Gulnar and Armaity had a combined age of 175 years. Together, they were as old as the iconic Sir JJ Hospital that their ancestors had built. The two Parsi ladies, in their late 80s, were like each other’s appendages—always accompanying the other for their respective medical consults.

Armaity looked like Jon Bon Jovi’s mother, with fair skin and a bouncy salt and pepper bob. Gulnar, who was fondly called Gul by her friends (because she kept getting lost on the foreign trips she took with them), was like an adorable, huggable Shih Tzu transformed into a zesty Parsi aunty. They gingerly supported each other onto the chairs in front of me in the consultation room.