Fafda Files: Down Memory Lane…
There were Dheeraj’s, Dhiren’s and Dhairyawan’s who crossed my path – an uncle, a bookie, even my own personal tailor but never the one and only inimitable Dhirubhai. Allow me …
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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: System Management
I am not an Engineer, a Doctor, a Lawyer but the certificate hanging on my walls says Minoo Shah, MSM (Master’s in System Management). Put me in the category of …
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Fafda Files: Ha Ha Happy Thanksgiving
The key phrase of the evening being, ‘Arre yaar, let bygones be bygones, writes Minoo Shah As the word suggests, it’s all about thanking and on this side of …
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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: 2020 Resumes for Seniors
Dos and Don’ts of what to out on a resume from Minoo Shah Want to go back to work? Toss your traditional resume out the window and if it …
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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: Classism vs Racism
Anthropologists have confirmed that the natural evolution of living species is in a continuum, writes Minoo Shah Ashley Montagu 1 in his infinite wisdom while reading stories of his ancestor …
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NRIs: Happy in their New Home
Non-Resident Indians have accepted the country they immigrated to as their home and are comfortable visiting India occasionally, writes Minoo Shah Why do Indians who left India not wish to …
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Fafda Files: The NRI, Zeus & the US Presidential Elections
Fifty-odd couples are coming for dinner on November 3 to watch the vote countdown of the Presidential election and caterers have been informed not to chug a few or do …
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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: Grandparents for Rent
Grandparents for Rent is now a booming business with exponential growth due to the throes of demand and seniors all over are guffawing with laughter, writes Minoo Shah The …
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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: Spicy Indian Food! How Dare you??
A concerned father threw a fit when he heard that his son was served spicy Indian food at a friend’s home. Minoo Shah plays devil’s advocate and speaks for the …
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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: Is Marriage a Defunct Idea?
Minoo Shah dedicates this week’s column to rationalise to a sanctimonious society why the institution of marriage is defunct and an idea whose time has lapsed To be or not …
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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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Fafda Files: An Ode to Inheritance
In Fafda Files, her weekly column in Seniors Today, Minoo Shah writes on inheritance… in her inimitable style This ode shall be an anthem for all who have been …
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Letter from US: Have Moolah, Get a Doolah!
The spotlight may be on Indian matchmaking, but it’s a much deeper game. Minoo Shah has the goods And you thought marriages were made in heaven and that God donned …
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Fafda Files: Gasp! What the Fatakdi?!
What happens after one marriage party decides to molest another in full view of the guests. Minoo Shah was a fly on the wall and narrates a true story of …
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Reigning Chappals
So how did Mahesh Bhatt go back home after throwing a chappal at Kangana Ranaut, as alleged by the actor, wonders Minoo Shah, tongue firmly in cheek Raise your hand …
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Fafda Files: Howdy, Houston!?
Amidst all the sensational news, Houston continues to hold a steady rank as a city with the highest surge of coronavirus and the least available hospital beds, writes Minoo …
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Fafda Files: Bubs and Bai
What has relegated this otherwise shrew of a woman with a soul of a banshee into a cowering shadow of her former self, wonders Minoo Shah Nostalgia of a Mumbai …
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Fafda Files – Life is a Box of Chocolates
At work, the white masters saw us as different shades of brown, a box of chocolates if you will, writes Minoo Shah. To the Anglo-Saxons, white is not just a …
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Fafda Files: Class of ’70
Where Minoo Shah prescribes attending class reunions and as one plays catch up – each one sounds shrilling louder than the other Class reunions and why I advise them. Have …
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Fafda Files: Come into my Parlour, said the Spider to the Fly
As an ‘overwhelmed’ Bollywood mourns the death of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, there are more Sushants, Divya Bhartis and Marilyn Monroes on their way to glamourland, writes Minoo Shah …
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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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Bollywood – An NRI Obsession
Introducing a new weekly column by Minoo Shah where she will present her unique take on life of the Nouveau Riche Indians. Enjoy As a teen, I identified with Jaya …
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