Aug 1969

••nil ¥•' I. X VOL. V No, 10 »> fl AUGUST 1969 ffprr nivdium for old trisdom i. I Price 50 Paise t I w R. E. -¦ (0. J- r . ‘^' Mar L '''' Officer, ' 1 » imnnrffmn ¦ t ' ' *5!^! •! • -S*' •! •!, M 1 Sir HOMI MODY ( Block Jame -Jamalied')I I i VOL. V No. 10 Contents: EDITORIAL %• AUGUST 1969 Page 3 “The Splendoured Cne” by Theatre Goer ... Recommandations to Amend and Re-enact Certain Provisions of the Indian Succession Act (1925) as Applied to the Parsis by S R. Vakil... Harmony by Hormuzdiar Rituals & Ceremonies by Dr. Dara R. Hakim Social Education Niranjan Dhar ... Sir Hoxni Pirojshah Mody Managing Editor: P. B. WARDEN. M.S. ( Bom.), DJ.M. . 2. Nothing contained in sections 67 and 118 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 shall apply to Parsi who dies after the commencement of this Act leaving a Will or Codicils, whether made before or after the commencement hereof. MY EXPERIENCES My senior brother Late Mr. Hirjibhoy Byramji Warden died on or about 7th May 1954. He was the then Managing Director of Warden ’s (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd., and by his Will left all his shares in the company solely to me to make proper management of the Company possible without interference from any minority holdings. He and I were the founder mem ­ bers on the books of share holders. Though I was then whole time in medical practice he confided in me and said that he had taken this step as he was very anxious that the business started by him should continue and that if I could not spare sufficient time for business I should employ a wholetime manager but continue business. That was his wish. After his son pre-deceased him by three years he had foreseen the situation and trained me in business by fixing me as a Director with monthly remuneration to write books of accounts. Prior to that I was just a visiting Director on meeting days and doing my medical work whole . time. < WHEREAS it is expedient to remove certain disabilities in connection with Wills made by Parsis, it is hereby enacted as follows: — 1. This Act may be called the Indian Succession Amendment Act, 1969. Though my brother and I were on the best of terms our solicitor Mr. Balaram Jayakar of M/s. Cama Jayakar & Co. had instructed me not to sign any paper, how- \'ei innocent looking, without first refer ­ ring to him. He never gave me any reason but as he had drawn the Will he must have ? IlflH realised its implication. As Mr. Jayakar back of 20 sq. yds., ground and five in was the Mocere friend of the family there height, fetching old rent of Rs. 187 and was no question of imputing motive. Our facing an estimated r^ir ctf Rs. 22,000 whole family always followed him impli- by the Architect Mr. Homi Katrak. cftty. Later on I realised that signatories to the Will or Codicil are debarred from all rights and titles to their contents. clear this point at length to impress the or re^t any item. He must accept in toto readers about the pitfail. Medical attend ­ ants are often requested to attest the Will or Codicil but the circumstances in such cases are self-evident and patent. I declined to take over the property. I I eouid not do so as a legatee cannot select or not at all. Mr. Homi Katrak and my personal friend Mr. Jal Daruwalla, the then chief accountant of the Bombay Municipality both advised me to sell off the property at any price. But who would buy ? Sale was advertised in Times of India and Jame- Jamshed several times. A few probables came, saw and went away. Section 118 which may have been meaningful years back when European Society was dominated by Priestly class and who somehow or other managed to have Wills changed or Codicils added in their favour on deathbed is an anachron ­ ism today. Meanwhile Municipal em^oyees va ­ rious departments were paying me “cour- My brother Hirjibhoy by a Codicil calls ”. Municipality would not allow made a couple of days before his death demolish the property. Our solici- traosferred a small immovable property to ^r. Jayakar issued notices to ail the me. It was originally given to his daughter- t<^riants to vacate as the house was unsafe, in-law who after the death of her hus- who vacates these days ! Though the band had left for England for further notices to the tenants may be legal safe ­ studies, in fact, had virtually migrated to I was inwardly worried about the England. Many aspersions were cast on property of the occupants, my character for the Codicil of which I '^'^is was not my ugliest experience. My had no knowledge. In two days time Hirji- ugliest experience was that some men from ' bhoy died. On his death-bed he had whis- Building Department of the Municipality pered to me that if I liked I may use its advised me to undertake repair with some income in helping poor people as