Coomi Kaajwali was one of the last match-makers in the Parsi community. She was excellent in fixing up the perfect matches – so much so that not one couple of hers had divorced over the years. In fact, like fairy-tale endings, ‘they all lived happily ever after’. On a sultry Sunday, after a lunch of […]
During my long life, I’ve collected many friends with strange habits and weird outlooks… next level eccentrics! A fair number of them are plain, home-grown-garden variety of loonies, few atheists, a couple of agnostics, many religious fanatics, a handful of hypochondriacs, one narcissist, some faddists and, last but not the least, an Anglophile, better known within […]
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! […]
Frenymai was a very adventurous lady of 80, full of life, who liked to try out anything and everything she read in newspapers, Facebook or Instagram. She had already tried her hand at Yoga, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Mudras, Swimming, Skating, Golf, Dancing – in short, everything except stepping into the kitchen and cooking a decent […]
The Mandli ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ (all over 80) met at a posh coffee shop to celebrate the festive spirit. Meherbai: We grew up in an era when coffee-beans were roasted, put in a grinder and brewed to perfection. Meherwanji: Yes dear. This was before the era of instant coffee, bolstered by milk and sugar. Coomi Kaajwali: Forget coffee. […]