Oct 1972

OCTOBER 1972 VOL. VIIINo. 12 t'- Price 50 Raise 1 I new medium for oid wisdom SEAT IS FOR FILLING LLECTRONJC ENGINEEI 1. E. R. E. (U. K.) A. I. E. E. E.(U. S. A.) A. I. Mar. Tech. (India). Radio Officer. TRUSTEESHIP IS FOR FULFILLING • I 4 ¦4T « » Mfi t\, A LI. P0fi. maHIFlfD ftLE. CT Kla”*' •* 5 11 it. i-' VOI^ WMIa^ tt .....................Sijiii.iiM r. Hl ¦¦— - - TOHTWIta ' Paacbeyet Luluulwany r ISectioa FroMemi. Etc. Bditof : P. B. WARDEN, M. $. (Bom.>. D/P. M. APVISCMRY TOABP 15 Mr. P. R. Br Q»«id, AdvtfaAey>2 B R. ?SS^ A #' Maad^; 12/€ fw U. K.; eiid§ 2/-for U. S. A. I Cafvi SB Pbiae ¦a tJafaii»jwipjii0w''''».M<*’Mw*vr*******^**********'""***T*^^T******'^r**'”"^'*^'*^.*y''y*''*****"""***' ‘'''***'”''""*****""***'**^ ***"""*** SZ B. 1IMea-’"<>eai ^t«yit|nBirb BMtMdtet . and prmted«t KW«l *rt and oaBwegiuwetB igpaiwwec •Sha^lMnr Iwdwlriel Cblele : M«i|b B0Mt«1^2. Hk* T .^.J. - Al't- ? I . i-i» ¦ -.p ¦ - p.. With this; issue of October 1972 Far si ana^ couplet es eightyears of public^tion. For ’ a ew months from November" 1964 Kai-sbr-^i-Hind Press Press printed Parsiana. knowing that it,'f^ti BMsarq has brou^t his valuable machine,namely,Linotype to Godrej Memorial Press I took it there and aa the one ^d only magazine-in IkigLish of the Parsis aiming at promoting interest in 2aroastrian' religion and Parsi way of life Mr. JSrach Nadirshsda and Mr. Sapur Desai welcomed the move and actively helped the idea. Even before its pubiication the advice and; encouragement received from Mr. Erach Nadirshaw were instrumental in my finalising the decision to publish it. Printing rates were fjzed by Mri Erach Nadirsh^ in consultation witlL Mr. • Sapur Desai and they were reasonably raised from time to time as warranted by ,changing circumstances shown to than by Mr. Murti,the Manager of the Press. Everybody in the Press was so ’cooperative and eager to,.be help ­ ful for nothing more than ¦ a pleasant srail e. Mr . Murti^ 6f^^^eet tongue , Mr. Shantaram(assistant Manager) ,of unpredictable hilarity,Mr.* Bulsara a di^ified veteran in printing line,Mr. Chubb resourcefui b'f anecdotes and limericks made a congmial melody crowd. The entire atmosphere was. buying the tune of the brotherhood of man--"sisters having, been isolated across the threshold. Hiring pre "publication Survey through postal advertising HOC persons replied to beconie subscribers. This rnj^t. 33^ response from 3500 t el ephone users 'of Bombay as-.per its. Directory. Statistically 20 % to 25 % response to postal advertising is usually cpneidered satisfactory ’by advert!si^ agencies. Several of our Trustees were interested and helpful. Wy? PAESim OCT. 1972. ¦5. ¦/ k little before Parwiazia was published the Parsi Panchaj^ had tried to publish a paper on theii" OTO. Jfr. Jal Bulsara was to be its Hono­ rary JHi tor for&SOO p.ra. ,plu3 one typist for ^^sShO.ajid a peon for SslSO — They could hot collect more than 25 subsccibers. The vision flopped. I took up the thread because of my conviction that an lihglish medium ma^zine is needad and I had first hand esperiaice of advertising,block . -making,printing,publishing, distribution etc because of my part-time appointments in several,such concerns. Out of 1100 replies in affirmative only 450 sent subscription ; amount and Patsiana then slowly and patiently built up a total that could make it viable fo all these ei^t years and could attract adve ­ rt Mr. J^amroze Pconawalla.his sons and hephew have all these years supplied blocks entirely at their ezpensejsmoothening out my feeling of indebtedness by saying that as the oatise it good they love to share my burden* I like it too. Jame-Jamshed and Kaiser-i-Hind have cheel*fully extended their helping