HOW ABOUT SOME LEVITY FOR A CHANGE!?
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...