Aug 1973

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A PREOCCUPATION WITH BUTTERFLIES ZOROASTRIANS FROM UGA| 4 4? 3 6 14 15 16 18 • • - 21 23 27S’ ’ s editor's column one la^er, Ms. Freny Ponda then levelling his gaze somewhere offered to do kai (matchmaking) between my head and the cefimg for US. Kersi Khambata, ' seems to share his £-------- reluctance to giving interviews and photographs, eiflightened us to the nuances of the law. , . . Ms. Ponda and Ms. Katy Baam, gettrng his point of view across, another lawyer, both f^t the This has not always radeared tom economic and social emancipation to those in power. When a few of women was an important factor hotheaiMA WwWkl^ We tried to interview Savak makes no diff^nce wl^ >» j ’s a August issue as they are the Our magaziBe is dedicated to One newest additions to the Bombay aU the good peo^ w^bo. sumjort^ __i„ n ----- Panchayatj but with ’ ’ Savak promised an inter- haiplng a * * ‘ ' issued at the time of their respec- father warily giving his only 5 they daughter; to^nidiiEja}]^.a»d.came to Here hundred years you it, tri amity and concotd with us and aS a living part of our nation. No, I Wb^d be loathe to see you ¦ nvu-|.«4vvu, xaouivuAMic, x^ppAgr?? Imuan Gommirntty. A combma- question the necessity of the c- Pr with right-doing, their final argu- nated from it, and the word for Gat„„ _ _________ ment, oh but it would/would not it too, “Swaraj ”, was origmated by by your airs, yoiiZVu^U^.* you be right. Can men nurtured in it. The competence, trustworthy opinions, your associates, oUr cour such a religion, even those among ness and character of the Zarthosti try men of whatever commumrt them who do not practice it fully, in many fields, has contributed sig- will always describe and designat be undesirable citizens of their nificaudy to the formation of the you as a Parsee. Ybu m^y chang country? Is it in the least likely iniage of the independent, strait- your faith, you mhy marry outsid that such men would ever let it forward, self-reliant Indian, which it, still haftKy anyone will thm down, let sectional considerations has achieved respect in many Parts and talk of you as any thing bn the contrary, it would seem that in the, national structure and as a by far then to^pay due reg^d^ t ^he better a Parsi a Parsi is, the hanncmious part of it, this very Parsee virtues and values to hel better an Indian he is bound to smdl group, without friction and to the exteiit you can in the rnaiB Ite., A weU-hnown CkmgK^ Poli- without self-glorifie^on^ has tenance and <»ntirmity of the cote ^iw of the fordaa nnd fifties ,ots^ ed uj^o now a vsduable w murnty? * 4 ¦ , ¦ There is an eyei^la^thig conflict £d of twenty Indians, had On the whole, it may perhaps b evil, and the 22arthosti is bom into problems, “Well, I don ’t like to requisite of good citiiensh^Ht t’ ” ’ ’ ¦ ” ’ ¦ ’ ’ ’ / tins W the side 0^ cr^fess to mysdf that the only t^e from it. . ‘ The n^hod for doing this is good true Indians, those who think of Another characteristic of th thou^ts, good words, good deeds, India as a whole and want its true Zar thosti snirit wtn>h would als the term good in each of these good, are the Parsees ’^ There is jjg losj community is phrases rneaning helpful to one ’s thus no conflict of loyalty between sturdy indenendence not a/narti Kipindnc tr* flinCA wVirt sHarA a Parcnb ’c rnlo ac a PavcoA anrl nc « x * i x- * £ xt' • cularly strong feature of the cui rent Indian scene. More often tha xi- « £ Lx- XV , X 1- X ''t , not, the 2^rthosti does not hesitat the Happy Warrior, fighting the the more and better an Indian he to make the sharp choice betwe© o. o He coufo well say to his right and wrong, and to be out . ’ .. . . spoken about it. What most of hi _ X T J- ' countrymen will not say, an My deeds loved I not India more . even those who say will generail Let us consider next the earlier only hint, he is apt to stres point made by some of the intel- firmly, regardless of whom h —Z —- Does it offends or pleases. Also would b really matter if the community dis- lost the gaiety of disposition tha appears, what after all would be on the whole the Parsee displays ’-__2? The first thing that would It degenerates sometimes into happen would be the virtual ex- frivolous outlook that attempts t tinctioh of one of the world ’s old- Solve serious issues by m?tking jqke est and most valuable religions, and occasioning lau^W arid i a religion that with its living code then quite irritating, bfonetheless a vitality that its inspiration has of our country, it is quite vahiabl I am now seventy-two Such spirit of an extremely small to be able to laugh at oneself. Thus good Parsee high-ups 0 the cultural and fashioimbl worlds, sophisticated arid Cosmo polity as you may tiiink youi selyes to 1M, shuddi^g at th very ritoi^ht being ^fomped wit the run-of-the*mill Parsis, whor you from your high pedestals, loo] down upon as unrefined, and s crude as even to talk of eminen Parsis as “Our ”, putting *'Apro before their names, note that some _ T^re would also, be lost the thing of very great value, of cod ._x _xx. X J ......................... would b in the building up of In^an India, were the co mmuni ty tn dis an< vitiesg^rally. T^K^,^s«tft much you triay try to lose th X . T-j.. x_.,x, label, being always ver to avoid appearing Parse detract from its real welfare? Oh the world. Living quietly with- Parsee. Woui4 it hot be betteI if Another section of some riaej bothering even to know where they wito some piiytonilar feels seems to have arisen among the are or what they are doing, all toe he cannot ask her to akare his Parsis, wW^ rdoM not want toe evils mentioned above may well three or five hundred a month, he community to di^ppear, but toinks occur. until he eihUs zncke. Zarthosti parent has Sways W not Wnt him at aH ‘ ^d - _ - * - • MA WtAvr tiie#* Itaa -m /ia-nnllnr* OTTflr x^Kaxvavvi pcxxvxxvxxmwkx pxwMWM* - Z ». . . « able duty? To lead, to influence, heiv feeling smce' he is in^ Ipve to love, 10 tou^en one ’s chUdren with marrying anrone. dse is to m«t life ’s shocks and Wows, out of the question. Ry the We __________ _ ______ has , realised she won ’t anyh«^ living alone and spending all his it very likriy that it will. **Ich(d>od”, its cry is Recession in every sphere it sj^, miU J _ XVZTW, VW WXXW., . Parsee^ according to it h^ betxime to in«t life ’s shocks and Wows, ' to see that they acquire toe cha- its cry is sgri id The ^ory is gone ”, regarded parenthood as a pleasur- he may just keep dangling ouster I dvxtaAWA cAAe . kiA«« toalinrr ciyiz ^o" no w in Invo is greatly saddened. The she ’s married someone else Gr^he a back-number, competition be- v**.. ing too stiff for hm. .