As we near 21st March, Ratimai tends to get mushy. “Darab, remember how we said ‘Pasand-e Kardim’ (the Parsi equivalent of ‘I do’) forty-three years ago, just on the very happy day of Jamshedji Navroz? “Harrumph!” reacted Darabsha. “Why the ‘harrumphing’? There is nothing to be grumpy about! ’Tis the season of plenty! Plenty of…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, is back to trigger unlimited giggles and guffaws, with his hilarious take on the Bawajis’ love for Bollywood – or the ‘Bollywood Sexuals’, as he terms them, in our exclusive column, ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great!’ The Bollywood Sexuals! Pardon me, it’s been a long time….
I swear to God, there was nothing wrong with Mahim creek yesterday… Greenish-black sludge muttered as it swept unwillingly under the railway bridge. It smelled evil, with the air of the vindictive offered vengeance. Perhaps assaulting the nostrils of commuting Mumbaikars twice a day was about all the vengeance it could extract… but in a…
Of the most raucous noises that care to scratch the lining of a sensitive eardrum – the piercing wail of the alarm app – has to be amongst the showstoppers! It rattles the very foundation this building is made of and the foundation of familial bonding in this house. If I am cut out from…
The Mandli met at Freny Fatakri’s spacious house over tea and snacks which included an exotic chocolate-liquor-cake, mutton samosas, kolmi kababs and chicken nuggets. Khadhri Faridafui: Bus!! Only this much snacks? Meherbai: Everyone has brought along some snack. Farida dikra, what have you brought? Faridafuiji: I have brought my mittho husband, Henpecked Hormusji. Sorry, I’m late as I’m taking singing lessons…
Meherbai’s Mandli recently had a ‘Marriage pe charcha’ on the controversial subject – marriage! Henpecked Hormusji: If I had murdered my wife, Faridafui, 14 years ago, I would have been out of jail today after serving my full term of imprisonment! Now its life-imprisonment! Mahri tabyet lathri gaij because of my unhappy marriage! Firdos Fituri: Go to your family doctor…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, is back to unleash his hilarious take on ……… in our exclusive column, ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great’! [/otw_shortcode_info_box] As Parsi New Year unfolds, my inbox is flooded with messages. Most are from vendors demanding money, and at least two are from angry parents…
Valentine’s Day And COVID! [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, is back to unleash his hilarious take on ……… in our exclusive column, ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great’! [/otw_shortcode_info_box] . Dikras and Dikris!! We have a dilemma!!! No, not whether to support the Shiv Sena in local politics, or whether…
Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, makes you laugh through Navroz as he unleashes his hilarious take on the ‘Navroz Awards’, in PT’s exclusive column – ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great’!!! Another New Year! Non-Parsis reading this – please don’t feel alarmed. New Year is not a side effect of the Astra Zeneca vaccine,…
Valentine’s Day And COVID! [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, unleashes his hilarious take on Maharashtra Politics (we saw that coming!) in our monthly column, ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great!’[/otw_shortcode_info_box] . As the world grapples with this situation, (I’m talking of poor connectivity of Wifi), I would like to apologise to…
Eedu Mubarak! [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, unleashes his hilarious take on Maharashtra Politics (we saw that coming!) in our monthly column, ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great!’[/otw_shortcode_info_box] It’s time to show courage, Dickras and Dikrees! We must feel no shame! We must not bow down!! We must not look away!!!…