There is a ‘cluster-phenomenon’ in the study and research of re-incarnation which defies explanation. At infrequent periods in history, several geniuses appear at the same time. Usually they know each other. Their fame lasts through centuries. Then, a century or two later, another cluster of talented men dominate the scene, and like comets, they disappear […]
Two weeks ago Shirin Merchant wrote a beautiful article in Parsi Times called ‘15 Ways To Show Your Dog Your Love’. Meherbai got an ‘aha-moment’, an inspiration, a revelation, a Eureka and phoned her entire group of friends that the next ‘Chai pe Charcha’ will be on ‘A Few Ways To Show Your Husband Your […]
Meherbai got up on the morning of her coffee-party lamenting: “Asal no Jamano Gayo. Once, money meant gold-coins, Sona-Mohar. Later we had silver-coins. I still remember how one rupee silver-coin fallen on the ground sounded like the one-rupee coin of ‘Sholay’ in Dolby-system – KHANNANG!! Su Vajan ne purchasing power!” Then came tamba-coins (copper-coins). After […]
From time to time, Meherbai used to have a tea-party with some of her school friends. Last Thursday, they met at the Parsi Gymkhana, Marine Lines, and the hen-party turned into a hilarious evening with every lady commenting on the recent US elections, especially why Tehmulji Trump won and why Coomi Clinton lost, adding their […]
During a recent short trip to Pattaya, we made it a point to visit ‘Khao Chee Chan’, a mountain about which we had heard so much but were not able to visit on our previous trips. This mountain has a massive Buddha carved on it in pure gold with laser which can be seen many […]
Ever since various tour operators like ‘Pent Up Tours’, ‘Cross And Queens’ and ‘Thomas Crook’ announced their individual tours to China, there was upheaval in the Bamboat household in Balaram Street. You see, their one and only spoilt brat, Dadiba, their 51-year-old Katcho-Kumaro-virgin-son wanted to take a tour to China. Mrs. Banoo Bamboat, better known […]
Of all the branches of Occult Science, one of the most interesting is the study of aura. Speaking concisely, the aura is a subtle, magnetic emanation generated by the etheric and other forces of the being or object with which it is connected. Everything in nature generates its own aura, atmosphere or magnetism. The fact […]
While visiting Hua Hin, a coastal city, south of Bangkok, I attended a seminar conducted by a Bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun) who spoke on why human beings are different from each other. Here is a gist of what she explained… The gross body of each human being is composed of five elements and since everybody has […]
Ruby: Congratulations on winning the IIRSI gold medal for your expertise in Advanced Robotic Laser Cataract Surgery. How does the new CATALYS surgical laser system to remove the cataract differ from the one in use so far? Dr. Cyres: Until recently, we had to enter the eye and then break up the cataract with ultrasound […]
In all religions and cultures, there’s the belief of a specific deity behind the rains. In the Vedic tradition, yagnas are performed to invoke the rain-God. In our Zoroastrianism, we invoke Teshtar Tir Yazad. Similarly, while we were touring South Africa, a few years ago, a lady who was a mystic, told us about a […]
I had a very dear Bengali friend in my class at St. Anne’s High School – Rupa Ganguly, daughter of the late veteran actor, Ashok Kumar and wife of actor Deven Verma. I think of Rupa every year on Dassera because once she had told me (in Std. VIII) that when you look into Goddess […]