In the summer of 1980, a group of young Parsi women stirred up quite the scene in the city, enough for the police to descend upon the now defunct venue of Rang Bhavan in Dhobi Talao. The police in question included Stewart Copeland, Sting and Andy Summers of the eponymously named British pop-rock group. This historic debut concert in the city was orchestrated by the ambitious women of the Time & Talents Club. ‘Not cop, but pop’ their welcome banner aptly stated.

A quarter of a century later, the club, now synonymous with philanthropy, its eponymous cookbooks, and staging talents ranging from Western music legends such as Mehli Mehta and violinist Yehudi Menuhin to icons of Hindustani classical music like Pandit Ravi Shankar and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, is now celebrating its 90th anniversary. This time it is a hat tip to the rich Parsi tradition of textiles.