he was contractor of their recommendation, who doing. Obviously the implication of “if under pretext of repairing the building I like ” was “I (Hirjibhoy) like ”. His wish would give such strokes and put in such has been religiously adhered to. wedges that in a few days the build ­ ing will automatically collapse and the The irony of the whole thing is that he land, howsoever small in area, will fetch could not have given it, to anybody else. It was a small property in the Fort ad- pious I may say that it was repugnant to measuring less than 50 sq. yds. with a set- my temperarnent. I declined the offer. I good price. Withiout wanting to pose as 12 I did not care for money this way. Think spot for Rs. 15,000 (and later paid some- •v'ne ......... wfi'tvcn a si^ ol reiiel. gospel truth) ’ .... Life after death is my firm belief. I was delving in spiritualism under an idea that if there be life after death communication with the dead may be possible. I had pur ­ chased the library of Late Mr. Pestonji Mahaluxmiwala, who many years back was writing in Jame-Jamshed about his communications with his deceased son Dhunjishaw. Dhunjishaw was my class- change the Will and also perforce to sur- mate in the school. In a communication viye the stipulated period under the Act. with my deseased brother Hirjibhoy I Life Insurance Corporation does not write spoke to him about the property and my survival insurance. futile efforts to sell it. “But who would buy it ?” He told me “it will sell like this ” (snap- 1 ¦ „ ’ ¦ '' _ ' - ’ _ ' ” - ¦ ____________________________ along Dr. padabhoy Naoroji Road I may or may not be printed but we can him I was going to the Municipality in the when he moves in the matter to bring matter of such and such property. He said about general agreement on his amend- I want to buy one let us walk to the pro- ments. perty. With all the Municipal requisitions and set-back notice he bought it on the The purchaser did not have enough cash to pay me. I therefore gave him a loan of Rs. 8000 to complete the transaction and accepted the dilapidated property in mort ­ gage. Even then I was happy as my' res ­ ponsibility ended with the sale. Mr. Jaya- kar acted on my behalf. 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H SlSR'ft QlC-ft H15 MSS «Hl^l tl ’f'Hl X'td C?HH %ft^lH^Hl da^Hl Hia «HHmi4 'IHl M^lSHl«i loS- 41^1^ Ml^. n ^44^ «Z<^PtR 'i4l>lrt ^^5 '^U' t. ?^^^?^‘?????????<>***<******** -***'»*********************************** 17HARMONY by HGRMUZDIAR r, Securing harmony is the business of re ­ ligions and philosophies. Harmony is agreement in relation — in art it may be of the nature of blending of colours, pro ­ portions of adjoining units, orderly rela ­ tion of things. In music harmony is con ­ cordance of sounds. Harmony is peace when mind and botly have divinely esta ­ blished relations. Wherever relations are non-jarring and conducive to serenity and uniformity of thoughts, actions or beliefs there is harmony and that idea has been extended from Earth to Heaven where re ­ gular movements of the heavenly bodies throughout space constitutes the music of the spheres. Einstein was particularly im ­ pressed by this singleness of purpose in nature. genius. His mathematical calculations were extraordinarily complex. The idea of Relativity and later of the Unified Field Theory were born out of his great love of Harmony in nature, which he read in his wordless language of mathematics. He stirred the imagination of countless people with the announcement regarding the unified field theory, explaining electro ­ magnetism and gravitation by the opera ­ tion of identical natural forces. “Einstein awed by the incredible beauty of nature felt certain that it appeared com­ plex to us only because of our ignorance. Nature is another word for order and or­ der means a simple pattern. Because of his love of nature he has visions of simple natural organizations. That is how the idea of relativity and, later, of the unified field theory came to him intuitively. He had to justify his vision by mathemetical calculation ”. Mathematics did not bring out his theories he sought to confirm them mathemetically. As he saw harmony in art and science he saw it in religion as well. Interpretation of Religion This startling news was given to the world after Einstein had reached the age of three score and ten. Even at this advan ­ ced age he worked endless hours when en ­ gaged on a major task. Einstein did his best work in open air. He therefore called himself “a sun-wor­ shipper”. Because he witnessed harmony in nature he introduced it in his own life. Simplicity was the charm of this man of “Religion was also closely related to art and science and not in opposition to them, as many people think. The true scientist- and true artist stood