hand whenever requested. In the seventh year of Parsiana some unpleasant incidents were happ ­ ening unnoticed in the Press and the adjoining Institute,ii4iich late Mr. Manek Mistry looked into and discovered and reported to the Trustees as fraudulent losses to the tune of Es450,OCX).Mr. Bulsara and I decided A to hip the Trustees with necessary information about frauds they were committed. Instead of investing into our coirplaints we both were shown out (literally thrown out) because lady Jehangir intended to shi^d culprits. Late Mr. Kanhyalal Mmshi had written a Gujarati play,namely, mRAB J«N{ one had man). We do not know how but a copy of it en ­ tered the Press and we noticed that. We think that M KHARfiB JAN is . still lying there and we are out. In or out Parsiana is continuing to give service and .has planned to expand it to rSproduction of old books aad maunscripts. Meanwhile aW* nint^ yearto emerge truinphant with your good wtshe*s ai d how *THE ORIGINAL msy? 0F..SIE ZEND AgESTl, THE NQ2£ax r From the ancient writers as well as from traditional reports of the Parsees,we learn,that the religious literature of the ancient Persians was of a considerable extent,whilst the ZendrAvesta in its present state is a ooii5>aratively small book.This circumstance nec ­ essarily leads us to the conclusion,that the sacred literature of the Zoroastrians has esperienced very heavy losses. Thus Pliny re ­ port si On the authority of Hermippos,the Grecian philosopher that Zoroaster oonposed two mill ions of verses, and an Arabic historian ABU JAFIR ATTAVARI assures us,that Zoiroe.Bteh ‘fe writings oos^ised twelvO thousand cow^ins(parehHleatfe) . liieBe reprHs mi^t hpi^ear, at th4 fitst glance,to be exsggerstiiondi but for the enormous extent of the sacred books of other oriental nations,thereXs suffient reason of believing, that the number and extent of the books,asc ­ ribed to Zoroaster by his followers,was very considerable.Ihus for instsoice,comprises,the text of the Sacred books of the Southern Buddhists(Cylon,Birnia,etc. ), according to Tumour ’s confutation, 4500 leaves,each page being about two feet long,and containing nine linesj^ The lines being written without any space between the words, we ma^ conclude,that in one line there are at least as many as ten lines' of any ordinary poetical measurh. Thus 4500x2x9*81,0001 ines of ordinary measure. Again the commentary extends to a greater length than the texts,so that there must be nearly 2,000,000 lines in the whole of the sacped books.Ihe loss of most of these books,known to the ancient Gre eks,is ascribed by the Parsees mainly to direct persecution by Alexander the Great,who is said to have ordered all the sapred books of the Persians,which he could obtain,to he burnt,except those which treated of medicine and astronomy. This PARSIANA OCT. 1972. Buddhists(Cylon,Birnia,etc.), according to Tumour ’s coii5)utation, 4500 leaves,each page being about two feet long,and containing nine S..in consequence Ibis report 'althou^' it be the -unanimous-belief of the Parsees up to this time,is certainly unfolded; because it confrdf ’icts entirely all that we know of the enli^tened policy of the great Macedonian conqueror in his treatment of nations conquered by him. To burn booki^ in order to uproot a religion,resembles rather Mohamraedian fanaticism than Grecian .policy; we,therefore, may consider this Parsee report to be based on confounding the Macedonian conquest v/ith that a el igion. In the excellent lib- rary of Nushirvanjee JaniaBpjee,High-prieat of thenar sees at Poona, tilere are two collections of this kind, one called Borzuqivam eadin (collected about 250 years ago),the other going by the name aiapoor Barooohee (about 125 years ago). From.these two colleotijns^my rks are taken. The younger brother of Noshirvanj ee,. gjee from Mhow,whO lived for seme ti?ie at Poona,waa furnish me with some <------- - > rema- Dastoor Hoshen- 1 kind enough to _ __ _ extracts from these books.He is an excellent Persian scholar and well versed in all .hooks relating to,religion. SmiffAR or gETim-YASHTS iZendictaota.ctftiti praise, worship) oon^irised 33 chapters, containing the praise and,.worship of the ’Yaza tas or angels. 