If a Parsi were the PM there would be a “Ministry Of Dhansakh”. This would be known officially as the “Ministry Of Diplomacy” of course, serving up cauldrons of the good stuff to leaders of other countries. Naturally, once they were stuffed senseless, they would sign treaties that benefited the country immensely. All car & bike owners who didn’t maintain their cars
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Read moreThis appeared in The Tribune, Chandigarh, the 6th of Jan 2010. OK TATA bye-bye by Pushi Chowdhry WHILE most surnames in India reflect caste and lineage, the Parsis had a delightfully modern streak — having landed without caste, history and context, they created identities through professions and urban streets. Our family moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) from Rawalpindi in 1947.
Read moreAfter the British colonies, still left are the Parsi colonies, on which the sun never sets! Because at 2 am old ladies are chasing stray dogs with sticks, At 3 am somebody’s TV is loud enough to keep the watchmen awake, At 4 am the grannys wake up to pee, At 5 am the duudhwala comes from ‘parsi’ dairy farm
Read moreLIFE IN A PARSI COLONY Forget ‘Life in a Metro’. ‘Life in a Parsi Colony’ should be made into a movie! In Mumbai, you will unarguably find the largest concentration of Parsis in the community’s many ‘baugs’, or exclusive residential areas where despite the illusionary calm there is, very often, simmering strife, racy rumours are perennially rife, and there is
Read moreWish more of us have such a sense of Parsi humor! Cheers!!! I, Tehmuras Tehmpton Tarkariwalla (alias T3), being of sound mind [one and only time] and solid body [Dara singh no baap], do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead politicians who couldn’t
Read moreMost of you have perhaps read this, it is worth a re-read……. — A few Words about Parsis, most lovable & peace-loving people: The first Parsis I knew were statues. There were scores of them, all over Bombay (now Mumbai), most of them wearing glasses: Dadabhoy Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Jamshedji Tata, Cowasjee Jehangir, Bomanji Petit, the Khada (standing) Parsi at
Read moreMaara mamma ni chhe ful waari – Maara pappa ni chhe motor gaari – Parsi fun song rendered by Tarak Mehta
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