Some Parsi Humour to Celebrate Jamshedi Navroze

We have invented a few words

The mother tongue of Parsis is Gujarati but we have our own peculiar accent and way of speaking it. Also our Hindi is almost universally terrible.

We tell it like it is

This is an actual notice in a Parsi Irani café in Mumbai. Parsi/Irani bakery and café owners can be and frequently are rude to customers – no one bakes/makes it better; that customer isn't going anywhere else is the understanding.

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