2i men SETUDTAR or and instructions to to in- dwe^OTother to assist a feXlowsa. The word jadungoi oohurs in SETUm.*lR .22 chapters , containing prayers about good actions,ehiefly those called j^uiigoi i e P/iRSIANA OCT. 1972. !reciting Fatet Ravanni. Here the living person recites patet for forgivQiess to the deceased(Ravan). 3. YAHISTA MATORAi22 chapters ng n;f a.hflt.inflnnft^p-i pty neligion,qualities of Zoroaster,etc. 4. BA@A, 21 chapters,containing an explanation of the religigns duties,the orders and commandments of God and obedience of men,how ; to guard against hell and to reach heaven. &• nhfl.pt. fira; contentszknowl edge of this and that" world (the future life),qualities of their inhabitants;the rewslations of God concerning heaven,earth,wad>er,trees,fira,.m0n and beasts:the re­ surrection of the daed arid tHe passirig of the -bridge chinvat(the isQ.-y to heaven), t NADURf 36 chapteirs,containing astronomy,gepgraphy,astrology, PACHAM.22 chapters treating of what food -is ai^id^od. or prohi- 6. translated into Arabic under the name Yuntal;and known to the Persians by the name Fawamaz Jan. 7 bited,of the reward to be obtained in the ^wther,.world for keeping the six Gahanbars and the Travardagan. The festivals to be observed in the commemoration of the ateation of the world. Originally they, represent the six'seasons of the year.The last five days of the year and the first five ones of.the new year. During these ten da^^ the Farvars(Fravashi) or souls of deceased are believed to appear in the houses. The daySjtherefore^ are called Fravardagan. 8. only 13 wisj creation, such as kings,High "priests,Ministers, and ^ve statements as Lo what fishes are Orrauad*s and vhat Ahriman ’s;there was besides a geographical section in it. FARSI ANA OCT. 1972. .8^ . RA.SKI^TAJ. 50 chapters(at-the time of Al exander the Great ‘jie extant) .treated of the diff'erent'ratus br^h in extant) 5treated of the different ratus dr hW in9. time of Alexander the GJreat), contents? the code of law for kings, governors,etc;workmanship of various kinds;the sin of lying. 10. KQSHUSARUB, 6o chapters (at Alexander ’s times 15 only were extant),treated of metaphysics,natural-philosophy,divinity,etc. 11* llSHTAStP NQSK, Co chapters (at Alexander ’s time only 10),on the reigi of King Gustasp and his conversion to the religion and its propagation by him throu^ the world. fflUDRCSHT, 22 chapters,was divided into six-parts: On the native of the divine being,the Zoroastrian faith,the duties iUBnSH# 6o chapters (thirteen of which only were^extant- ’at^.the- 2. 1 enjoined by it; On obedience due to the king. On the reward for good actions in the other world,and how to be saved from hell. On the structure of the world^ agri culture, botany, etc. On the four classes on which agnation consists,viz,rulers^waprioi i 4. 5. agriculturists,traders and workmen. 6. 13. The contents of the sixth division are left out. SAFAND. 60 chapters on the miracles of Zoroaster,the Gahanbs etc. JARASHTj 22 chapteirs on the huAian life, from the birth to iti 14. end and up to the day of resurrection; on the causes of man ’s birth why some are bom in wealth,others in poverty. 