street outside fascinated by the cafs painted mirror portraits of zarathushtra and christ he subsequently became a dear friend and brabourne the adda where friends and strangers i once met the child star of truffauts small change stopped for chai a smoke a meal a discussion on film fiction and poetry of the most exquisite obscurity rashid is a connoisseur and one of the most well read people i knowdr homi bhabha said being parsi for him is a quiet thing our festivals do not send us out into the streets our gods have no public shrines what does it mean to you it means i love dancing at punjabi weddings i miss the raucous celebrations other communities have for me being parsi means being thought of as madayesha billimoria oval maidan 2013 ayesha is training for the 2016 olympics in the 400 metres category sooni saw her as a schoolgirl arrive for tuitions in her building seated on her dads scooter much later they became facebook friends i loved her style her red hair we met at the oval maidan after all these years in the brief time i spent with her i saw in her a reflection of my younger selfmr spencer 2008 dhunjishaw danny spencer everybodys favourite neighbour at soonis sleater road home was also in her movie little zizou we celebrated his 90th birthday with a party on his terrace unwell lately hes never happier than when surrounded by a fan club of beautiful talented women most of them arent in town at the moment im hoping this article will be a perkup tonicdinaz stafford weds matt black 2012 soonis old friend and partner in jigri dost productions dinaz wed british music producer and vj matt black in a zoroastrian ceremony in her home this beautiful ceremony has until recently been the privilege of parsis marrying within the community so it is a historic moment though that was not their intentionrashid irani brabourne 2008 sooni photographed brabourne restaurants last days with deep sadness this shot of rashid irani mirrors one she took of him in 1984 he reminds me of my grandfather and granduncle who in jhumpa lahiris words travelled the world without moving an inch solely through their reading and imagination