in worshipful admi ­ ration before the beauties of creation. Man finds his true destiny within the frame ­ work of glorious nature; he is meaningful only as part of the mysterious universe, seeking to express himself by identifica ­ tion with the purposes of nature. “ The most beautiful thing we can expaience is 19 1God and the devil have a common But £ art But UOQ anu vuv wvYSA -------------- J olatform for preaching. That is why Har- and religion, ” held Einstein. Thus, p rUcaster. _____ _ • I unified fidd theory Mt'only in the materiaJ world, but also the mysterious, the sour^ science <----- - he believed there is a hl the world of human thought; Zarathushtra saw that Harmony per ­ vades 1 sed^w ” image ^Tharmony in his trio of ah diseases of our society can mony with a pre-fix Dis leads to disaster, since Dis means .— Dis also means'--- . nal world. Disharmony is a unified field theory 3 Deus (meaning God) and Pluto, the God of the infer- disease infec- 5J who comes to 3 after him has challenged it. What He has Hukta on the Ethical side he has — act well thy part the Universal side too where plexed < the reform wherever needed. * D B O 0 a a a a a a a a a a a fi a a a a a § a a a a a ' a S a a a a a a a a a a a 3 a a a a a P. N. Mehta Education Trust RUMS Boys’ Town NASIK attention of parents to this fansous Boarding School attention p communities. attention —Hygienically ------- • live, contagious, self-induced or iatrogenic Ibrouuhout ' Nature then why not j.e. induced by the person who comes to Zarathushtra conden- treat. How shall we establish harmo y . . uir, FfirY nf Alt nf nnr society can be cleared Hrkt; nuvreshta. No prophet by ’the natural law - Simplicity in totality “pw ” X came after him Humata wh^ut "or has challenged it. What He has H„uta with^t aftontry prescribed on the Ethical side he has - 'du”^ affixed on the Universal side too where plexed conisul Humat .. “Asha, ” an all-comprising simplicity and and act well thy part. orderliness in nature triumphs at all times, t- M a L ru a § a § a § B- a a N a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a § a a a (Kl a a a a a § a a S 20 We Invite for boys of all ages Efficient staff-individual wholesome diet-Opportunity for Qpen —air games —Care of t — character i ' _ The late Sheth P. N. Mehta ’s has made BOYS’ TOWN Al. INSTITUTION OF REPUTE. Parses Students will L------- health-Building of _j —Care of along with sound education i Munificence monument al educational be considered by the Trustees ) (Concessions to Inmiiries-Mr. Beion N. Desai, m. a ., b. t. Principal, inquiries—ni j ____ ^_„„„„.,„„„„„„P3faQnoiaaafaaoaaaaoociaQeao?Rituals & Ceremonies Role of Ceremony in Religion i TIME-HALLOWED RITUALS by Dr. DARA R. HAKIM ( From Fragrance of faith pp. 38-40) the priests introduced a light, and the ex ­ pectant CrouC hailed the resurrection. A period of merriment (Hilaria) ensued and new initiates were admitted to the call. Religion is a road to the realm of reality and Ceremony is a secret and sacred agent that traverses the path to rescue a stagger ­ ing soul and lead safe to its destination. Zoroastrian doctrine emphasises the im ­ portance of unbiased divine judgement based on quality of Karma. “As you sow — so shall you reap ” is the principle uni ­ versal and immutable from which none can escape under any strata of dogmatic philosophy. Every action has its reaction in nature. No amount of cermony or sacri ­ fice can influence the divine court of just ­ ice, that has no bribesmen in its parlour to alter its hue with human hypocracy and tamper with its texture. It is an ignorant orthodoxy or a supersitious insanity to sacrifice a living soul and transact a cere ­ monial deal with God either to gain favour or appease His wrath. Zoroastrianism has no such God of Greed and Zoroastrian Ceremony is no selfish service of bargain' but a chain intrinsic to link the living with the dead and perpetuate the sweet memory of existence in life here and after, with gratitude to the Almighty God. Ceremony is a source to sustain distant men made over' WODOR H. GASTER The breath of God wafts over the em ­ bers of time-hallowed rituals, and the em ­ bers themselves burst into new life. When traditional national faiths were breaking down and when, in a mood of “sick fa ­ tigue ” and “languid doubt, ” men were seeking desperately to be and to begin anew, the rituals came to ser­ ve, on a personal level, as paradigms of the individual soul. Not only Nature, hut Man, it was felt, periodically died and re­ vived. The result of this development was an intensified attachment to so-called “my­ stery cults ” — ceremonies in which men could symbolically identify with the pas ­ sion of the dying and reviving god, now interpreted as something more than ferti ­ lity spirits. Or again, they could be bathed in the blood of a bull or lamb and thus achieve regeneration, in imitation of that which the earth had received primordially from the slaying of the mythical bull by Mithra. A striking example of this trans- mutattiofl is afforded by the Mysteries of Attis, a Phrygian deity who acquired con ­ siderable popularity in Imperial Rome. Celebrated in mid-March, the discomfi ­ ture of Attis was marked by a fast, by a memories just as correspondence is a mock burial, by lamentions, and by an source to maintain personal contacts, all-night vigil. Eventually, amid darkness with a fargone friend. t 21 1- 1? ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? Instances are not rare guidance from departed souls inspiration through sincere prayers. to find spiritual or divine Ceremonial Ceremony has a gion h ---------- J is a medium of transmission of true devo- * :___ L substantial role m reli- ? if understood in its right essence. It w a of transmission of true devo ­ tion through prayer potential and ritual essential. To prove a hypothesis, complete an ments of action with precision are essen- j an essential ? To prove a hypothesis, complete an ex ­ periment and achieve a final result, ins^- J dZrequisites - so is a ceremony solemn | with its sanctifying rituals, "" , paraphernalia to explore the realm of reali- t ty and attain the final goal of cosmic con- tact and eternal bliss. But the final realisation rests on mony of the head and heart. C— tune the radio for proper transmission - j ? ? ? HOMI & CO. Charni Road Junction place for Style, Quality and Precision for glasses. Eyes tested by qualified eye­ specialist on attendance A -"I har- I One must f tune the raaio lor piup^i ----- So set your valves working check your | contacts for leaks and creaks, tune and | turn to motion for synchronised action | and you will have a perfect reception of ,a | profound note. The relay from Almighty ’s J realm is continuous t. — - .. our ------- tional — our — our 1-----X sincerity solemnly sentimental to scent the fragrance of ceremonial bounty and re ­ ceive the outpour of heavenly bliss. Zoro- astrian ceremony has thus not a superficial unethical but substantial, serene, scientific and subtle significance of profound philo ­ sophy and rational reasoning. i and constant. Only J ceremonial construction must be ra- • hearts humanly emotional head profoundly potential — our of ceremonial bounty and re- has thus not a superficial 22 (COURTESY and FAIR-DEAL) Cawasji Behb***'”*®*- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? M8, Basa AR GATEST.BoMB^yl.SOCIAL EDUCATION (The Republic and The Laws) NIRANJAN DHAR Pro/. Dhar (The Peoples College, Banipur, 24 Pargtnas.) I if ai The term ‘social education ’ which, broadly speaking, is only another name for the training for citizenship, is more or less new. But the thing itself is not new. It is as old as the society. In the comparatively simple and static society of former times this education was mostly informal, social ideas being imbibed, to a very great extent on the basis of imitation and respect for the elders who were the custodians of the existing order. It was essentially an age of customs. To cope with the problems of the modern complex and dynamic society the social education programme for the society has, however, to be largely formal and elaborate. It must be said to the credit of the an ­ cient Greeks that they very consciously formulated a formal theory and practice of social education from boyhood to old age. This aspect of the Greek civilisation, although highly interesting, has uptil now attracted scant attention from the thinking public. To illuminate the study of modern society and education we should, however, see the present in the light of the long de ­ velopment of human culture. 1 i Strifes and conflicts were also then common, and there was unrest in the air. Then, as cities grew, they produced many emancipated minds. The outcome was that in the Greece of that period the adventure of ideas knew no bounds, and the Greek mind blossomed forth in several direc ­ tions. In order to see the ideas on social edu ­ cation in proper perspective, we should also remember that it was in Greece that the idea of citizenship was conceived for the first time in human history, although citylife itself certainly did not start with the Greeks. The informal unpolitical democracy of the tribal life then gave way to a deliber ­ ate political democracy in course of time. Henceforward the Greeks came to be “ci ­ tizens ” in a very significant sense, and they realised that the good life for man can be lived not only in the society but also as a part of the good of the society. Originally the Greeks were a pastoral people and as such their first settlements were in