15. BAGHAN YESH^ 17.chapters containing the praise of high angel' like men. 16. what prohibited. NAYARUMy fid. chaptera,cod.e of Xaw,atatiiag ihat is allowed,and PARSIANA. OCT. 1972. 9.17 chapters ,on medicine^astronomy,midwifery ,etc, -(^apters^ on the ms^riages between ’ the nearest relatives (called qaetvoniatha); Zoology and treatment of animais. .chaptars,treating of tfee. civil'"-^d criminal law; 18. > t ±9 of the boundaries of the couj7try,of the resurrection." • ' '-x. - ¦TONBIfiAD> 22 chapters, on the removal bf-Wcleanlinessof 20. every description from which great defects arise in the world. etc. ,30 chapters,dh the ci^tion, its wonders , structure > r. -T - t ol. .4^ ¦f/ PARSIMA 0CI*..1972*- 10. "t*'(GOOD THOKHTS). (A QUARTERLY). j A number of good Parsi magazines have gone into circulati^ and gone out of print. It is an indirect indication that vje are not able to sustain continued interest in our matters. It is a failing which '¦ ] the Gomminity must overcome.Success in anything depends on only one t;ing,persistence and unfailing continuity of sober interest. Nothing leuQids only upon likes and dislikes. They are fleeting and self-dec- s eiving feelings which mostly misled qian.No magazine gi.ves everything ihich er very reader likes. People read what they like, skip off what 'hey do not. The criterion of sound judgnent ‘'is not to be led away shibolaths or sub-titles or or insist upon circumscribing its rrge to a crannied limitation. Several readers of Parsiana have comm ­ uted this puerile mistake that Parsiana has deviated from its main t;ecoive stated in the sub-title. —New medium for old Wisdom.It has Trained all the wisdom and has brou^t credit to the new medium, it ;rnves because of that broad-based wisdom and most readers and all ‘iZi^rtisers .'^ave acknowledged that. That is why Parsiana enjoys entire sport of all advertisers and mazimum or at least optimum support of :o3t all readers. In early years several' subscribers di r thought that too much pressure feedix^ '^ed their interest in reading. Recently some persons objected to '' ringing out Godrej Press matter into prominence. Little do they ''jg,ise that Godrej Press matter is a ’l crucial issue. It is the one by which many issues handled in a high handed manner to the ^j^insnt of the interest and ^•inued membership because religious matters p self-respect of all members of the OCT. 1972. 11.¦'» i. cxx ox 'juiuuiuiix uy u ti Trustees will woi-k out as ion of Trustees. Ml institutions oruggis agains-G present group of a success and a safeguard in the long run a^inst privileges ¥feich are to be used without damaging the prestige of others without violating the common law® All the readers who will understand ' this principle will acknowledge the moral .value of this struggle. There may be some who are genuinely incapable of grasping the mean- e. I I Some of the readers ing and the objective of this moral struggle. The rest may be pretenders or self Benker 3 or those endov?ed with very feeble consOiehCe willing ¦' to crush it that statusquo-may not be disturbed, ihey mst knw^ • no change for the better in the world has come in without hurting the * archaic ,sentiments of some people.Raj^siana is a paper with its »courage of-conviction and genuine appreciation of the essence of reli^on. It couregeously writes without favour or feryowr about high and not-so “ hi^.in the Parsi Community and all those connected with -Godrej Press. Little do they realise that -this items is adversely affecting the character and the -future status of the Community -aotuated by cheap sentimentality have informed the editor that because they do not like it the matter written about; should not be printed. Theyh have branded it.persoial. During lay first visit to Atr. P.P.