In literature, art and cinema, death has been depicted as a terrible thing… the final end, although in reality, it is merely a release from the burden of the physical body and the madness of the world. Every religious tradition recognises that to reach the final truth, one must pass through death. This is the […]
Switch on the TV and there’s news of the coronavirus. Read any newspaper – same old news. Talk to anybody and they’ll talk about how everybody is getting the virus! But, not everyone is getting it. Some people, it seems, catch every bug, germ and virus while others never seem to fall ill. WHY? It’s […]
Whenever there was a formal or even a semi-formal occasion, Meherwanj’s BP would rise to the rooftop, because like most women, his wife – Meherbai, was never ready on time. Just as philosophers keep asking, “What is the purpose of life?” Meherwanji kept asking “Why do wives take so long to dress?” Oh hello! He was […]
Soli Sales-Tax had invited himself to every Birthday party in town, but never given one since he was a kanjoos-makhhichoos! It was his birthday next week, so he requested girl-friend Farida, saying, “Farida, my richie-rich darling, what will you do with your inherited new money? You can’t take it with you, so why not spend it?” Farida: […]
The famous Mandli-girls (all over 75) and boys (all over 80) met at the Gateways’s famous Yacht Club. This time they met to discuss foods conducive to good health in old age, because kaaley uthiney apro badhano budhapo avsey… as 90-year-old Rustom Pehelwan observed wisely! It’s another matter that they went overboard and over-ordered everything unhealthy on […]
So, Give A Thought To Your Thoughts! A Sanskrit saying goes thus: ‘Yad Bhavam, Tad Bhavati,’ or ‘The world is as you are and you become what you think’. Throughout the animate and the inanimate world, we find patterns of continuous rhythms, in which everything exists in a state of continual vibrations of energies. The mind […]
Soli Sales-Tax, the lover of Rustom Baug’s Faridafuiji, invited himself with his friends – Banu Batak and Loveji Lambo – for dinner at China Garden. Soli Sales-Tax: Is it a garden? Will I get authentic Chinese food there or like the Chinese that I take home from Ram Bharose Hindu Hotel Nana Chowk? Banu Batak: You […]
If you ask me what I’m missing the most during this coronavirus menace, I’ll say HUGS. You see, I’ve this habit of hugging all my lady friends and children. I’m not talking of an obligatory hug! No! I’m talking of what we Parsis call a ‘daabiney-koti‘ – a big bear-hug. Youngsters come to me for […]
Ever since PM Modi’s speech on being self-sufficient i.e. ‘ atma-nirbhar’, there has been no peace in Meherwanji’s life. He got up early one morning to brush his dentures but couldn’t find the Colgate in the basin-cabinet… Meherwanji: Colgate nu manjan and mouth-wash kya-chey? Meherbai: Manjan na karo! I have thrown both out of the window. Meherwanji: Why? Meherbai: Colgate is not an […]
Once there was a king in ancient India who presented his daughter, the princess, with a beautiful diamond necklace. However, the necklace got lost or stolen and his people searched all over but were unable to find it. Some said it could have been picked up by a bird. So, the king then asked his subjects […]
Film stars are larger than life and live life King-size. However imperfect their lives may be, they inspire awe, passion, frenzy and a huge fan-following during their lifespan. But in death, they zoom to iconic positions, thanks to their fans taking an added interest in their body of work. Radio-stations, TV, newspapers, magazines share lesser […]