It is time for this column to end
Berjis Desai
This column appeared, with a solitary break, from April 2014 to August 2017. This is its 81st and last avatar. It has pontificated on the Parsi way of life. It has covered topics as diverse as maids, mothers and murders; legho, liquor and lagan nu custard; sex, superstitions and swear words; fish, fertility and funerals; goondas, ghelsappas and gadheras; noses, nataks and nostalgia; insanity, the occult and xenophobia. We have enjoyed laughing at our eccentricities and idiosyncrasies. We have felt misty eyed about the disappearance of Polson butter, Navsari mohallas and decent trustees.
This column has consciously eschewed straying into Parsi......