^d so back- racteristic Zarthosti virtues, truth- telling, promise-keeping, com- ably falling hying stand^ds, passion, right-doing, industry* cour- frustration, the will broken to hold odTvxaiv, - oneself up and to fight life ’s dis- a smile —toe narents of mv of marriage itself becomes irk- tresses, unwillingness to work tSS OTd’Xn of laM fek of this frame hard, to study devotedly, increase were very rewarding. Their duty <«• and a good father who in disintegration, especially when was thek joy and many of their fOhld well have brought up say change of faith and joinmg m with children fullv renaid toe care toev “ree fine children, addmg mate- the majority can bring to the m- had bestSved cSTthTm by thek h) the community ’s welfare, telligent veiy handsome rewards, progress and conduct in life. If There is something in some of the indeed today ’s young display in points made and J^t surely we their youto quite uncharacteristic, j • -.4 r des^r. is toe firet nn-Zarthostic behaviour, let toe not do for them. Then idea of soldier in India? A Parsee 'Who parents repent, and remedy their proper st^dar^ of iving haa risen are among some of the highest ^wn condurt. The depression they considerably; k includes ^t just .^9^® officers? £ggj about their children and the ^pl®.food and clothing but dso Parsis. Who are the best, or among Hup mnctiv tn thpir nwn fripperies of all kinds. The normal the best lawyers in India? Parsis. and foilJ?e to s^ Indian young couple of the lower Who are the best, or among toe f r^gj j ^v Not bv sooitoie middle-class will live contentedly, b^ surge^s^ India? Parsis. ^iS^ietSS XmS if , ^o are toe best, or^o^ the ^jjgjj. everything, does spreading^ mats on to^ floor at best physicians m India? Parsis. one show one41ove for them ’. Let “"JPI® food cooked eye-doctors, ^^g gnts reform themselves, be- Chartered Accountants, company f-m.o conco or three children. This to the tresses. telling, promise-keeping, age, facing misfortune or adversity parents repent, and remedy their own conduct. The depression they feel about their children and the future is due mostly to their own folly and failure to see and per ­ form their duty. Not by spoiling one ’s children, letting them have their own way in everything, does marry him, he ’s got accustomed to earnings on himself, and the idea some. is lost forever. Young women, too, contribute substantially to this loss. What did for their mothers room, And so too about eye-doctors, parents reform themselves, be- ----- come once again in the true sense executives, teachers at the college zarthosti parents and the children of these days and school levels, engineers, etc. at least most of seems unthinkable. Quality and stall would not seem tjjjg account. Another idea that has taken firm to have passed the rarsis by still, - — -• and so far as one can make out there is no reason why they should in future. * J.'.- men, and not sble but also good men, com] to mankind, i part in toe good fight, and so you can go on ^^g, provided you as parents set an example, care more for your children toan for your them will. Then on this account, __________ _ _____ the community will not disappear, root and is detrimental to the The real danger to the commu- maintenance and increase of num- Y^**do*Droduce'able nity, one which might well cause bar, is that marriage, parenthood, uu ptuuuvc dl^ppeararice is the decline in are entirely individual matters and numbers. The population of every do not concern anyone except the other section of the Indian people parties. There is accordingly no ‘^creases; that of the Parsis de- pressure or persuasion of any kind (leases. From 1,20,000 some in favour of marriage. No one years ago, I am told it has now points out that in current conch ­ fallen to S5,000. Defects of train- tions, for the young Parsee not to nleasures ' of nutrition, even of character get married and have children is " * ~ can be remedied, but if the bodies to be anti-social, to fall in duty to Realise yourselves and make themselves are not there, what can both the community ^d the coun- them realise that the most inif>ort- you improve? For this fdl in num- try. Someone at this stage will un ­ ant period in their lives, that which bers too it is tlm Parsis them- doubtedly bring up birth-control, will determine ’ their whole future, selves who are responsible. You ^e need to hold the Indian popu- is that between five and ninete^, omnot have childm unless you latton, and bring down the birto that habits of honesty, hard woik, have parents. For people to be- J^te. True, veiy true in general, decent behaviour, courageous con- come parents there must be mar- bqt certainly not true in the parti- duct, acquired then will serve them riage^ And it is here that the cular Parsee case, where a tre- * _ __ 2 - .-o -____ Ihe number of mendous decline has already with just a little luck, bring them Parsi males of twenfy-two to forty place. Here quite obviously MBpwwonate, hdp&l r^c^ to take From 1,20,000 in favour of marriage. nave parents. For people to be- tate. True, veiy true in general, come parents there must be mar- . but certainly not true in the parti- decline has already ...... _ _____ _ _______ _ _ ____ , 77 . ‘ ; V to the tc^ of their professions. H, who are not married is very high, the very 1^ of toe ccmnu^ty, however, having fallen victim to For this there are generdly births must rise substantially. The dancing or cards or pa^es, two reasons, toe notion of married couple which rioes imt parents have very little time for romantic love and toe desire for a bring at least three children, -f^s their children, give them only toe very comfortable life. The young hi its duty in our cirgumstam^ most cursory attention, never man thinks he has h^en in love , decent behaviour, courageous con- i___ _ — _ ________________ . duct, acquired then will serve them ringed And it is here that the chW Parsee c^e, where a tre- ffor the rest of their o lives, and snag comes in. The number of Jnendous - never nian ^idcs he has fallen in Iwe1 r r-. * i f ’tSub cultural ALTERNATIW After the elitter of a bang wje the most p^ular grounds for The w^g, ope ore«.y tl divorce with 14 suits fflei non, ^vorc« Parsee marriages comes to a legal consummation was next with f^f p°”^-^Maw^mohial shov^ Sdin an impressive room on the and cruelty last with two. The Itoi I^mni^ second floor ol the Bombay Hl^ years ta which the S^o^rSS in 1961^2^ p! Court For most of the couples mamed ranged from 1937 to 1971. t^p^ces niea im gathered in the wood pan&d. Six couples were married m their cent approximately^ _.l®n .7 9 ^riit courtroom, love honour arid early twenties, obedience long before gave way the matt was to disinterest, distrust and dis- or early thirties while the woman K:‘^Sren “X”haTw S kn^y, tiresoi^^ and one child, and the othm havmg - two, riiree and five. Custody of 1972 the number w^ the children, the amount of alimor^ number of divorce suits filed Iri ^e couples that comprise the to be granted, if any, and divisiOT 10 per cent divorce rate, probably of property are decided by the the^^st in India, come jud^. that year. Some are rejectc the wood paneled, Six couples were married in u-,.- was 1 - - nine marriages later m 1971 the figure was J While this may seei , in 1.