Dinshaw Avari- Trying my Hand at Blogging!

June 26, 2020   One of the effects of the COVID lockdown was an increase of movies my family was watching, primarily being Black Money Love, a Turkish soap opera.   Besides the ‘eye-popping’ beauties (which I won’t go into in this paper 😊 ), the serial is actually very interesting to watch.   Its directing and acting is on par with any Hollywood soap; alongwith scenes, production sets and story line; and the actors … 💓💓💓💓 va va voom !   Naturally, like many soaps, there were moments of being “ over the top ” 😊 and crying ☹ (the latter, not my cup o’ tea) … and my!  LOTS OF SMOOCHING 💓 ! However, besides being an action drama it shows the culture and character of modern Turkey - ·         It is a conservatively run country ·         A moderate society ·         A MODERN society! ·         Western...

June 18, 2020 (6 of 12)   REPLY ADDRESS BY MR. DINSHAW B AVARI ON THE OCCASION TO COMMEMORATE HIS 85 th  BIRTHDAY on NOV 5, 1987-   “ Sir Sidney Ridley confirmed to me that he would protect me and would ensure that the Hotel, if purchased by me, would not be requisitioned during the Second World War for the Army, Navy and Air Force, as was the custom.   So, putting up my entire life’s savings and borrowing the rest, I went to Mr.  Wyseman and purchased the Bristol Hotel for Rs.100,000/-.  Mr Wyseman agreed on one condition- that Khorshed and I learn the hotel business with him for a few months.  So, every morning at 4 a.m. I went to the Empress Market to purchase all the groceries, and the mutton, beef, chicken, fish, vegetables and fruits.   (Photo credit- Empress market- https://www.parhlo.com/30-rare-unseen-old-pictures-karachi/ ) As soon as six months training were over and Mr. Wyseman handed over the Hotel to me and left Karachi...

June 12, 2020 (Do you follow Marvel Cinematic Universe?)   (Photo credit- https://images.app.goo.gl/ceGmi8qAB9ZarsTbA ) With one snap of his fingers, Thanos eliminates an arbitrary 50% of the world’s population; according to him it was to correct Nature’s imbalance … he was “trying to save the universe from itself”.    Yeah, right!!!!   Compared to any other living being on Earth & the seas, humans’ capacity to harm & kill each other, and exploit & destroy the world’s resources, is unlimited. Is the Coronavirus pandemic nature’s way of correcting our exploitation of the World? Is the Coronavirus pandemic a lesson to humans about the value of Life? Is the Coronavirus pandemic here to give mankind a taste of its own Medicine?   Whatever the reasons, we need to sit up, learn and rectify our ways.   Unfortunately, I don’t believe this is going to happen in this lifetime!  As I said, our capacity to harm others gets in the way ...

June 6, 2020   The world is going through some of the toughest times it’s ever faced – and things are just not in our control … Nature is in control! …and just like that, I came across this absolute riot of a book review by Ravina Rawal.   It’s not new – it’s from 2014 – but I thought it was just the thing to lift spirits (pun-intended! 😊 ) and poke fun of our microcosm of a religious community in these trying times. (Article & photo credit-  https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-sunday-guardian/20140223/282759174580097 ) So, quoting verbatim from Ravina Rawal, here goes …   QUOTE “ The levity and longevity of mealy-mouthed Parsis The Sunday Guardian · 23 Feb 2014 Sooni Taraporevala and Meher Marfatia’s new book is an exuberant, laugh-out-loud collection of “insults, endearments and other Parsi Gujarati phrases”, writes Ravina Rawal. There’s almost nothing on earth I enjoy more than a disgruntled Parsi. Or, well, a Parsi in a good mood. Or a Pars...