- Khambatta candidate for Trusteeship in the comiLng election I made it clear to him when he talked in the same tune that in thie Parsi •P.gnehayat every- ’ thing is personal? Th^re is nothing impersonal: and if he becomes a Trusteet Sahib (Sahib witha capitalvS) he should not be a carbon of the old models or a caricature of theii* party acrobatics? His loy (0^ alty may however lean upon those-canvassing votes , for him. Writing anything vehemently'a^inst anything or anybody in th interest of thb community is not bad editing provided what is stated is based oh facts howsoever ugly,offensive or unworthy. The Times of India,the premier and potent" voice' of Western India in its Times l^ekly always exposes all sorts of antisocial^ side& of life Observed ItoSIAM OCT. 1972. ; 12. 4- copy is^•1^ g^otmd. The quality of the j^aper .is enhsuiced and not deteriorated ' by coui^^eous exposures. Cheap-sentimentality, is^ the. load that tira|d . heart or tad conscience carries wi.tb.d-t. w^ts . to unl.oad on stout hearts. My advice to them.is Jhat, they overcome, their i^ibitions rather than*.re&ai ncrushed under niceties,pf decorumr;^j,ch,^^, az false - msk-worn .-J?yp..Sycor^^ta,,and.,week “kpeed..ie;arx:iprs^.d;nj.retireat,. Throj off : .that.:msk:»qorae;.oi^j^^d^help:E^^i^a ij. j I Parsi Panchayat of Bombay is a factotum. It has emerged to this hei^t through its laudable history of the past when-iti genuinely anifl sincerely acted for s^d on behalf of the Farsi Community with dig. •nity and decoarum due to each circumstance and every single person. What Mr. F.F.Khambatta now wishes to introduce in his manifesto as a Council of the Elders is no innovation. The Fanchayat once such Council and did help solve personal problems. Their advice was worthy and there word waw law. Every manber was a select wise man of the day* There were discussions on topics. There gere no artificial group loyalties,no fissiparous trends,no meaning nepotism for worthless persons. They had interest oftthe Community at heart and no interest i or aversion for individuals. All such traits in their characternHae them a highly respected team that automatically functioned as a Counci of ELders. The last such member in the Panchayat to command respect from all others was Late Sir Cowasji 3ehangir. His rectitude of purp ­ ose conferred r^jon him the ri^t to direct and secured for him the willing submission of all the rest./In pne of ray personal letters to Lady Hirabai I pointed out his^zanple as criterion of re^ Trust ­ eeship. It misfired with her Mr. Bajan was the target of the firing squad. I had an interviewwirh Mr. P.P.Khambatta urfaora his friende-ahd admirers are trying^^drag into ouy,Panchayat. I found him a real gentleman just as T/had heard about him from several quarters.However, on :reading his ma^festo I got the feeling that an oninent lawyer wou3. FARSIANAOCT^ 1^2. ‘ n^.M- y / > him in we already be a misfit- in as an of the other He X V innocent ‘Sbm^roa^, We already: have two lawyers and had three OTinent lawyers. Mr. Mehrwanji Khar eghat and Sir Nowroji Wadia (judges of the Hi^ Court of Bombay) and There is no quest!onjip^ thadr ,int^ ¦¦ ' the former two the Panchayat members looked upon their duty"as Later they laps^ |o power pull and still laterW air tl^i compartment pressure, tactics. Instead of Panchayat'^being one body it split itself into two te^s, each team countering the proposals of the other in race for si^emacy. Ihere were maiy thipgs good'W could not be||^ begun or could not be con5)leted for want of harmony. " Mr. Homi Banaji was anxiously awaiting his. time for retirement because as he said.nothingcould be put through.With le^ acwnen there develops a