*-- -------------------a- ; in his late twenties per cent. . . alarming, it should be noted thi the divorce rate has hoven J. h t r P and involved them in a process had children, swen almost as 1 „ expensive as the wedding itself. two, three and five, 10 per cent divorce rate, probably of property are walks of life: yOung, Old, rich, poor, the man whose wife left for the Gulf states and found some ­ body new, the person who could not consummate hiS marriage, the boxer who used his martial skills “mercaessly uimn the plaintiff, ” the dowdy woman in u print dreSs whose husband “drove (her) but of the house, ” the man whose wife called him a “mother ’s boy ” and many others whose once upon a time did not work out happily ever after. For close to ninety per cent of them, their day in court will con ­ sist ¦8 an d property belonging to her its- parents. After divorce, one judicial seperation on the grouni access. The child' ends up like a can succeed in the other, ” sa; badminton shuttlecock being Khambatta. Judicial separatK turned- from one court to the requires the couple not to ha ’ other. The parents often project marital intercourse for three yea bitterness which is likely to be or more after which the plaint infectious. The children grow up can file for divorce. “Cruelty making a wrong choice of mar- says Khambatta, is in the leg are dead-set sense either mental or physic After getting a cruelty. It is a systematic cour divorce, the man and woman of cruel conduct by one spou should at least learn to get on against the other making it if giacefully together. ” possible for the other to stay wi him or her. It is not the ordina Kersi P. Khambatta, a counsel wear and tear of married life. ” Depending on whether a couf has a civil or religious marria first, they come under the Spwi Marriage Act or the Parsi Marria; and Divorce Act. matrimonial desertion is the ‘ grounds for divorce. ” Desertion Special Marriage Act they c; does not necessarily mean that the apply for divorce by “mutual co couple must live apart. Desertion sent. ” Khambatta would like to s may constitute living “in the same “mutual consent ” incorporated in room but without marital relations the Parsi laws. He, however, not in favour of non-compatibili (Continued on page 10)-1 .'4 y, -;5'r;.'^z Tl r~. . . ...... ...................................... - ^ATOMY OF A DIVORCE divorce in private. Everything is so open here. There were ateut fifty odd couples -all waiting for their turn and they all had to sit and listen to the case whether they like it or not. Anybody can come and watch the ‘fun ’.” “I was quite calm until the plaint was read out. At that moment you feel so terribly hurt. “Afterwards you have to go and face the gossip. People say such hurtful things. My husband left town almost immediately but I had to stay behind. The women don ’t spare you. They seem to resent, or at lenst be suspicious, of an un ­ attached woman. They make up all kinds of allegations. They say for example that the husband got rid of the wife because she was misbehaving or that she was hav- “It WTO very much a love mar ­ riage ” said Pheroza smiling. Tall and graceful with a wide, sen ­ sitive mouth, she stared in front of her in a pensive nianner, as she recalled how for her the ‘love marriage ’ had ended after sevmi years in a divorce. “I was in my early twenties when I got married, so it was not just a teenage romance. We were so much in love with each other we did not believe what people said. He was actually a distant relation of mine but because of some enmity between the two families they did not get on well. We felt that by loving each other we could manage to bring the two families together. My parents did not stop me from getting married, I suppose they felt that „ if two people had decided to get Iwaints waiting —about me. It was ing an affair with someone, or that married there was no stopping ^^1 gradual and seems so futile it was because she couldn ’t have them. They felt that if it meant after a point you feel you any children. The men on the my happiness they wouldn ’t I'ast can t take it. other hand pay too much atten- “The first six months after the tion. They feel that after a divorce --- ----- k.". I moved back a woman is bound to be at loose a _ .7 stand in my way. ” “I sometimes wonder why my mother-in-law allowed us to get married, why she didn ’t raise any serious objections at that time, when in her mind she had decided never to accept me? Her one desire was to see that we remained happiness they wouldn ’t can ’t take it.’ divorce were hell, to my parents home. They were ends and that she will be an ‘easy completely opposed to the idea of prey ’ for them. a divorce. They felt it would be “I filled my time with work, regarded as a disgrace in the com- My job was a great source of con- munity to have a daughter who fidence to me. For one thing it was, well, rejected. In a small made it much easier for me to community people talk and we make up my mind. At first I used are very conservative in these to stay late at the office and work. “I had no problem with my things. They would rather have Even now I dislike holidays. I Father-in-law, he was a generous seen their daughter humiliated don ’t know what to do with them. ” man. But this other person. ... and unhappy than to have a “Of course I go out with my she created endless misunderstand- divorce. They felt that having friends, usually my married ing between us. She was against made my choic^e I should some- friends. But essentially I am not me from the very beginning, how stick it out. ” a very social type, which is After awhile we realised that “I was alone when I went to fortunate perhaps. Some friends I there was no use going on. Be- court. My husband was there, don ’t meet of course, those who tween us there was no fight or By this time we were quite detach- were in my husband ’s circle and quarrel. We both went and saw ed and only curious to see the some friends who knew my in- the lawyer and said that we whole machinery in action. The laws. Sometimes at parties, I wanted a divorce. It was an ami- plaintiff, in this case it was me, even come across my husband, cable settlement, an uncbhtested- has to-Stand in the witness box But it is not at all awkard. Since divorce. ” while the plaint is read out. It we parted so amicably we can meet “If someone had asked me took only about ten minutes. They as friends. ” about divorce in the first two say the judges are more lenient to- “I can ’t offer any advice, ” said years of marriage I would have wards women. But it was such a Pheroza. “After listening to all laughed. We w^re so attached to humiliating experience, ”—and here the advice I received from my each other in tUe beginning it was Pheroza ’s voice shook as she re- parents I think I should know unthinkable that you could go called the ordeal. “I can ’t describe better. Nor do I have any reg- thfbugh life without your partner. ” how horribly embarassing it is to rets. I am against the idea of “We had to live with our in-laws, stand out there while the whole divorce but if there is no alter- We bot^ had jobs and it was just court is listening to your case, native I can see no point in two not possible to get a separate flat. There should be a change in the people living together and making: The rents are so high. My hus- system. Why can ’t they arrange a each other miserable. ’’ band ’s work kqrt taking him out separate chamber where the fledge; “lh)u,^d^ have your of town and when he got back tl^ jurors, and t^se concern^, of harness thmi gh, evety* there would he^ a. long list of com- can meet alone and s^le ^e tmef And I can ’t for^t them, 5^ - . •/¦> . • , -ii..