Mehera Irani

DVD Documentary
Being Brave

Title: Being Brave
Date: Mid 1980s
Duration: 48 minutes
Volume: Fair
Medium: DVD
Comment: The image is not sharp on this video. Filmed by Fred Stankus

Mehera talks on her porch about her garden and about animals in this video tape. The video starts with a panning of the garden at Meherazad adjacent to the women’s porch. After a short talk about the garden, Mehera spends most of the video talking about animals. Topics are:
1. Poor soil at Meherazad
2. Baba gives Mehera a baby parrot.
3. Nepalese mina bird learns to say “Baba Darling”
4. Rabbits
5. Amusing story of Baba with animals in upper Meherabad. Baba would feed bread to a cow and a dog. The dog, being jealous, would try to chase the cow away. Instead of running away, the cow would run in circles with the dog not far behind. After a while, you could not determine who was chasing who.
6. Baba saves a puppy dog from falling into a steep ravine.
7. Snake story
8. Mehera’s Father kills tigers for villagers

Kanji Miyao