TEHMI-BEN—NARAD REMEMBERS (Mother India - March 2006) (Continuation of "Tehmi-ben—Narad Remembers" from the issue of January 2006) TEHMI'S childhood was idyllic, surrounded by the trappings of royalty, infused with beauty and wonder, a fairy tale to fulfil any youngster's most vivid imagination and people a world of dreams with pageantry and splendour. Tehmi: "When we were young we lived in a palace. The Durbar hall was just below us and we used to peep and watch them (the guests) beautifull

TEHMI-BEN—NARAD REMEMBERS (Mother India - January 2006) WITHOUT the All-encompassing vision we cannot say what it is that calls one soul to another when there is no obvious pull of the vital, mind, or body. So it was with my friendship with Tehmi-ben and the honour to be with her in her last years. It seemed, however, to be the continuation of a profound spiritual association perhaps through many previous lives. She had few close friendships but they ran deep and were always grounded in love and adoration of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. She had, how

NARAD REMEMBERS THEMIS—THE POET On Poetry (Mother India - September 2006) THE name, Themis, was chosen by Mother as the name She wished Tehmi to use for her poetry. Themis is the Greek goddess of justice and law. Tehmi's poetry, including many poems written before she came to the Ashram, was given high praise by Sri Aurobindo. Here are Sri Aurobindo's words. The poems are remarkable, especially the later ones. They have power of revelatory image and phrase and o

Tehmi as a Student—Some Letters.htm TEHMI AS A STUDENT—SOME LETTERS (Mother India - April 2006) TEHMI received high praise throughout her academic career. Here are some special letters from her teachers in the early days of her High School and then her College studies. (1) The Queen Mary High School, Girgaum, Bombay 30.5.40 I have great pleasure in testifying to the excellence of Miss Tehmi Masalawala's work and character. She was a pupil of this school and was always th

TEHMI-BEN—NARAD REMEMBERS: ON EDUCATION (Mother India - June 2006) Tehmi: "We had a Jesuit Father who was round, really round. He was our French teacher and liked us very much. There were about four of us whom he especially liked and had us read all the time. He ignored the other students in the class. He would always say to us, 'No rest for the wicked.' He also said in his deep, gruff voice to the boys who couldn't answer a question, 'Memory is the faculty that forgets!'" *

NARAD REMEMBERS (Mother India - November 2006) (Continued from the issue of September 2006) THEMIS—THE POET On Poetry (Mother India - November 2006) July 13,2004 Tehmi: (On Savitri) The very first line. What a tremendous opening. It says so much. You have to read it differently. It is simple. Nothing dramatic. You imagine it. It is very powerful. It gives the sense of transition from the night to the dawn. I can hear it. The word "eyeless" (in the phras

THEMIS—NARAD REMEMBERS (Mother India - June 2007) (Continued from the issue of January 2007) Her Visions and Experiences THOUGH Tehmi would say that she had very few experiences she spoke to me many times of two that were so powerful they were inscribed in her consciousness as on a perpetual tablet of Divine Grace. She actually was blessed with many other visions, some of which she recounted to me during her last two years and others that were recently found in one of her o

NARAD REMEMBERS (Mother India - December 2006) (Continued from the issue of November 2006) THEMIS—THE POET On Poetry Tehmi: [again on her own poetry] The poetry came so naturally to me and then I stopped it, which was a stupidity. On Shakespeare: No poet comes close to Shakespeare. [We quote lines together from Hamlet and Macbeth.] On Henry V: I don't care for it. Too rhetorical and pompous.

NARAD REMEMBERS (Mother India - January 2007) (Continued from the issue of December2006) THEMIS—THE POET On Poetry HERE are some more of Tehmi's comments on poets and poetry. Tehmi: Sri Aurobindo wrote a short commentary on my poems. * Those who don't love poetry must be missing so much. * I think it is a real grace and a gift if one loves poetry.

Chanting OM   ̶ December 14, 2002 I was amazed the other evening when I chanted OM and read Savitri at Huta's home, Gratitude, amazed that there was still some voice left after nearly forty years without practicing. Perhaps Mother will give me more and more openings to the New Music but I am aware that at the OM Choirs She is the leader and my offering must be egoless ̶ not even a hint of 'personal' satisfaction. If all can be offered to the Divine then, perhaps...