Vohuman Cafe

Announcement of last rites for Rajan

Vohuman Cafe, Pune

- Brian Mendonca 

Smoke rises 

from the tower

of tribulation

The four-leaved clover 

has 21 stories.

Ashes to ashes

dust to dust

Earth, wind

fire and water.

At Vohuman Cafe

a man slumps sideways

cheese toast waiting 

death in 60 seconds.

'Oldest Parsi Restaurant in Pune'

Says the FB post 

Vohu Manah in Avestan 

'Good purpose' 

on life's way.

(Pune

30 August 2025)

Notes

-Tower: the tower at the electric crematorium from where the smoke comes when the body is incinerated. It resembles Clover Highlands - a tower of 21 storeys in Undri, Pune.