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Sister act

Ensconced in a cocoon, they lived an unreal existence
Berjis Desai

  The new column "Unforgettable Ba-was” will unveil Parsi profiles. They could not have been more different, yet it was a Sister act. One was large, dim-witted and innocent; the other was sexy, shrewd and sarcastic. If they were fillies, none would have believed that they shared the same sire and dam. In Bombay, they thought they were living in Dorset; and when in Poona, in Hertfordshire. How could the natives change the name of the city that their direct lineal ascendants had so painstakingly constructed brick by brick? Their pedigree was exquisite and their lineage impeccable. Born a decade after their King, George......



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