Next to vintage cars, my colleague Norm
loved chocolate cakes the most
Kersi Meher-Homji
I thought only Parsi bawas were eccentric, but I was wrong. Eccentrics are to be found everywhere. One Aussie character always addressed me as "Villain,” and I often wondered why. I have lived in Australia long enough to realize that Aussies are good at contrast nicknaming, calling a tall man "Tiny” or a polite person "Rowdy.” Still, Norm Cantrell’s nickname for me was baffling as I have never claimed to be a hero.
Norm — I called him Nariman, as he resembled a Parsi and ate like one! — worked in a laboratory in Sydney where I carried out my scientific......