--,:j),innthwip-,-^ . V ¦ 1'1-1'jX i >Q{.,Zw^;i?sL Jf I 1 ¦j i J “I}- ef. as a groumfe fdf i^earce as it were one or two associations m q would be ‘‘too progressive for the the past, such as the .Tarsi League community at this stage. Divorces of Honour, that helped to reconcile would shoot up.” couples but these stored func ­ tioning as active members died and nobody carried on. ” Ms. Ponda feels “well-meaning friends an d relatives don ’t help matters. ” But given a choice between the two it is better to turn to friends rather than relatives their advise would be less biased. ” In 1957 a Marriage Guidance Bureau was started for free patients by the Social Work Department of the B. D. Petit Parsi General Hospital. Dr. Perin H. Cabinet ­ maker the honorary in charge of the department recalled, “patients suffering from psycho-somatic dis ­ orders such as peptic ulcers etc. were referred by the doctors to the mt a Oaian Social Work dV . If they 'vere Dastur Jal A. Bajan. found to be unhappily married or each occassion he had a fairly had difficulty in getting along with prolonged stay of two months ^as their spouses, they were referred to in-patient. 11 ’ the Bureau. During the three (jjird visit as an in-patfem that the FrcB^Po/Kto. years of its existence the ?bureau Hon. Physician,the late Dt. Marz- was able to prevent many a couple ban Motashah, referred him to Ms. Katy Baam, an advocate, from heading for the law courts, the social worker. He was full ol notes that though' lawyers try to por ^ant of personnel it had to anxiety about his wife and the dissuade the couple from going in be discontinued. But its need was heavy debts in which he was deep- for a divorce “by the time they very much felt. After about six jy involved. The Pathans fron come to you they have reached the months of its existence patients whom he had taken loans fron end of their tether. ” When hand- came for advice of their own time to time threatened to gp tc ling divorce cases “you do get up- accord and they Were not always his employer unless he paid uj set, ” she notes, “You are dealing the free patients. The hospiM the interest. The balance of th, with human problems. We don ’t realized its worth because in- salary after deducting interest lef know who is right or wrong. It is variably the patients reacted very very little for the house. He wa even more disturbing when chil- favourably to the counselling employed in a private firm as j dren are used as a tool. ” given. Their health improved, clerk. His salary was about Rs. 25C , The duration of their stay in the He had three children, all sons If a couple wished to avaiL of hospital was shortened. The hospi- They were in a semi-free Pars marriage counselling services they ^hus had to spend less on their school. The children had thei would not know where to treatment. lunch in school^ wjiile hp jseferrb Inquiries made by Parnana proved _ „ - < • * to have a light snack in his oflfice futile in locating a professio^ The rent was Rs. 25 for one root and kitchen. The wife was thu left with plenty cd. time on hM as ^e- hnd fo THE. PRIVILEGE OF DIVORCE timb ^siting friends, neighb^ In the first year of the reign of poisoning their husbands; seventy- and relatives. CZ,_ — ., counles were separated, by the murder of their wives; and the She had the mcm bmravagal It was 4ttJ^ his treatment. xu«.u«^ *11 - _______ - ‘ilie Burcau cumc iuto existeuce marriage counselling service for due to a patient who had been Parsees. Dastur Bajan noted there treated thrice for peptic ulcers. On <«« to OT^re only th 1. She utilised h( . She had no ide burned for the whatsoever of home managemen .1 King Juliet two thousand married five men were magistrates, with their own con ­ sent. The emperor was r" indiaiant, on learning these parti- x«uinHv<^ vv, - -------------------- . culars, that he the millions of rupees.-The poor man, w^ wm obvious orivaeae of divo!«e. in the course emperor re-established the privilege fond of her —theirs was of ttefollowiftg year, the number of dfrorce. love mama^was dnvM to di of marriages in Apa was less than ’ 1 ¦ \ * ¦..... ¦ ’ nuaaber >^ adufterieS ^was greater in L.........- — , i bv okhma ^ooods to be Arned ei^ A limits, while Ae second is locat^ into grave-yards. , _ wiAout, on a rocky hill near Ae “The meeting however held a guidan ce ... we miMBt n 1 our views the oAc Kaoosji reiterated his vie’ two is situa^ within the vriAoutj on a rocky hill Ae Osmania University <^—7”- ,„xvx»v^v* —----- . People prefer the old dokhma as such of the Parsis who, msinte ot it IS t thefo^ deters say, 1 “since U..VX XVU. V . parsi ZoroasOan Anjuman of Hyderabad and C—v,x vx.~ ..t-—-—- , , , ima vt»o » i,v-x..v.xx.»x — Seated in his office in the Agiary d^nd upmi Ae decision of the the families ” to decide. Jx. if A...TloHv /tfln HS~ i>x..xJ i-Ka Awivim grounds cxpounuea. c.— ——- ¦ the vultiares are there,.Ae dbkfona siired Ae members present th^ “hands were tied” in uAizmg is too Aart-nw to allow them to they would continue their work jqj. burial, Kaoosji no enter. No vuKure is willing to m Ae performance of the cere- commit suicide to eat. ” I------ , .x.^...— --------- is a leader of the Zoroastrian posal is resorted to by the YouA Forum which is spear- individual under sanction of the heaffing a drive to permit the Anjuman. ” dokhma lands to be used for burial ___________ - "' „vvxx.uvx,v _ ______— grounds. The Youth For^, at^a scc^ for reform in these p^ cwild only be considerec meeting held on April 8th ad- ceremonies, particularly such parts dokhmas did not exfet. dressed a letter to the Honora^ . - - Secretary of Ae Anjuman, K^i having a !««,. .xv... v.* — Dalal to: “convene a special before Ae body is carried away.' general body meeting of the j . . .. xv. Anjuman ” as ____ _____________ xx.^vxxv,v«. _ ____ ________ disposal is causing a lot pf anxiety i^'^on 15th July “to consid.er come"from*Ae Bombay Pancha to many Parsi inffiyidums and alternatives to Dokhma Nashini regards non-Parsees not b families in Ae Twin dries. and for reforms in certain cere- allowed to look at the dead. The letter noted: “Regardmg monies and customs connected priest said the ritudl origin Ae Aspo^ by Dokhma N^hini, wiA funerals. ” as an act of self-defence aga it was felt that in Aeory it may On the appointed day three Ae invaders of ancieht Iran 1 be good for the quick Asposal of hundred sdemn-feced Parsees he claimed, insiAed the ( the dead body, but under Ae pre- vvho spoke in hushed whispers bodies. He requested Ae gat valent circumstances when both took their seats in Ae Bai Pirojbai ing to leave Ae priests out trf the towers of silence have been chinoy Hall. controversy. I™a noted tha surrounded by Aick habitation, Ae xv-..