal 0.4 decline this year. The table was dominated by […]
The multifaceted and acclaimed screenwriter, photographer and director, Sooni Taraporevala’s second solo exhibition ‘Home in the City’ was hosted by Chemould Art Gallery at SoBo, till 1st November, 2017. Aptly subtitled ‘Bombay 1977 to Mumbai 2017’, the black-and-white photographs exhibited an eclectic mix of culture and communities, the elite and the populace – roadside barbers […]
Generally speaking, iconic films are not to be tampered with. The 1969 ‘Ittefaq’ ( Rajesh Khanna was still a couple of months away from being christened the new superstar) was collaborated upon by the two titans of Hindi cinema — Baldev Raj Chopra and younger brother Yash Raj. The former’s grandson Abhay Chopra has drawn […]
Kalki Koechlin’s second film within a week has the talented actress playing a committed and dutiful parent as opposed to the carefree and ebullient Jia in the eponymous ‘Jia Aur Jia.’ The film opens with Sahana Mehra (Kalki) being given the ‘good news’ by her gynaecologist, much to the former’s discomfiture. A heated argument at […]
Dina Wadia, mother of industrialist Nusli Wadia and wife of Neville Wadia, passed away in London on Thursday, 2nd November, 2017. The only child of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Ruttie (née Petit), Dina was 98 years old, as quoted by family sources, as per the report of Pakistan’s Express Tribune News. After her marriage to […]