Despite her age, Meherbai always believed that just as we feed the body daily, we should give food to the brain through intellectual discussions. Hence, she requested Jabri Jaloo to organise a tea party at her club where the Mandli-members could discuss politics. Now Jaloo played her own politics by inviting her bhookhi-baaras cousin, Silloo, to the party. Silloo needed no introduction […]
While legendary Hollywood comic-actor, Mel Brooks, once said, “Humour keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song,” comedy king Charlie Chaplin stated, “If you don’t laugh, you’ll die!” Why did they say this?? When you laugh, it’s an involuntary explosion of the lungs. The lungs need to replenish themselves with oxygen. So, you laugh, you […]
While legendary Hollywood comic-actor, Mel Brooks, once said, “Humour keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song,” comedy king Charlie Chaplin stated, “If you don’t laugh, you’ll die!” Why did they say this?? When you laugh, it’s an involuntary explosion of the lungs. The lungs need to replenish themselves with oxygen. So, you laugh, you […]
Soli, the bachelor, had been wanting to get married for some time now. His loneliness had gotten to him and so he had started drinking country-liquor, like Devdas. His land-lady, Pilamai Popat, counselled him to get married and fixed up an appointment with the famous match-maker, Coomi Kaajwali, saying, “There’s this fat, five-foot-nothing ‘boy’ of […]
The Mandli met at Freny Fatakri’s spacious house over tea and snacks which included an exotic chocolate-liquor-cake, mutton samosas, kolmi kababs and chicken nuggets. Khadhri Faridafui: Bus!! Only this much snacks? Meherbai: Everyone has brought along some snack. Farida dikra, what have you brought? Faridafuiji: I have brought my mittho husband, Henpecked Hormusji. Sorry, I’m late as I’m taking singing lessons […]
Pilamai from the Baug was a busybody who dabbled in everything. Her well-trained, hen-pecked husband did all the house-work, with the result that Pila had the whole day to herself. Her sons told her to “take it easy” and play with her grand-children. Pilamai thought, “Just as well the sons are living separately. They want […]
Meherbai and Meherwanji were in their fifty-sixth year of marriage, which was full of ups and downs – high highs and low lows. Meherbai got married at twenty-one and had her fair share of ups and downs too. But she constantly worked on improving her marriage and told Meherwanji that they should spend the remaining […]
Most of us don’t move enough. In fact, we don’t walk much or even fully breathe. The human body is made for movement, which is life. When movement stops completely, we call it death. Movement starts with the very first experimental kicks of the foetus within the mother’s body. It registers as a tickle and […]
Soli Sales-Tax thought no end of himself. He genuinely believed that that he is God’s gift to women and often called himself Soli-Sharukh Khan. Whenever he met a pretty woman he would spread his arms wide and say, “SOLI… naam toh suna hoga!” On a lucky day, the girl would say, “Get lost.” On an […]
In Occultism, we learn that everything is cosmic-energy. Every single thought is powerful energy which has a far-reaching effect, on not only us and our outside circumstances, but also on others. Cosmic energy is all around us, flowing in a constantly evolving upward spiral. Hence, all of us are constantly bathed in a sea of positive […]
As always, the young-at-heart Mandli (all in their second childhood), met at their favourite club in South Mumbai. This time, Meherwanji’s childhood friend, Edulji Aadhaar-card and his wife Rati Ration-card were also invited. To test their intelligence, Jhangoo-genius asked, “As far as Covid goes, tell us, which is the safest nation?” Edulji Aadhaar: Simple – Vaccination!! […]