For Dubai expat Farhad Hormazdi, a newspaper is a must with his morning tea. He told Gulf News: “Reading the paper is the first thing I do in the morning. It is a part of my daily routine. Without the paper, my tea doesn’t taste good.”
The 46-year-old engineer based in Dubai became a Gulf News subscriber in April 2007. More than 10 years later, he said: “ I have never thought of switching to another newspaper. There is no need to.”
According to Hormazdi: “The paper is well structured and methodic if compared to Gulf News’ competitors. The pictures are well selected.”
Many times a photo has lured him into reading the accompanying story.
A car enthusiast, Hormazdi loves Gulf News’ Wheels magazine, UAE’s only English weekly motoring magazine. He also finds himself enjoying news stories from the Indian state of Bihar. He added: “Sometimes they are quite unbelievable and funny.”
He is passionate about the crossword puzzles and his wife, Bakhtavar Farhad, Hormazdi loves the sudoku published daily on the broadsheet. He added: “My wife, who is well-educated, decided to concentrate on taking care of our home and children. She reads the paper more than I do.”
Apart from the main paper, there is a particular section Bakhtavar looks forward to. She said: “I skim through the main paper and all the headlines. And, I read the tabloid! daily. I also read stories from India.”
Bakhtar likes the way the stories are composed. She says they are well written and easy to understand. The 45-year-old said: “I plan to continue with Gulf News and definitely recommend others to subscribe to it.”
Hormazdi who came to Dubai from Mumbai said he loves the physical paper.
