Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, is back to trigger unlimited giggles and guffaws, with his hilarious taking on the zodiac signs with his Parsi Predictions, in our exclusive column, ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great!’ Parsi Predictions For Navroz! Before you could say ‘Aflatoon Vandrewala’, the Persian New Year has arrived! […]
Cyrus The (Not So) Great! Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, is back to trigger unlimited giggles and guffaws, with his hilarious take on appropriating the Parsi New Year date!! …in our exclusive column, ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great!’ Soo karoo!?!?! I’m in a quandary! Sorry to use such big, big words. Even more […]
As Parsi New Year unfolds, my inbox is flooded with messages. Most are from vendors demanding money, and at least two are from angry parents asking me to keeping away from their children. But then, there are a couple from young Parsi teenagers asking far more relevant and personal questions. It is time the younger, […]
Valentine’s Day And COVID! . As the world grapples with this situation, (I’m talking of poor connectivity of Wifi), I would like to apologise to the readers for being somewhat dormant in the last few months. Apparently, there’s some sort of illness out there, for which all of us investigative journalists, Parsi and Non-Parsi, but […]
. This (the Community’s number one weekly) is called ‘Parsi Times’… but these are not ‘Parsi times’! If you check the word Parsi in the Oxford dictionary at my house, it says, ‘Parsi: a person who is good, virtuous, jolly, warm hearted, generous and may indulge in light scratching’. But right now, it is tough […]
Yesterday, my friend’s Rottweiler’s brother’s owner, Firdausi, asked me a good question. “Do you still pay Income Tax?” he inquired. The implications were obvious. As he did not believe I had any source of income, he wondered if, in such a case, would one still have to be tax compliant? I refused to answer the […]
. I’ll begin with a quote from Framjee Anklesaria’s Magnum Opus, ‘The Persian Hand’… just as the umpire raised his finger, Diwali, or if you have the time and patience Dipawali, is over. Diwali is over, with all its mithais, card games and poojas galore. Yet, for all the fun Diwali brings, it also has […]
Re: Editorial: BPP And OCD Your Editorial in PT’s last issue (BPP And OCD) was totally in synch and in line with what’s happening in the BPP today. At first we used to read on whatsapp and community social media platforms, but now it has become a fashion to showcase fellow Trustees’ faults in the […]
If you want 90 minutes of unadulterated laughter this eve, watch the all-time-funny duo of Cyrus Broacha and Kunal Vijayakar rake up a laugh riot in Raell Padamsee’s ‘40 Shades Of Grey Hair’ today at Tata Theatre, NCPA at 7:30pm. (Booking details www.bookmyshow.com or 9320130013) In this stand-up cum sketch comedy, Cyrus and Kunal lampoon the […]
‘A Vision of Elvis – The Best Elvis Presely Tribute Show’ presented Raell Padamsee’s Numero Uno Productions at Jamshed Bhabha Theatre on 6th November, 2016, was a smashing hit with the audience grooving and dancing in the aisles. Amongst the rock and rollers were Diana Penty, Anaita Shroff Adajania, Nauheed Cyrusi, Kayzone Irani, Sabira Merchant, […]
EBBSG Holds Variety Revue The East Bombay Bharat Scouts and Guides District Association (registered on 28th May 1952) invites you to their Fund raiser, ‘Rhim Jhim Ke Tarane’, today, 9th July, at Bharatiya, Vidhya Bhavan, Charni Road, Mumbai at 3:00 pm. Enjoy the weekend with performances by various scouts and guides, in collaboration with Ketan […]