-____ „ lack of birds, etc., have made Ais jj^g ’ Zoroi^trian ^^uman opened at ftmeral wremonies. mode raAer revolting to the human the meeting with a prayer, He noted £_____ __ _ ; sentimente. that the dokhma grounds were were read out at Ae meeting. “However it was felt that a held in trust and Ae “^juman from N. S, Chenqy; prmden Osmania noting that the dokhma syste no / *• * - vu • i sentiment" and proposed WKial an u——-1 - w«v XV.. r* ——-• , ’ -- PA**^ to only Parsees being allow ide and bustle of urban life adhere to the system of Dokhma Uie vultures. Bodies, some jVujHm, miflr do so. But such d uVe i„ a Composite society .. the beginning of the year ”, i^ould be provided with space for of the graves within the Dokhmfl Grounds. The three Panthaki Sahebs were looking? u> Campus, tolerated view and it was felt that clc«er, but its proximity to everytldng else, would still like to 'no longer appeals to mm^ alternative methods With 1 to view the dead, Kaoosji said “li h^ tfiTAere un^s^ pn^djo Solders ‘"^^TSS^Sftrw Hindus, Muslims, Christians a Sheriar Kaoosji, secretary of Ae gray^ witnintne izoicwrM* VWUUUW-. they impurity 1 x\..;_.—- ;1 “Thethre? Pmithaki Sah^s were |,y looking? ” He f Secunderabad of Ae opinion Aat all this would personal matter; “lei ----- - II, 1,1^ VllV X**iAO*****-» *** Eyen^ if Anjuman General Body and had stated Ae ,^juma XXX vxx- r-------------- . .. “We will have to coMect funds, f Kaoosji monies whatever method ^of and go there. ” The next speaker, one of Panthakis, outlined the growth the dofchma system and stres The letter also stated that there 0,at an alternative method of 1 UCrCUiVlXivof *******J XHC UlU 41W CAWV» which ex4ttde non-Parsis from pointed out the dtifficulty fine- a last view of the departea labour and finatw^s to open a 1 _-,xx.x^ X— ’—-7 grave each rime a person died. 1 A response to the letter tlK also felt Ae decision on al This problem ¦ ot y^jjjuman decided to hold a meet- native methods of disposal she “convene Parsi inAviduals and soleinn-&iced took their seats in the Bai Rro|b|i ing to leave the prie; Chinoy Hall. Imai J. D. Italia acting President of Madras n n^ueSted by the people aging committee will go Ato Ac Keki Mehta, a twin city resident, cmnmittee trite a ncmcomn — ' ¦ * • “ "A to.Ae sub^. Hoi (CbNrAwed F- Karaka, the successful Karaka said would be entirely nng to uo witn It. journalist writing, suave, detached, about Hazrat Ali. He was in fact I then asked him about the relating in a certain wry, reflective engaged in writing three books, change in attitude towards his own manner the adventures of a high Which makes it somewhat pre- commimity^ In ‘T Go West ” he spirited reckless young man, who mature perhaps to dismiss the After rational or detached about it, answers. “It’s like this, ” he said though he does make an attempt and taking a pencil drew two lines to describe the dream in which he down the page. “You ’re walking saw the vision, and his subsequent along and suddenly a woman pilgrimage to the shrine of Haz- crosses your path. ” He briskly cut rat Ali as clearly and lucidly as a-line across. “Finished. After possible, nnminn that you forget everything else.' In a way this could be a rough his skill for accurate reporting, 99 also. serves that, “Its essence is to this book. _ _ a story and relate it with- tion of being a snob but of being allowing the personalty of the 99 writer to intrude on it.” In the however, just the beginning, a pre ­ major portion of “Hazrat Ali ” it is lude to another book which Mr. D. F. Karaka, t__ ___ _____ ’ _ _____ journalist writing, suave, detached, about Hazrat Ali. He was in fact change in attitude towards his own manner the adventures of a high Which makes it somewhat pre- had l^en s^thing in his pontempt. first tasted freedom in the heady quintessence of Karaka. “I am Parsee. Thatdtoes not fermrat of Oxford life, travelling “Hazrat Ali ” the best mj^ yet be mean very much. It is a com- erratically, but surely» towards an- coming! . ;' ¦ n #S4f0 Founder Editor of Pta^siam The term Akhand indicates a Based upon my contact with register members are th«re and wil consolidated state of any subject Parsis of all economic strata and stay there. The only out fo or object as can be gleaned from all denominations of religious be- the Community to escape thi such expressions as the Akhand liefs a common strain runs through strangulation is to create wide Bharat move of Kanhyalal Munshi, them all. There is a vague dis- franchise. We are not sitting oj a Gujerati monthly, ccmtent. There is a mild urge, judgement over the elected o^ Akhand Panch, a compact body of There is a plain outlook but there we are sjmply presenting the in five (more or less) for arbitration is no clear move. An average edu- strumentality of puU. It destroy and such other things. Parsa is not in its original mean- void in his life and likes to fill it L__ ing a consolidated body of Parsis, with the concept of comradeship, may be di^ove^ but it is given this meaning here which he can secure only through pressive exteriors. &rap th< appropriate^ to our^ pur^se. a more broad-based^ franchise.^The scheme in which the majority goei had written a book and named it is “make a move and we shall join Parsa you in numbers. ” Their complaint: ’ ’ ,” someone com- mind and that is what we need pletely detached, knowing not most today. “A race of altruists unconcerned about self is a race of slaves. A Akhand cated Parsi feels an undefined the sponteneity of free election. Merit is nobody ’s monopoly am but it is given this meaning here which he can secure only through pressive exteriors. I i *** ii * OvAX^JLllV 111 WIXIVU vXlw XXlC*|VzX Ifcjr Years back Seth Sorabji Jeejeebhoy one desire expressed by everybody unrepresented and unrewarded Baagh-e-Parsa, wherein Parsa you in numbers. ” Their complaint: The E Register is more com “T an, in ” enmonna nnn, plcx. Formcrly It was known a; iD6Hnt nxdi 'HHu women of Rood f am m out ouf^ someone com* j i ^9 • .................................... . - - the do-nu-M Jv, ‘f •i- -fl, agree or disagree, what tWM put life and blood m the people matter? ” for the Inst quarter century. His critics take such a The ' normality of any ethnic sanguine view of the matter. When group depends upon its sense of summaries of the various papers respectability its built-in res- presented at the Canberra Congress ponsibility throughout the entire were published and made available corpus of the group from its top in Bombay recently, they took ex- to its bottom in natural gradations ception to Nariman ’s thesis. The of life. No account of emphasis summary was published in some on the word hatural Can be