villages around the hills and the havens. They were then immensely inte ­ rested in physical nature from where they evolved a conception of harmony and pro ­ portion. With a growing urbanity of life born of national prosperity through com ­ merce there gradually occurred a change ’ of interests towards the humanistic stu ­ dies. To meet the situation, a necessity was now felt for a higher standard of edu ­ cation. While in the other countries of ancient culture like India and Egypt edu ­ cation remained mostly personal and reli ­ gious, in Greece it took the form of social and political education. J !l .i ! •i 23VI- • -nn ornund of the legislators. Besides, social modern democracies public opin programme occupies a .conspi- • 1 in the Republic. Indeed ¦ ; book has been appraised as one ot tfle finest treatises on <------- _ , ference is .—- the subject more ruler than from that of the citizen. of the Greek city-states was, noweve., jhis initiation of the Greeks in the social different To the Greeks the city-state was ^ity started from childhood not only a state but also a community, s^p even after the attain- anditwasa community because there [„ent of adulthood. In fact, according to was a common spiritual substance which there are certain stOdi^rlM it had inherited and which it must trans- significance of which can only Ije. mit to the successive generations. This comprehended by men having the expe Substance was embodied in the law, both uje and conduct. Surely one such moral and legal, written and unwritten, i^ political Science which is th which ruled supreme in a society.* Law ^^i^^ce of leading the social man, thto^ cOTld not command obedience without social eduortion, to come into conm^ the force of habit, and this could be the spiritual substmce of the ed oidv through education imparted m its yf embodied m sovereign lai^ ±rTo the Greeks society was thus studies springing directly from the impact primarily an educational institution. and impingements of life consti u e subject proper of adult education, al- This social education and not rep^n- , their foundations should be broad- tation thus provides the clue to the Gree schools during the early period social thought. In modern aemocracics puviiw is the ruling factor^ Law i-^up^o rc^flppt this oDinion. ineeiecieu r many political the who interpret it for giving it shape in the form of various laws. Representa ­ tion is thus a fundamental idea of the mo ­ dern democracies. The ideological basis follow and reflect this opinion, representatives are like so i priests fundamental idea of the mo- however, in the Republic. Indeed _ 1 education. The only dif- is that here Plato has approached from the viewpoint of the L community, did not stop even community because there ---- spiritual substance which Greeks, there are This comprehended by men educational institution. and impingements subject proper c. social thought. the Republic Plato seemed to have In the Republic riaio bcciuvvi vx. made a departure from this traditional Greek thought by advocating a of adult education in ancient The scope ---- rule by Greece is not, however, exhausted here. As the engines of cars require periodic the philosophic mind in the place of t ® jfig subjects learned in rule of fundamental ^„„se of the earlier period of life should shifting of position on t ' . found expression in his Laws, a posthu- "3 work. The law-state thus came to the dominant rrtheVdlTwhenlhey started their adult the subjects learned in the part of Plato course of continue to 1 so and need not think the same i accordingly transcends the as they < has been pointed out by an mous be t- ings. The Laws Republic, as L eminent critic. In this connection we should however, observe that Plato sAca^ be cultivated and fresh light that the Greeks should not old thoughts life, say, at twenty. The matter has thus been beautifully expressed by Freeman in his Schools of Hellas: “Instead of regard- demy had all along been a beautifully expressed by Freeman in bored indifference 24!#¦ 7 r 1 k’ the subjects which they had studied at schools the Hellenes had an affection for them and continued to practise and im­ prove themselves in them ... Grown citi ­ zens retained throughout an affection for education, and went, on educating them ­ selves all their lives. ” Thus, according to the Greeks, the soul, like the body, also requires sustenance all along. Without food the soul will die an untimely and in ­ glorious death. Social education further teaches a man to make the best use of his leisure. That in this respect also the Greeks were fortu ­ nately placed would be evident from the fact that the very word ‘school’ was de­ rived from the Greek term ‘slkbli’ which meant leisure,. The Greeks used to spend their leisure in pursuing arts or philoso ­ phical arguments about the good, the true and the beautiful. So this word for leisure gradually came to mean the place where those pursuits were made. We should, however, note here that the ancient Greeks were not much used to reading and writing books. Predominant ­ ly they were in the habit of carrying on a good deal of discussions upon all sorts of things. As a matter of fact, the Greeks of that age lived in an atmosphere of oral discussion — in the market-places, in the clubs, in the eating houses, in the temples and where not. The life of Greece had hardly any support for the Platonic dict ­ um that the art of politics can only be practised by a professional class having a specialised knowledge in it. Oral instruc ­ tions used also to be offered by a wander ­ ing class of teachers known as sophists. Courtesy Radical Humanist NOTE:— This article is inserted in this issue because it brings out several salient features affecting our way of life in our Republic and its Laws. Vast changes have entered modern life from the original implicit adherence and respect to custom laws to a jungle of junks of rules and sections of the present day statutes, which no genius can codify. Laws are not made for the public but for the phantom we pursue — the Republic. The paganism of our Faith (the secular state), the barbarism of our society (law could not command obedience without the force of habit) and the aimlessnesis of our life (mixed economy, mixed morals) drive our dumb millions to their destiny of “nothingarians ”. Everybody studies Republic. Does anybody study Laws ? If so why judg ment comes when a man is dead or as good as dead. ! a i 25 !1- 7 ¦ \ I • ' • M - j SIR HOMI PIROJSHAH MODY BORN 23-9-1881 DIED 9-3-1969 'J J Political, administrative, industrial and he went in for Textile as a Director in social circles whenever they heard H.P. Bombay Dyeing as soon as he got an open- it meant to one and all of them a conglo- ing in it. By indicision man begins to wear meration of dignified, scrupulous, sincere fatigue — so he did not linger on in what characteristics combined in one gentle- he did not do well. Many people call such man. From his early years he was a man a quick decision a lucky turn but only a of opinions which he adhered to and man of faith in himself grapples it. Though openly declared. After graduation the he failed to make good in the law court first thing he did was to tear off all the his knowledge of law had moulded him pages of his algebra book. This was an in- ' into an administrator and that side of life - dication that a thing not needed was a he developed to his advantage all the rest handicap and one must not suffer it. He of his life. Administration and politics thus gradually cleared his way for rise in were his true vocations. He was initiated life. He was a man of quick perception here by Sir Phirozshah Mehta. He enter- and quick action. He wanted to make ed the Bombay Municipal Corporation good in life. He was an Advocate with no which is the training ground for all bud ­ practice. That did not deter him. Straight ding politicians in this part of India. L*!'He became.for ’Hhle the Governor of Bombay and was iv- the one Thenceforth there was no stoppings ladder was by one. The list nistrative - . His life is formidable. He was on of Directors (or Chairman) of several con- ganaras, Aligadh, and Poona Universi- cerns of the- House of Tatas - Hydro- haj conferred on him their Honorary electric Companies, Iron and Steel Co., Degree of LL.D, and he was the Hon. D. Associated Cement Co., Indian Hotels Ltd Litt of Agra University. etc. also Chairman of Bombay Millowners publications are (1) Life of Str Phe- Association, Indian Merchants Chamber, (1921). This brought'llim Employers ’ Federation of India etc. all the then political par- with Sir Pherozshah Mehta, Sir ^es of India (2) Political Future of In^ the best work on the subject (3) Iteflec- Central Bank of India. After the first two wise and Otherwise, which is an in succession became Chairman of the autobiographical memoir full.of Bank, H.P. became its third Chairman his characteristic witty and nu- and held that office for many years almost ^hich he had rare gift, upto the last year of his life. On the whole ^est after-dinner speaker, most he was 1----- His political career all his and he stepped up also the Governor of . J • TTttnr PraHesh for three years. With Rajaji of all the important admi- Uttar Pradesn lor y _ founded the Swatantra Party and led '' ¦ I he the Board it for many years. Chairman) of several con- ive and political offices he held in His publications are to the notice the Hon. D. of all the then political par- Along Phiroz Sethna nawala he was a and Sir Sorabji Pochkha- book earned him a prize of Rs. 2W0 founder member of the of