Take a few key ingredients, put on the gas, swirl them around in a frying pan, bring them to a boil, and serve hot. Something missing? Aha… it’s the condiments! That in a nutshell sums up the film ‘Chef’, sounding suspiciously like the first name of its protagonist Saif Ali Khan, who plays Roshan Kalra […]
Tag: 7th October 2017
Reminiscing ‘IRANSHAH UDVADA UTSAV- 2015’
It wasn’t long ago in 2014, when Prime Minister, H’ble Shri Narendra Modi suggested to strategize a dynamic plan in the form of a ‘festival’ that would bring our miniscule yet appreciated community across the world together, and view Udvada as a pilgrim centre. With immense planning and collaborative efforts of ‘Foundation for Development of […]
Ripple Effects
Making Time To Smell The Roses! “Honnneeeeey, did you see my red stripped tie? It’s not in the cupboard!” “Mommmmm, where are my socks? I need them for the football – quickly!” “Baai, apne ghee kahan rakha? Rotli ke liye chahiye” …Is this how people around you sound? Everyone asking the whereabouts […]
Monaz Gandhi Bags Two ‘Harvey Excellence Awards’
Continuing the coverage on Monaz Gandhi, PT has learnt that the brilliant pre-school teacher at the ‘Learning Curve’, Worli, has recently gone on to win two more awards – ‘The Harvey Youngest Achiever 2017-2018’ and ‘The Harvey Most Valuable Indian 2017-2018’ awards, at The Harvey Excellence Awards hosted in London, on 27th September, 2017. Recognised […]
Western Classical Music: Building Blocks For Beginners
. I am afraid my friend, Anil Dharker, stole my thunder, when he argued brilliantly for support of the great classics against the fashion for only licensing to contemporary music (refer to NCPA’s in-house magazine ON STAGE October issue). I remember a particular incident at Albless Baug, where the venerable violinist, Sebastian Vaz, who taught […]
BPP Connect
The Alliance Is Back On Track! After the advent of Universal Adult Franchise it is inevitable that a certain amount of political savvy will enter into the campaigning strategies of any community member desirous of serving the Community as a Trustee. Consequently, it is only natural that not all Trustees will be in agreement on […]