an of the vernacular Parsee papers overstatement. Society groups are and rejoinders were invited. Two not natural groups. Economically rejoinders referred to Erach J. S. efficient and deficient .groups are Taraporewala ’s The Divine Songs not natural groups. Respectability of Zarathustra in which the cele- groups are not natural groups, they brated scholar notes “in the Ven- are popular appraisal groups. Rea} didad this root (mp) is definitely groupings are God ’s grouping used in the sense of •committing noticed in life as partly fulfilled paederasty ’ and vaepaya is found in in different gradations. Ven. 832 in the sense of the pas ­ sive partner of the act, ” but he goes on to say “most assuredly it would be utterly absurd to drag in the latter meaning of the Ven- didad into this Gathic verse. ” Nariman argues “there is no rea ­ son why a word like vaepaya should be taken to mean one thing in the Vendidad and another in the Gathas." He contends his cri ­ tics have read only his summaiy and not the entire paper. He has replied to them at greater length. “People- ask me why I’m stick ­ ing to my guns. They say I shouldn ’t have chosen this subject and I ought to state it was a mis ­ take to do so. This is absolutely absurd. If I had to do it again, I would do precisely the same thing, ” he says. “When I publish this paper*I shall publish every word of it.” {Extracts from the paper printed with the author's mission.) are per- I a I' !J- stituting Trustee should be confirmed by a majority of votes of the Reference Com ­ mittee. VI ’ The Reference Committee may propose its own Candi- date to die sitting Board of Trustees for their opinion. VIF If the period of vacancy be longer than 18 months there should be a general election for the vacancy. VIII The Reference Committee shall meet once every month. The Reference Com ­ mittee should be posted with all proceedings of the meetings of the Board of Trustees. This Committee shall also put m their own suggestions on thee work ­ ing of the Paachayat and such suggestions shall not be turned down unneces ­ sarily. Community mem ­ bers shall maintain contact with Trustees through this body. As “E” Register members will be predominating, pro ­ posers for any candidate can be anybody and not restricted to any group as at present. The Trustees should be responsible to and answer- ex-officio. ' to Conmunity and shall readily supply all de- (d) all persons above the age of tails of inquiries to the 35 years not included in 1(a) Reference Committee, and 1(b). xi There is at present Office of Trusteeship should machinery except the machi- be for five years ins tead of nery of the law of the land ten years. All Trustees who ^®dress of wrong suffered have completed five years by any . member of the shall resign but shall ^xphiunity. The Reference eligible for re-election. Committee shall have the power to make inquiries All seven • Trustees should and suggest action agains t be elected at the same time any defaulting Trustee in one election and not responsible. If any point of separately as vacancies arise. law be involved the Com- In the event of a vacancy ' mittee wflf have flie ^t to arising in the interval a memlir may be opted by to render volnntary the sitting Trustees with yn four persoi voting in favour ™ TS?" “ ptov&d the ei^ry period j y": is not longer than 18 months. .L.n “ • shau sh^ It with coHi^gu^ At the time oi the general early enough to ease jG^ng election a txxfy of 100 per- of joint rcsponsilffiity. scHUi shoi4d be formed as XIR To incorporate, any other the Reference Coninfittee. ’* ----- The selectkm of the sub- In the absence of healthy inter- action from a larger number, dete­ rioration has set in. The top forgoes decorum and the bottom loses dignity. The time has ripened to think loud and talk loud. Suggestions Voting right should be IX extended widely. (a) to all persons of both sexes educated upto matriculation and above the age of 21 (b) all tax payers (c) all members of “F” register X XI no n Warden (Continued from page IS) election of a new Trustee is to be held and why. The Electoral College is formed once every seven years and the present one is to end by the close of this year. We must start taking an interest in it. We must demand from the Panchayat to be posted with the necessary information. The present election system can be changed only by applying to V the Court. Thou^ Burke has • labelled gener^ elections a mighty s evil, we have to acknowledge that "after all they are mi|^ty and have tJitt............. '............................. .• III IV XII defaulting himself sole and tot^ con- shall idbare' it with coUeagws eady ea M '**l»/* ¦ Lii fl , Certainly Mr Adi Marzban ’i sense of timing is faultless. In i society which has not yet got ac customed to exposures to straight forward sex themes, let alone it variations, he has sprung homo sexuality like a jack-in-the-bo: and evoked the same reactions the shock, the laughter, and th subsequent acceptance. After Norman \ people have discovere that its quite fashionable to tai about homosexuality if only t parade their sophistication in thes matters. “My dear it was all ver naughty, ” confided a lady over cup of coffee. “I better not te you. You might not understanc You see it was about FK)MC SEXUALS ! ” she conclude in sibilant whisper. Part of the thri therefore is provided by the sul ject itself, being, as it is, a guide tour into hitherto forbidden terr tory. Apart from this we cannot detei any extraordinary feat of dire< tion which indeed leaned too muc on the side of fatce to be pons dered either subtle or sensitive. have an example of this tendenc tQ over-emphasize, in the r< peated use of the famous Cuckc refrain which starts off the pla; ~ VVTiat seems appropriate and amu ing at first, ends up becoming bo irig arid silly after constant uSag a repetition of a joke which h« ceased to be funny. Here again I must admit that tl very parts which appeared tO 'n grossly exaggerated and in dubiot taste were also; those at which tl audience laughed the most, so th' - I cannot help but wonder wheth; Full ” performance of Ah Normaif. the “funniest show in town." But I certainly didn ’t roll down the aisle in merriment and clutch my neighbour and gasp, “How Sweet ! ” every time the Star of the show, Bomsi Nicholson waved his fingers prettily in the air and cried, “Oh Normie! ” i manner, been a smashing success there is no doubt. What is worth ques ­ tioning is how a play which archly describes itself as “a fairy tale for adults ” and pretends to be a frank encounter with homosexuality while actually exploiting it, can be such a hit. How can we in short, reconcile the pUy’s popularity with its baste inanity. Can we lay the < credit j on the Marzban ma^ and say that this wizard of the theatre has waved that arise out of this situation. The hfe- wand over an ordinary T.V. Father ’s life is further complicated style drama with its one line jokes by the fact that his wife has just and stock situations and