Ray Medhora would be a good catch in any community. He is 27, handsome, a former Sunday school teacher and a family counsellor. By Julie Power | Sydney Morning Herald Happy families: Zoroastrians Ray Medhora and Binaifer Doodha at their pre-wedding celebration in St Ives on Thursday. Mr Medhora is also one of 2541… Continue reading Marrying kind: Zoroastrians still keeping the faith alive in Australia
Month: May 2013
To live on for the moments that take one's breath away
When I decided to call my call column Life Begins At 80, my wife asked: "Do you want to admit to the world you are past 80?" I understand that would be a sin for a woman! By Burjor Patel | DNA India When I decided to call my call column Life Begins At 80,… Continue reading To live on for the moments that take one's breath away
No dignity for some even in death
The death of an 86-year old woman living in a trust-run housing colony in Colaba recently made news in the Parsi newspapers – not because she was a notable member of the community, but because after she died a lonely death in a hospital, the trust that manages the housing colony refused to accept claims… Continue reading No dignity for some even in death
What’s For Chai, Bawaji ?
If you haven’t gone beyond lagan-nu-custard, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The first of a two-part series on deliciously sweet Parsi snacks. By Roxanne Bamboat, Mumbai Mirror While the rest of Mumbai would imagine waking up at 4.30 am for a jog or to cram for an exam, Khursheed Irani labours over buxom daar ni… Continue reading What’s For Chai, Bawaji ?
The Best Things in Life Are Free: Little Zizou on Hulu
Sooni Taraporevala’s film Little Zizou — which can be watched for free these days on Hulu — always makes me yearn for my first true love: Bombay. Because Little Zizou represents the perfect template of the city known to outsiders as Mumbai but beloved by insiders forever as Bombay, the craziest, most chaotically beautiful place… Continue reading The Best Things in Life Are Free: Little Zizou on Hulu
How Sohrab Modi won over Prithviraj Kapoor
In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Prithviraj Kapoor and Sohrab Modi’s 1941 film Sikander. By Sukanya Verma | Rediff Sikander ne Porous se ki thi ladayi, jo ki thi ladayi, toh main kya karoon?’ shrugged Mohan Choti in a catchy song from Anpadh. If only he… Continue reading How Sohrab Modi won over Prithviraj Kapoor
Adi Kanga: Visionary who helped create New Mumbai
A week before Adi Kanga died he could not remember what he had for breakfast, but he could explain Pythagoras’ theorem to you. He was an all-rounder: a mathematician, an imaginative artist and one among few others who had planned Navi (New) Mumbai. In the late 1960s a group of friends including Kanga, a civil… Continue reading Adi Kanga: Visionary who helped create New Mumbai
