Anahita Dhondy is a Chef Manager at the very famous SodaBottleOpenerWala. Being a Parsi herself, she brings in the trademark flavours of Parsi food at two restaurants of SodaBottleOpenerWala in Delhi(Khan Market) and Gurgaon (Cyberhub). She speaks to OFFDHOOK on how challenging it is to be a female Chef and what does International Women’s Day… Continue reading Anahita Dhondy: Chef at SodaBottleOpenerWala in New Delhi
Month: March 2015
Tehnaz Bahadurji: What’s it Like to be a Parsi ?
Just as the matriarch of the Tamil household in Chennai dots her porch with a kolam at the crack of dawn every day, women of the Parsi community pretty up theirs with what they call a ‘chalk’. “It’s just like the kolam, except we have readymade tins with holes designed in them so all we… Continue reading Tehnaz Bahadurji: What’s it Like to be a Parsi ?
Elderly Parsi killed by ex-help in Bandra
A 78-year-old retired principal secretary to a former Chief Justice of the Bombay high court was murdered at his residence at Tata Blocks, Bandra (West), early on Sunday. His wife was bound, blindfolded and threatened by the killers before they made off with valuables worth Rs 8.09 lakh. The accused, both in their early twenties,… Continue reading Elderly Parsi killed by ex-help in Bandra
J. N. Tata: A man who made a lot of wealth, and a lot more goodwill
‘Wealth came to him in full measure, but he remained to the last what he was in nature, a simple modest gentleman, seeking neither title nor place, and loving with love that knew no bounds the land that gave him birth.’ – Sir Lawrence Jenkins (chief justice of Bombay High Court, 1905) Those who know… Continue reading J. N. Tata: A man who made a lot of wealth, and a lot more goodwill
