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 […]
-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 […]
Decode Your Parsi Humour DNA! Tomorrow, 3rd May, is World Laughter Day, and honestly, if there was a global audit on laughing, us Bawas would be top of the leaderboard with full marks and bonus grace. For us, humour is not an extra feature, it’s basic survival equipment. Without it, how would we ever handle […]
Fifteen years. In marriage terms, it’s the Crystal Anniversary. It sounds elegant and refined, but anyone who’s been in a Parsi setup knows it also means that you’ve survived, adjusted, argued, laughed, overfed each other and somehow come out stronger, shinier and very much intact. And if there’s one community that truly understands the art […]
A Field Study of One of Nature’s Most Powerful Species -By Aryaan Mehta For centuries, naturalists have studied many remarkable creatures. The Bengal tiger. The Himalayan snow leopard. The blue whale… Yet none command quite the same level of authority as the ‘Parsi Saasu’ or Parsi mother-in-law. This formidable species is found across Mumbai, Navsari, […]
A Glimpse Into the Future of the Bawaji Civilisation By Behram Bharucha If current trends continue, the year 2075 will be a fascinating time for the global Parsi community. Our population may hover somewhere between ‘rare species’ and ‘critically endangered but extremely well catered’. Yet numbers aside, the spirit of the Bawa will remain gloriously […]
Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, is back to trigger unlimited giggles and guffaws, with yet another rib-tickling Bawa exposé, in our exclusive column, ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great!’ Jai Hind – Navroz Mubarak! We have been requested to put the, ‘Jai Hind’, in there as well. Unless of course, you are a […]
-By Sherry M. Cama Every Parsi baug has that one family where the volume level is slightly higher, the opinions are stronger and the neighbours remain permanently entertained. In one such colony, that honour belongs to the illustrious Noshirwan family. Now, from the outside, the Noshirwans appear perfectly respectable. Their doorbell plays an enthusiastic version […]
Are You Getting the Royal Bawi Treatment You Deserve? Dear Bawis, it’s time to park the bun-maska, mute the family WhatsApp group and simply take a seat in private. This Women’s Day, we are conducting a completely unofficial, highly accurate, emotionally revealing ‘Bawi Status Audit’. For years you’ve been managing homes, careers, in-laws, children, budgets, […]
Every February 14, humanity stages its annual drama. Restaurants fill up, roses double in price, and social media suddenly becomes a poetry competition. Somewhere in the middle of all this enthusiasm stands the average Bawaji, calculating traffic time, menu options and whether 9 pm is an acceptable hour to be awake. Let’s be honest. We […]
Let’s get one thing straight… Parsis and dogs go together like choi and brun-maska. We don’t like dogs, we worship them! Forget diamonds, a dog is a Bawi’s best friend, and a dog’s unconditional love is second only to the thrill of discovering the mythical fantasy-prescription by your family doctor declaring, “You’re fabulously fit! Eat […]