Let’s face it. The Parsi Mumma is a species the world has tried to study, understand and survive… but never fully succeeded. She is a full-time institution. Part MasterChef, part detective, part doctor, part emotional blackmail expert, she somehow runs the entire family like a one-woman corporation. She can force-feed you till you burst, detect […]
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Dear Readers, There’s something wonderfully unique about a Parsi mother. She reveals herself in countless expressions of love and care – the silent yet resilient nurturer, the steadfast guardian of family values, the ever-watchful protector whose concern for her children never fades with age (hers or theirs!). She embodies a love so constant and selfless […]
Oh Maara Mumma!
-By Behram Bharucha If there’s one ruling authority more powerful than any government, more efficient than any intelligence agency and more dramatic and emotionally manipulative than any Bollywood script, it’s the Parsi mother or our very own ‘Parsi Mumma’. A force of nature impossible to reckon with, she feeds like a five-star chef, interrogates like […]