trans- eloped with his brother. Towards formed it into the “naughtiest show the end of the play she lands up in town ”? Th® play lias very little at Norman ’s flat and though she is to offer in the way of a plot re- also shocked at the news she ad- volving as it does in the discovery justs to it with feminine praetica- of a Father who finds out that his lity. In between we get wh^ is 7^^ „ /f-jnVino indv ni SMi Norman is a homomual. The supposed to le a fairly compreh^* it w- discover; tiw ^^k, t^^ dismay starting with?Norman^to a^pe^ rhm4v it'was n« and disbelief that foUow to b6 the -straight ” variety to li« ® nSSv it; the un^eeessful attempts by friend Garson who is the effemi* from his deflected manhood by as eifemplili^ by^the^Sa^ni^ and dutm^tewt, his hindering en- Father with counters tyith Norman ’s “friend ” sexually with reassuring informa- accept, !a^ some, ot .the incidents in .history. . aisle in merriment and clutch my • - -57 in his best girlie That the show has What is worth ques- with I H ,...».. ®t=i Wv'^ w 'W'v »r ml' k ¦'‘J- ws - I U li'll 'f fjl'i IV ^11 circumstances that lead to this sivV^ttoduction to homosexuals, rightJ^ter all and ^^^^her. nvArv< fho shnrV the dismav fitartirte witteNotman who appears Wt ^ too_much f^ my undP and ^eTutt^ d’^iHief that follow to be the "swaigut «r«+rav the niie it; the unsuccessful attempts by friend Garson who is the^en^ aSte^at ^SoSmj the Father to lure Norman away nate type, and the real qaeCT^tant^ ffrtm hie Hefleeted manhAAd hv as i fled bv the ^^teSnSiEan m—— -— _ , introducing him to ' a prostitute; Who provides the . - a1a*1m»r that a clow and throughout, his blustering en- Father with books j^Bt homo- . ium up m; counters wdth Norman ’s “friend ” sexuality with reassuring informa- ‘ whom at the end he is forced to tion abqut fansous homosmot^s thPiigfr, this were not W enouj ........................ .... . ^^{Cotainyetl _ _ _____ J manner with his ridiculous wa die and falsetto squeak and dre might have hesitated to wear, •• «'.j' A Pre-occupation with Butterflies Geeta Doctor It was somewhat fitting that both Jehangir Sabavala and PUloo Pochkhanavala should have had their exhibitions at the same time at the Jehangir Art Gallery. Some exhibitions arc to be seen and for ­ gotten, some to be enjoyed and some few there are that you may see and not dare dislike. It was in this last category that the two belonged. Both artists have al ­ ready established their reputations and their work has been seen so often at previous exhibitions, on Christmas cards, during inter ­ national art get-togethers and of course at prominent public places that they may claim to have estab ­ lished a complete product identity. A “Sabavala ’* for example is as easily identifiable as a bottle of Coke and while this may be a source of gratification to the artist it is inclined to inhibit the uncom ­ mitted viewer from forming his own opinion. This being the case it was some ­ what surprising that Jehangir Sabavala should have felt it neces ­ sary to fortify his exhibition with a barrage of ecstatic reviews which inevitably engaged a person ’s atten ­ tion just as he was about to enter. Since a majority of the reviews implied that Sabavala ’s pmntings the artist with his kindly eyes daily. Even more remarkable was would apical only to individuds behind dark passes, his sweeping the fact that being at the Jehangir with a highly refined sensibility gestures and breathless genteel Art Gallery the exhibition had one entered the exhibition either manner of speaking. “You see attracted pectic from all walks of feeling slightly apprehensive at the that painting there, ” he explained life. In short even that ubiquitous thought of not being able to qualify pointing to one of the .more well- creature, toe common man, had or belligerent at being forced to known canvases entitled, “Green turned up to pay homage. ' strike up an attitude even before Thoughts in a Green Shade ”. It - - . ... . seeing the paintings. These notions was, he said, inspired by a chance ing the performance of two flies. The moment he approached. (l> a II ? 1 r< 1\ w I ''J li™ A'Uid i’^v' Jehar^ir Sabavala by M. PadmancAhan But alas, what did that creature 1 - X -H J xx V ' x • V - X' X V think? What did that com- were only intensified after observ- encounter with a nest of butter- mon denominator of the general - •X, -J jj 1 V . J. . ’ public feel? It would appear that exquisitely dressed damsels who they fled, and that fleetmg instant fgj^ precisely nothing. Having read the cntics and been told that he should find something very Jehamgir, the exhibition is simply which had made a deep impression stwd^hefore "hiT pa^n tings “l^ *^a ?!” on his mind and since the butter- reverehtial stupor. Nor i^this in To his credit we must admit Sies TOtfld not coimumc^te, he itself surprising or distres^g. that Jehangir i^bavala was exceed- twm^hiS Mtists vision felt com- Nobo^ will jnetend that art re- in|^y alB^e ^d most courteous quires the approv^ of the zha^ses towards any inember of the puUic The artist seemed to be parti- for its survival. What iis titt- who went up to him with any cularly delighted that more than a tortunate is tW art should laj^ quesdmis. He was very much thousand people , '’i i i r I ZOROASTRIANS OF UGANDA {The folldwirig is an abridged report issued by The rail. The whole country was beset witti a sleepii Zoroastrifpi Society of British Columbia at the begin- sickness epidemic between 1901 apd 1907. nir^bf ttre yeaf. , - * "*' brou^t Adans to Uganda and President Amin hims< ?’ .1^72, P^^ I^ ^mwnmoned has said that if the railway was built with African labou the High Comnus^ners of Britain, In on this burial gr* mortuary . the looatZotsoasi 0a pagg* t S’"' I I I ? * • J - UGANDA VIA MOSCOW Manjula Padmanabhan 0^ is misled, when presented a wiffi a photograph of Vera into | supposing her to be slight and | retiring. In fact, though there is I definitely an air of delicate insub- I stantiality conveyed by her close- j cropped hair, wide dark eyes and I pale complexion, she is confident I and forth-right in the manner of I someone who is sure of where she j stands. A Ugandan refugee, she I arrived in Bombay after a six year | study stint in Moscow. Having lived all her life, ex­ cepting the last six years, in Uganda, Vera Khurshed Mehta belongs to that group of Ugandan citizens for whom the evacuation would have presented a major^ up­ rooting of home and security. Yet, she says, “I didn ’t really feel it. I suppose if I had been there when it happened I would have been upset, ” For her the upheaval has been registered more by proxy, throt^ her mother, than throu^ her own personal experience, j Though her mother and brother , were fortunate i® not having been 5^ ® particularly singled out for per- seeutton as in other cases reported from Uganda, they were, in Vera ’s words “roughed up” and had to leave the major portion of their belongings behind when they came away. This is similar to the fate dealt out to most