sense of justice which he bould not satisi^ for h'^s^f. persuadedjhe struggled to arouse the senge jUsiicFih the'colleges who were ever anon in combat trim* He exprSssed hiOe^air ihat P^^ chayat has no room for g^tlemen. a man of law will not make. Parsi Panchayat a just body.With two in it at present iand even when there were three thrown on the essentials of justice. With.three become a total black-out.A practising lawyer is basic- big book in hand .hunting for loop hoi eq even as far back to forgotten days for . unrepealed law. Justice is only tangential touch. The nearest appr^;^tion to justice is the presiding.ju|^,who.tPol^ma^'fCurrencier -uhr^ealed Iw^Ww^sj* er •' unji^t.'^rsf ; :: ¦/ Ji Ji'-’'* '' a set up no one can be wd aer-than 416a an Advocate Mr. Homi Banaji. ---I to duty.During a mission. a even as I ) 1 A t of uhr^eaied 'j^ enjQy; tbefi;foi-&eW ; ' ’J^9P®^.8d'laWa» .ffii stfchr'a set igi no one can be wisei^'tlian th^ pre Veiling a:j^sphere. PAfiSim OCT. 1972. 16.I [f f'l 1 ! - - J rf (¦ Cf' « t T i'/OE:; Parsi Panchayat is overwhelmed by problems oh hand: for which the i^ve no finance. . Pnid-^t'-Ifr . ¦ ¦F.,I\Eha» ’b^ttar has steered himself cTe^ oF ahy^' entanglement which may demsuid big finance. He ’ has substithtid finance by fantasy-two good-looking schemes-one a vulcanising planl fbr patching up marriage rifts ania two a Gounbil of HLders who w<^d peep throu^ human follies. My ij^ressioh from ’ interview is that Mr. Khambatta has not formulated any plan but a.s manifesto dAman ds mention of some plan it is a last moment gi-au of Gatch*'*ye-oatch “can. man ^s memory is so short thatno One is going to force him to inplement his chimera. Probably theplans ape tutored to him that the good man as he is may look good without putting anyth: ¦in'to^fee ;Xife of the ‘Community or pulling out anyone of the m^y now existing. “ «o *‘1 some His promotorsknoTfr that t evix! All the candidates for Trusteeship are tabulating the urgency probl ons of the Community. /r • -/ , Problems: of mixed marriage?^ . (3). Religious beliefs. (a). On Housing Problem Mr. Khambatta claims to be giving advice. It j the easiest thing in the world to doi What is -the outcome? (b). Mixed marriages are an evil from the Community's poihi of view.!^ of the marriage: partners it is sociological change. Hoi’far the change is good,not good ol? tolerable is the asses^m'^t to be'determined f; wider angles. Mr. Khambatta has not given ¦iS-i ¦ ¦ ¦»" us of vision. Just a platitude makes us no wiser, (g). Religious belief to be orthodox is amust for any Trustee The keenness for it which latS ” Mr. Manek .Mistry showed^ worth emulating by all,T^ Mr. Khambatta decl that he believes in deeds not in.words.^W religious i Dm any indiGator* of his angi are convic- ¦^on has he to his credit?A lawyer advising on relA^cus institutions and their constitutions is no act of faiths It is reading of an PARSIANA OCT. 1972. n I‘mientja documtfit of gift or a ( denomination should be equally competent. conveyance. Any lawyer of eny religious Lastly it appears -thrt he belies his own’ statement when he says notoriously party conscious in hand like blind leading the blind,shoul'^ldocm *He belongs to no party** pis. canvassets ^e \*»fao accon5)any him hand S-7 - ^-. 9 -w— .., « w» from the tops of the election homes hy jfajor Adarbad Irani as unfair tactics. KaiseY-t-/^t^ CL * C(X^\rttAi6£X> , f/ki, I^iaa^ Skjc. J VKa^ywL (SrciA^iko ) CL O^TMOTU-ZTee ee OWL/ . >4 3 S' MXi/C a. WL 6Z>tJ2<<^0C Ika^ lkiZ>y a^ U^ >(o I a J4'^ We. 'K\^6r^ cc 0 11 t/i '''(teyy\j0u^' (/) (pt ' remain self-cb^sot^ by reason of eictemal Few people, however,talk of f- — as rroDiem ;^t^..The;innbr imbalaiioa of the Parsi Panchayat . the ooncenti^t^ ’and dispersion .of Problem Adults within the body the Panehf^^t-itself withretooges ‘ i of thM'tb^^^rk diligently to i -^i^e.naipely aggressive or 2^«ive.