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 […]
Meherbai’s Mandli held a get-together at Meherbai’s house to discuss various topics. Dolly, the Dog-lover: Did you read in PT how Ami Shah made her boxer-dog feel special on Valentine’s Day by flying him to Goa in a private plane? Boxer had a spa massage and a dinner-date on his private beech with Italian cheese, New Zealand […]
Meherbai and Meherwanji were invited to a leading Fashion Show and arrived at the venue with great enthusiasm. However, once the show started, their enthusiasm was short-lived. This is what happened… Meherbai: Meherwanji, what are these girls wearing in the name of fashion? I have never seen more bizzare outfits in my life! One Chibavli Chakli is wearing […]
A ‘Mela’ is a religious pilgrimage or a fair which uplifts man’s spiritual aspirations. Religious melas are mentioned in the Mahabharat. Then again, Chaucer mentions them in his Canterbury Tales delineating various human temperaments on one such pilgrimage. The Kumbh Mela is an ancient Indian tradition and antiquity has imparted to it its inspiration. Even the Chinese traveller, Hieuen Tsiang who […]
The Mandli was recovering from the worst wedding reception of the season, given by a common friend, known to most of the members, where the guests had to stand in an overcrowded hotel lounge for a mile-long queue, first to bless the couple ( ie pay for your own meals) and later for the ice-cold […]
The German philosopher Goethe said that “Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing and a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.” Now, in a way, every married couple is a ‘Karmic Couple’ since marriage is the biggest Karmic-connection to settle trials and dues of past births. However, today an ordinary […]
Meherbai’s New Year Resolution was to write a book on dieting. Meherwanji was quietly reading Parsi Times on his favourite easy-chair on a peaceful Saturday morning when Meherbai barged on him like a bull in a bullfight and said: “Samjho! Breaking news! Eureka!! I’ve evolved a brand-new way of not getting fatter, but actually slimming day by […]
Meherbai was the darling of her in-laws – they loved and pampered her. She was particularly close to Meherwanji’s brother’s son, Homi, who spoke freely with Meherbai of things he could never even with his parents. Homi was a talented child and fond of dancing, cooking, acting, drawing and painting. “All girlie things!” as Homi’s […]
Some of us are born smiling, most of us have to work at it, which means learning new techniques and unlearning some old mental habits, but the good news from the frontiers of psychology is that mood is malleable and happiness is yours for the choosing. Everyone wants happiness. We want it, strive for it, […]