his life. On the whole He was impressively witty even on at times incisive in his remarks varied and lofty. He defeated Shri Vithal- but his remarks had the “Mody finesse , bhai Patel and became a corporator and ^hich turned away wrath. He was or t a later was its President and once Mayor of the good books of all pohtica Bombay. He was later elected member of p^^ies even when their differences were the Legislative assembly and nominated „pt putchable. His book “Reflections,- • •’ is absorbingly m- wealth of wis- for half a century in public life. was equally wide, was i later elected member of even assembly and nominated patchable. serious subjects. member of Viceroy ’s Executive Council. Otherwise ” ___ textile industries he as — containing a member of the Legislative Assembly was slant for unredeemed folly that consistently turned wisdom into wit and caused “Mirthquakes ”. Here we reproduce some quakes. textile industries he as To protect India ’s a 1—— deputed to go to tered into an agreement out India as 1 , understand take Manchester where he en- known through- Mody-Lees Pact. For that he persuaded people to i------ what you get-and agitate for more ”. 28 T9 of his mirth-1 • inv.the field .ed ’^ie-Taot-t-fiat there were no-girl students of. epigrams are: "5 Do right and fear no in our college. The girls of my time were man: don ’t Write and fear no Woman ”; smart but not sophisticated and they wefe “Socialism is Bolshevism with a shave ”, easier to entertain. There was no ignorant “You bahnot live on the sweat of your meddling with our education. It was rea- grandfather ’s brow ”; “Having fought a so^ably good.and it cost very little. There war to end all wars, they have creMed a was mo ‘pugree ’ for entry into schools and peace to end all peace. ” colleges. I was born in state-coach age. . .......... Propriety . and decorum were rigorously observed in the matter of dress and depo ­ rtment. The bushcoat, which nowadays does duty'equally for gdifig to Raj Bha- attendfiig a funeral, was unthink- Not A Crime “I was born in the stage-coach age, when life was more easy and spacious ......... the tastes, habits and recreations of my -1 ¦ time were simple. Though the social cons- van or aftendmg a funeral, was unthink- lienee was but dimly lit, the rich did not flaunt their riches, and wealth was not yet What must have been his reaction when a crime. Sermons on austerity were hap- Madras Medical College was willing to accept ^Sleeping suit as proper attire for students ? He slashed at the pompous prudery and ^ffbeating dogmas of present day politi ­ cians. C’’ o . , pily unknown. \ No Giris!! It was he who prevailed on the Big Three iii the theii Bombay Ministry — Mr. B. G. Kher, Mr. Morarji Desai and Dr. Gilder — to attend a race meeting at Poona. This was described in racing cir ­ cles as Mody ’s “treble pool. India). (Times of r “While life was not very exciting, there were no irritating restriction on our ha ­ bits. We were not forbidden to drink — and we did not need^a license for anything and everything. (5a^ ‘ morals were not as zealously guarded, ^s they are now, by a paternal Government, and we were not treated to sermons by all manner of pre ­ tentious politicians ........ By and large, we were an orderly lot. I have often bemoan- At a Navjot function Shri Chavan and Sir Homi exchanged head wears. Shri \ Chavan put on Sir Homi ’s Paghdi and gave him his Gandhi Cap. The incideiit was described as “Fair exchange no rob ­ bery !” Kaiser-i-Hind printed the and some other matters quoted herein. snap From “As I look back ”. (A talk from All-India Radio, Bombay). 29WARDEN'S (IRYSOR) PVT. LTDi PT i s h e s Happy New Year to foolish I have been asked to ba<^ atid say something of my life and the lessons I have learnt. Few people take me serious ­ ly, least of all myself, and I doubt if any ­ body is going to be the wiser. By worldly standards, I may not have fared too badly, but I have said and done some things and I must regard myself lucky to have lived them down. He had the rare gift of laughing at him­ self. D. R. Mankekar has published a Bio ­ graphy of Sir Homi Mody, which we commend for good reading. Parsiana had not omitted H. P. it had reserved him for this New Year issue to record one single biggest loss to the Parsis (and the whole of India) during the year. He had deep love for our religious rites and customs and adhered staunchly to them in his day to day life re- READERS OF PARSIANA 30If Zoroaster, Zoroastrianism and Zoroastrians interest you read ?? ?? 04 ? a Monthly ^Magazine in English which is read in 1 BOMBAY matheran POONA PANCHGANI HYDERABAD SECUNMRABAD NAGPUR KATNI bangalore HAZARIBAUG VISAKHAPATNAM ahmednagar SHOLAPUR JALGAON MYSORE GUNTAR BIJAPUR . 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