Fafda Files: Collusion
In the case of the Bird Feeder (Plaintiff) vs. the Squirrels (Defendants): Intrigue, Connivance, Complicity and Dubious, Dirty, Devious and Deceitful Deeds of the Squirrels that Plunder the Seeds rightfully …
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Fafda Files: Easter ‘Holi’-Day
Adults and kids were prancing around with war cries drowning out the Easter Bunny nursery rhymes which were competing with Bollywood renditions of “Holi Hein!” The netizens decided to put …
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Fafda Files: The Elephant in the Room
People’s lives much like honour or morals have ceased to have meaning. Have we gone mad? As a human race, have we forsaken civilisation? “Seven mass killings in seven days” …
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Fafda Files | Petty Please: Hari, Meghana & the Opurah Interview
Minoo Shah on the fairy tale that’s gone wrong. So, who’s living happily ever after? Once upon a time there was a red-haired prince named Hari who fell in love …
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Fafda Files: Such is Life
I pray to God that he gives me the courage to accept that which I cannot change and the strength to embrace the inevitable. Even as we heaved a sigh …
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The Empathetic President
Minoo Shah profiles Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States and one who is looked to with hope by both Americans and Indians alike Leadership — and life …
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Fafda Files: From the Mouths of Babes
A snippet from a three foot nothing with their innocent query about things we take for granted, can bring a smile to a weather worn face. Be they grandkids or …
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Fafda Files: Ahoy, Senior! Who art thou?
Seniors come in every size shape and form. Who are you? Come on, indulge me! Or you are too much of an introvert to lay it all bare? Well, then …
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Fafda Files: Sequel to ‘What the Fatakdi’
While the world waits in anticipation to the results of yet another impeachment trial, an inauguration of a President and the mass media anticipatory comments perpetuating fear mongering – yet …
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Tech Giants at War
Under no circumstances have I ever professed to be in the realm of Einstein or for that matter even Malala (of the took a bullet to my face and made …
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Fafda Files: Life begins at 60
The dynamics of living in a multi-generational household is no less challenging than maneuvering a labyrinth – one of the mind! Damned if I do and Damned if I don’t… …
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Fafda Files: My Apology to the Community of Hijras
Dedicated to Hijras, this article brings with it a heartfelt apology for censuring them as a clan lacking what is claimed as courage, bravery and all that is considered macho. …
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Fafda Files: I am not fat, my neighbour is thin
Would you ever give up ice cream in lieu of a few inches off your waist, wonders Minoo Shah One fine day sunlight came streaming through the trees, birds chirped …
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Fafda Files: Yuma Bubba
For some reason the mind had become apathetic and my reflexes took over giving me this brilliant idea, writes Minoo Shah, as she captures a ‘conversation’. With? Well, read on.. …
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Fafda Files: My Pet Peeves
Pothotles, WhatsApp chatters, Elections, Junk Mail, Facebook Freaks… these are a few of Minoo Shah’s peeves. Read on… Everyone has them and so do I.The degree of angst may vary …
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Fafda Files: Exams Begone!
I propose that formal education does not begin till age 12 (believe it or not, this was the norm in Southern India), let the kids be kids, writes Minoo Shah …
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Fafda Files: I am Fickle
Ambiguity is a virtue best served with a thick skin, a slice of malice and a propinquity with the devil, writes Minoo Shah I was getting a lot of grief …
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Fafda Files: Felines Can be Bitchieees
Her name is Muki and just like her namesake and other partner in crime Naji, she is a terrorist. She came to us when she was merely three months old, …
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Fafda Files: To be a Gujju Gal in the ’70s
A Gujju gal is born with a seventh sense called a laissez-faire attitude towards life, writes Minoo Shah This would require aplomb, certain savoir faire, a thick skin and pretty …
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Fafda Files: Tryst with Sadhguru
Minoo Shah checks out a Jaggi Vasudev and is intrigued by what he says with his eyes What I like about Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is his sense of humour, while …
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Fafda Files: The Inimitable Amitabh Bachchan, Tharoor and the Kohinoor
The next time someone asks me ‘if I am Hindi?’ – I will forcefully make them repeat after me – Hindi is a language, Hindu is the follower of a …
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Communities: Gujaratis | The Fafda Files
Introducing an all-new monthly series in Seniors Today magazine – Communities. We kick it off with Minoo Shah writing on the very enterprising Gujjus, err, Gujaratis. Those elite intellectuals who …
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