The year was 2000. We decided to travel to South Africa and spent almost three weeks there. Apart from Jo’berg, we visited Durban and Cape Town amongst other places, meeting and mingling with a lot of people. One fascinating story always stayed with me… it is about a woman with great supernatural powers. Standing upon a hill, […]
Meherbai was a great influencer and role-model. She was the inspiration of her mandli-members because of her good advice. Ever since Meherbai taught them the health benefits of not eating after sunset, the Mandli met only for breakfast, lunches and tea-parties. What’s more, every member looked and felt fitter, healthier and ten years younger. A […]
Everywhere in nature, we find pairs of opposites that complement each other and complete each other -like light and darkness, Yin and Yang, good and evil, day and night and many more. Similarly, for the procreation of any species, there’s male and female. This female aspect comes from Divinity and has been acknowledged in all […]
Life is a mixture of comedies and tragedies; of laughter and tears, of high highs and low lows.Neither happiness nor unhappiness lasts forever – in fact, they’re cyclical. Just as you can’t always be happy, the good news is, you won’t always be sad, down and out. Is there a cure? Yes! Next time you feel […]
An ancient Indian Mantra, ‘Satyam, Shivam, Sunderam’ can be translated as truth, divinity and beauty. There’s a strong relationship between the three because achieving excellence selflessly is equivalent to pursuing the truth, which in turn takes one nearer to the realisation of God. In fact, one can say that any selfless action (Nishkaam-Karma) performed with […]
There was a special ‘Mandali organised by our 100% educated Parsi community, where Parsi bachelor ‘boys’ (at 45?) were given a masterclass on how to woo a Gori-Gori-Parsi-Ni-Pori, with a view to matrimony. It would be unfair to call it a Masterclass for Morons! Madam Mehernaaz: You ‘boys’ have come a long way since the […]
On the auspicious occasion of Khordad Sal, 22nd August, 2019, the Nowroze Baug Play Centre (NBPC) celebrated its 71st Annual programme with a fundraiser for the Welfare Activities of the Play Centre – Big Bang Production’s hilarious natak, ‘Babo Aayo Courier Ma’, at the Sophia Bhabha auditorium, with Chief Guest, Ruby Lilaowala. After President Homi […]
I accidentally came across an English translation of the earliest available Jain-scripture called the ‘Acaranga Sutra’, in which Lord Mahavir gives the first most basic and universal definition of compassion or ‘Ahimsa’, which is the foundation of Jain religion, just as ‘Ashoi’ is the foundation of our religion. The Jain Sutra says: “I pronounce that […]
Once upon a time, not very long ago, lived three very eligible bachelor ‘boys’ (all over 60), who were trying in vain for many years to marry a nice, 100% pure-Parsi girl, i.e. both the parents of the girl should be Parsis. But alas! Something or the other always went wrong and either the girls […]
All universal matter is made of the five basic primal substances called ‘Panch Mahabhuta’ in the Vedas – these are Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Of these, water has enjoyed the highest religious and social status in all ancient civilizations. Prayers in all four main Vedas refer to water as nectar, honey, source of […]
In Hinduism, there’s a concept of renouncing the world and taking ‘sanyas’ or refuge in a forest or an ashram and living an ascetic life. This practice started with Buddha’s abdication of his ‘Raj-Dharma’ (Royal duties) and ‘Grihasthi-Dharma (Householder’s duties). This concept of ‘sanyas’ causes an unnatural divide between those seeking spiritual evolution and others […]