Meherbai’s Mandli reads Parsi Times every week, from cover to cover chipi-chipi-ney and hold discussions on its various topics. A couple of weeks ago, they read a rather provocative article on why some women prefer dogs to men in the famous ‘Pet Puja’ column, and this is how the discussion went… PT Article: ‘A Study says that […]
Meherbai’s Mandli reads Parsi Times every week, from cover to cover chipi-chipi-ney and hold discussions on its various topics. A couple of weeks ago, they read a rather provocative article on why some women prefer dogs to men in the famous ‘Pet Puja’ column, and this is how the discussion went… PT Article: ‘A Study says that […]
Every death is a loss and grief for the ones left behind. If an old person dies, it can be seen as completeness of that life, but the death of any child is untimely, tragic and heartrending. Life had barely begun and seemed to hold so much promise for the child and its family and then […]
In keeping with tradition, Meherbai’s Mandli met for their annual Mango-party at Meherbai’s house. As elections were in the air, everyone felt like saying something about it. Meherbai placed a huge bowl of chilled, diced mangoes and another of mango ice-cream, along with mango cheese cakes and milk-shakes for the Mandli. She loved feeding her […]
Love can make us or break us, and this is as true today as it was in the first century BC, when Virgil exclaimed, “Love conquers everything, so let us all surrender to love.” Even a very stoic and serious person will enjoy a flirtatious comment from an attractive person. Love makes us feel wanted, […]
Since Meherbai’s obnoxious neighbours, the twin sisters – Aloo and Jaloo – were still looking for the love of their lives and were open to the idea of marriage, the Mandli held a discussion to help them. Aloo: We girls (both were over 60) have had a series of failed relationships and are waiting in vain […]
Life forgives you. It really does. When you cut your finger by mistake, the sub-conscious intelligence within you immediately sets about to heal it as new cells build bridges over the cut; if you eat wrong food, the body eliminates it to preserve you; if you burn your hand, the life-principle gives you new skin, […]
Tomorrow, 24th March marks Avan-Nu-Parabh – a celebration of the sacred element of water, with Avan Ardivisur Banu as its presiding deity. Water is a sacred element in almost every religion and even today, higher liturgical ceremonies require water. Life itself began with the single-cell amoeba in water from where it evolved over several millenniums […]
The Mandli met at Meherbai’s house for a pre-Navroze celebration and the topic of the day was ‘Happiness and Positivity’. Meherbai asked everyone what made them happy and here’s how it went: Cowasji Casanova: If only I could get married and settle down, I’d be happy. Much-Married Minocher Moochchwala: If only I could divorce my […]
Love is the only fundamental principle of existence and the highest religion in the world. Everyone needs love and no one can live without it. It’s like oxygen. But then, love is also difficult at times and we can’t enjoy only the parts we like. With love comes the potential for hurt, rejection and unhappiness. […]
Meherbai’s Mandli (girls all over 75) met to discuss last year’s Woman’s Day which was an unmitigated disaster as far as receiving gifts was concerned. They shared each other’s sorrow and hoped that their respective partners would be more imaginative and generous this year. In fact their conversation was a ‘Total Dhamal’… Mani Maxfactor: I’d asked […]