There is a school of thought which says that seven years is a turning point in romantic relationships, especially marriage. So is the fabled seven-year itch for real? It was the title of a 1955 Marilyn Monroe film in which she seduces her married neighbour. Films are fiction, pure entertainment. But today, there’s an unsettling […]
Meherbai loved Merwanji especially because of his chivalry and good manners. Feminist Freny hated Merwanji opening car-doors, pulling chairs and standing-up when a lady entered the room. Freny called it chibagiri but Merwanji called it chivalry. Freny: But you are doing it all wrong, Meherwan! The old code of conduct says be nice to damsels in distress. Well, we are […]
Bai M N Gamadia Girls’ High School celebrated their Annual Day at the Y B Chavan Auditorium on 17th January, 2018, with Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy and Mather, Zenobia Pithawalla as the Chief Guest. Compered by students Priya Jobanputra and Girija Pathare, the event was attended by, President of Parsee Girls’ School Association (PGSA), […]
Did you know that there are a lot of parallels between Einstein’s thoughts on time, space, nature and divinity and our own Indian philosophy? A philosophical understand of Einstein’s famous time and space equation is enriching – for example, to our senses, the earth is stationary and the sun is continuously in motion. To our […]
Chibavli Chakli Chadan: Meherbai, tamaru revolution su chey? To get fit? Meherbai: It’s Resolution and not Revolution! Besides, that was Merwanji’s and my resolution last year, what’s yours Chadan? Chadan: To avoid Lagans and Navjotes since these functions have become so stereotyped and boring. One has to go to the bank-locker, take out the same old jewellery, […]
New Years are a perfect opportunity for taking stock of your life, auditing, accounting and doing a bit of spiritual Hisaab-Kitaab. We are almost into 2018 and are a year older than what we were last year. Also, we have lost one more year of this precious incarnation if we have not made any spiritual progress. We […]
A tiny baby was born in a humble stable at Bethlehem and that was when the story of Christmas started. The baby grew to become the ‘King of Kings’, teaching humanity that LOVE is the only way to live life. LOVE is the real meaning of Christmas. It is so easy to love those who […]
No one can prevent old age, since we cannot stop the biological clock within us. However, by making the biological clock tick a little slower, we CAN delay old age. There is nothing vain or egoistic or narcissistic about defying old age. For years, we have been brainwashed to ‘grow old gracefully’. Why not refuse to grow […]
Many people say, “I would love to practice meditation but I really don’t have the time.” After studying their lifestyles, we usually find that they are so busily occupied doing so many useless things, that they have no time to do the one thing that really matters. The petty, the trivial, the frivolous and the […]
With the Divali festivities behind them, Meherbai and her Mandli had a Chicken-Farcha-Pe-Charcha with cold coffees at the PVM Gymkhana. The subject under discussion was ‘Sasujis and Vahumais’! Meherbai: My Sasuji was extremely kind and loving and treated me like her own daughter. In fact, she pampered me and at times, she and I would gang-up […]
We spend a third of our lives asleep, so why not explore the messages that your unconscious self is sending you? We dream in symbols and what those symbols mean to us can be interpreted in so many different ways. Take an apple for example. Let’s say three persons see an apple in their dreams. […]