107, not 70

Sporting a pink sash over her pink dress on which was written "Birthday Girl,” Dina Sethna celebrated her 107th birthday with her family and members of the community and staff at the infirmary of the Bomanshaw Minocher-Homji Parsi Medical Relief Association in Karachi on October 31, 2021. The images of her birthday celebration and the feature on her in the daily, Dawn, started making their rounds on WhatsApp. While the Dawn article described her as "the oldest living Parsi in the world,” since Parsiana would like to verify this statement, we urge readers to write in to us to let......



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With due respect, the 'flow' of the original is lost with paras rearranged.
- Sunnu Golwalla
- 07-Dec-2021

With due respect, the 'flow' of the original is lost with paras rearranged.
- Sunnu Golwalla
- 07-Dec-2021

My apology: on second reading I realised that your composition is to engage the reader. Best wishes.
- Sunnu Golwalla
- 22-Nov-2021

Uulta-pulta order of events has taken away d flow. Chalo what can I say now.
- Sunnu Golwalla
- 22-Nov-2021