^^ere is nothing to choose in between t^ as eabh one is of harming the harmony of hoiiir W faa^c^etect each elements or cannot part with" them even when discovered. Ihffioulty in their detectioh lies in the unlimited sub- e of their own dispersed, around increase the concen^tlcn? of Pfbbleni suh^BSiye. '^ere is nothing to choose in between th< of laming ths hannony of home or of counoil>6 Ese where Wtrdn, the Panchayat, Problem children and'problcm^adBltsIare 4 9 or n terfuges with-which they present themselves. Enthusiasim for sooiil /service may merely be a mask to cover their earnest nuest for power prestige or even personal gains. It is will to g^in r, ather than'ksh to give one ’s best to others. Mggest defect .in •“ their craving to be called ’’Sahibs their ego. They look upon thanselves f cioicy and parainontsy> With control of in their hands they gradu^ly become anti towards other members of the Parsi Ccajcunity. good enou^ for them to keep, coii^jany or toO Tow for PARSIAKl Oct. 1972. r ¦ \ the Parsi Pahchayat ’s August Trustees Sahiba*.. The. appendage- iriflat S.S all complete.j.nj prestige,profi* ‘ a big prosocial 'institution- • .'•"eoci^" in their out-look ’.They ¦' can either -be • 4. • ¦ “ any cone eideration 2(> is ¦ esor even courtesy.Pdr the rest of the members of .the Community they adopt the White Man ’s formula •Keep the Nigger under''^i For'then s ome maybe pet dbgs^some other dogs may lick their feet '^d get morsel and the rest are releganted to Kennel Bombay where W^y nay eat drink and be merry if they can afford or drudge and escape anrSihiBtlbn. The f are so brimful of wisdom. -» status of the seven sages is held.sacred where no man sh^l peep in and woe be to him who looks in and questions the questionable seen therein, Mr? Savak Vakil and late Mr. Rustomji Siddhwa looked in. All things worth looking into were removed from their range of si^t. They propo* sod to ^ow the Trustees where they can find fusads or moneys for their schemes. But the Trustees have a theory of their own for their OT^ self •assessment. The theory is if a cup is full how can you add ^^ything into that ci^)? They assume that they knowledge ^d understanding of day to day probl ans that any outsider makihg any suggestion is an unwanted intruder into their sacred prec incts and must be kept out. In their opinion listening to Anybody is derogation and ^ybody trying to intrude must be branded a s a rebel and must be k^t down as a social pariah. This dirty habit has worked alright with them since fairly long period and they think that without changing their ways they will be able to holdsway over the Community ihdefinatel^L They are so compartmental in their outlook that the previous Trustee in charge of Godrej Press would not allow Mr. Jfaek Mistry,the Trustee in charge finance,to enter the press. He had to force his entry to dis* cover frauds in the accounts of the press. Lady Jehangir passed this heritage of self •contained secrecy to a mere servant Bojan,vho got puffed up,became a bloated pun^jkin,acted foolidily,harmed good Zaro* astrians and equally foolishly got support from some other interested Trustees. Bajan* tbou^t that by enforcing secrecy to a fooli^ level he Will be ! able to secretly manipulate accounts and as ,io, the near f9past he had throw hig .Q-g^ gf irresponsibility in Navsari matter on the shouldere of Zfetsturji Mahiyar Kutar he would be able to do ^3 oraet hing s imil ar wi th the Hon i Ghai^ ty , Commi s s i on er . This Loao .soraeLning similar witn w noni unarity .Commissioner, inis r mi^tly pleased Lady Jehangir. He missed the point that in the "first case he was a long-standing accountant and Dasturji was j ust-a Dasturj i and could be entrapped in accounts* Here was a Charity Commissioner wit accounts on his finger tips* The dlgineer was caught '^in his own petard. As for childrenSs education and health the Trustees are doing laudable work within their means. May be they are not able to expand th for lack of funds. But funds pour in—£31,600,000 (sixteen lacs) this year. But Lady must have e^r-markedP^OO, 000 @ 10% to finance B-ija ’s lo -sing game. Baja ’s wasteful pay and Lady Jehangir*s vanity go hand in hand. Trustees are told "hands off*. An L Ke £ P OPP'' The PsEichayat has no blooming chance of working in harmony. It is boxing ring There challenges are thrown. Late Mr. Manek Mistry lamented that Lady had thrown a challenge to Trustees to see how they would throi out Bajan. There were three versus three then and Mr. Chqirman as Protli Adult —Submission type-It is an offence under Charity Trust Act to hand over unrestricted control to any Truste e for ^ray department. It is on offence under Charity Trust to run any business at loss or any business at marginal risk. It is an offence in the Charity Trust;^^ to ruht any business except under maximum economy. Have your respectable Trustee Sahibs respected the law o(f the land in this case or have" they flounted the law in spite of two lawyers being on the Board. Having; known Boman Behram-in relation to his Independent Congressite turn coat and having known him “in the matter o,if Godrej Press episode we can safely rename him QLD-SODA^VZATSK-BOTTLS,because that could not stand erect. Here is Mr. Bomab-Behram to view. Her mently ei^po^ed the claim of Mr. Rati Bulsqre as manag'er of the Press ir place of displaced Murti and also ^manager of envelep department in place of Mr. Vesuna to be displaced.Lady Jehangir selected Mr. Bajan for PARSIANA OCT. 1972. 11.Tr is Boraso-Behram who first vehe- G A 21.absurd reason that he had - -- pitted against Barturji Kutar j bottle 1 eaned over ¦ at crimnal propensiti man^eraent and brushed them aside as^ermlssibl Bajan swore to the Trustees that as adminis without the eoutly maohine “’ *Linotyp .machine and Bulsara bj>th be thrown < his position i ' “ lost her balance and was desperate. modem press ' Tj^ithout>Linotype made Lad, . oi Linotype.is purchased for E®5,doo. Thii ciple of Trust adniininstration,viZjto run i -p 1 won a case in Navsafi -Court by .cleverness as stated above. Ifr. ttD-fiODA-WATER- - tolfully press und’^rMr . Ba jah offsppes" ¦rator he will rmanage press ‘belonging to Mr. Bulsara and dhat out by fair means or foul to make herself the lady had alread Jan learning Uie futility of y open her purse and.an old junk —s contravenes the basic prin “ with minimum expenditure. to Lady Jehangir ¦es practised.in the e ’ «r, This man press ¦TT a > JU ’ Hore is mxinrn e^rava^ce ho thro^^^^^ing in h«d.. and bu^aiother ¦ust them? ]V^ Phrsis / - ¦¦¦,-- - "y^ 3-^© our Trustees how can we Rise or be for ever fallen and let Truste^s^ underMsnd that I? such are our Trustees how tr » worm turns. Under even Ci- Constitution Mira Gandhi is answerable co the Parliament, thder Parsi -Panoha.yat ( ' ’ ‘ not answerable to anybody. Don^t sli vdj ’”'oad"Based el® otion.where your sice with Communi+.v Gon^t i tut ion diejdy 'Hirabai i s eep anymore J change the constitution th Conaiunity ,not with Trustees Lvv Pollings rMAMften K, ......... .................... STK’/Mfi . <9 AwAy ZfiRf} I H iJSh T iSl^ e£ A FV E R Cojri p , 5 > 0 RF-PURSUED By IS e c 'Jtee^ 3 shroff - VRfXNi T^UTHFUt. /yj ’'•R ( S? ION T.AP.Sim OCTo J972 VANfSHe 22. f J 1