Ugandans forced to leave,. Jheco was no distmptio® made between the eviction of other Arians and of '^jgareis since they were alT eon- sSlw^ one uniform group in the eyes W the Ugandan Government. Vera herself is “not really con- setons of bring Parsee. ” In I I I Vera Khurshed Mehta but to return to India and apply for Indian passports. Clearer than her impressions of Uganda are those of Russia. She lived there for six years, five of which were devoted to her MA. She majored in Russian and French and was awarded a first class. “People here seem to think it’s really difficult there (in Russia). It’s not; the people are very friendly once you get to known them, especially with Indians be ­ cause we seem to represent the Romantic East to them. It’s easy ­ going and you can do what you want. ” In light of other reports brought back from behind the Iron Curtain her account unusual but Vera feels she gen- dirty trick. I mean, you can understand what he says about the exploit^on by the Indians but he yjjjgiy gained from her education corid have been more tactful. She says she was rarely Unlike other young Ugandans, she - -— - - does not appear to bear ‘Big Daddy ’ any personal grudges, but she emphatically re-affirms the view that the step had been suicidal from the perspective of the coun- _ ‘j economy. Vera found the blacks in Uganda “quite friendly, I knew them mostly through my school. / concerned about the evacuation as the Asians themselves because her appears there. made aware of Big Brother watch ­ ing her and that though her friends were initially wary about discus ­ sing politics they were not parti ­ cularly retentive either. As for restrictions on individuals in Russia, Vera believes “People here (in India) are more restricted . „ , actually, because of communal and Actually,^ they were as social conventions. ” Ste fiiKis India “disappointing. ” they realized what was going to This fe her first visit of any ha^ien. They didn ’t want it appreciable length in the comrtty eithri; it was really just a derisi fm* emm* Mnui They didn ’t want it appreciable length in the countiy once She feels the must see the dirt and poverty of her^ is A * ’ _ Ullrittda, «k&ei* than live in close communities as hi hidia, there was greater integration among the Indians. Most her friends were non-Parsis. ___ _ _______ U^mda are happy. She had enjoyed her schooling there, but on ac ­ count of her six-year stay in Russia, during which she had gone home ’ only once, she had been disassociate with the country families on the move, have opted alone. ” Vera realizes she has to long enough not to feel the effects Lyi,, -Lxw,*- fh® departure^ as strongly as their prime reasOn being that they ,“It’s inevitable,' would be expected. 1 ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ - — - About Idi Amin ’s expulsion Those, 1 order she feels “It was a very Ugandan subject had no recouKe S^j^ hiri'e for s<^e time. ’ Her memories of ... i'Wo k' 'V^ t lUHiwmiw ¦' t WWWw ntHaaiaieMiKKj iw w stouht;^ Sa(iva|» i cSS to .iAdhWe-the “Sftd »«w « his to*. And yHTW < show. Two g^ yfhs sat bchinc for.Sffi *e ™ ms to """-'.rin. wh«hm- could direct our attention to the smooth to^Mcito'ro^'sW^S “m)fts “‘fhttttr^'tteir''gMy Sfection wiMaerw he came_<« * is more the.limpid form that die puWte adulation, asks us to contemplate. What characterises her work are C. „ „ best exemplified in a piece entitled tsute-ou. joaiwio _________________ ___ “Triple Ascent ” where a trilogy of gj^gigand ’s famous pregnant scene quisitely femenine wiqrs^ that h< smooth figures with upturned faces punnu GM which Orders on does not have to do anything else are straining towards .three cm- the obscene Whfie admitting that Undoubtedly it is he who make! rods. The work has aU the ^^jJ^^icholson by tucSg a the show. It is quite likely that ii delKW of a ^rdgeoning fiower the earlier days his performa^ together with the pent-up energy authentic imita- did have an inspired comic qualit of a rodeet. Though the artist daims a, pre- it” is'this'vety" feat which briiS even tltoi^ the ges ferto^ for working in scrap metal, house down, the t'-vA hA^Am« a^o this miedlupl' giving her a? she sequence was so tasteless and m^ic, and the wmic lines, aptia says, scope for intense and <^n-; pointl^ that one wondds whe- pate^ The a^i^e is so . fulr centrated creaVve effort, the ijitwt ther fi^e playwr^ts could have aware that Bomsi r^hewn is go ^easing pieces were those, in beto to lackii^ in talerit that t^ mg^to eTCn^ati^ily fiii^ tha aluminfurti, and also one entided diOi^Alfighlij^ " ‘^untei^int ” wltoh looked like scene i^^h depends so" entirely on two swe^in^moyeinto^ in wood whetheti^e alienee has seen the heB ip tension by a short, nri ginav mnvifr^ not, dear cylinder of pers^x. While the scrap ’ iron expresses the ex- huberant Totality of Pilloo- P^h- khanavala, tS^e pieces in alumjniiim' have a more restrained, deceptively simple, quality about themi One critic has likened these forms to the monoliths at Stonehenge and indi^ it would seem that their a^eal lies in ithe /archetypal with wtoh they are in- K'proM'^d to "Vested. - * —- Both artists- were suflficiently eOhttoaporary artistic landscape to discuss the ultimate value of their etotribution and it is interesting cannn t help Wondering whether could not think of anything else inst^ of producing butterflies he to say but “How sweet! ” in vmy has not after all merely created ing tones of extreine , delight aiK the brief instant ^are of stage. It was a sto^actoit of whM Bomsi Nicholson wto not entirelj unconscious for he toemed to hf playing straight to the audience He has achieved such a reputati<« Norman (Continued from pt«e 23) L------- ------- ------------- the su^g vern^ JoiTO awards the end of the play the as GarMB fte queer cutie wift hi! —i!«.j ¦¦ . ™-™ a takerOff of Barbra a-d-orable false eydadws and^ .. a. * . _ _________ ___ _ jxiiiieiirAlvr -fAmAnmA waiM ^*1191* m very clever and authentic imita- , - , , - tion of La Streisand and thou^ and this alone is wug to cat*: the whole tures might have heeome auto their play with a sometimes it appears to snigger a (tods so entirely on advance. advance. Which brings us ultimately baci to the ques»tion of the play ’s sue . Is it‘that Norman! i ; By tlie 40th P^ormance it was cess. only to be expected that the ac-. a (xgitoetc^al phiy that seeks no tor§‘atf comfortably ^r- thmg ihc^ tiia^ ha^ t^'^comfortably) set in their the fact that it does do this rdes. *it w^ rather amusing to^ latively well is sufficient justifica note^at in spite of this, Nortnan tion for it or is it just that all th (banus.^roff) still appeared to be - world loves a fahy ’k^^ ’’ somewtot embarrassed by his pre- . • ’ = C^eta Doctb dican^t, partictflaily in the begin- (banus.S&rofl) still appeared somewl^at embarrjssed by hi by his pre- ning when he had to crawl out of his short! This made his claims - to being a perfectly well adjusted confident of their portion in the homosexual a trifle unconvincing^ ‘’7“ ^set^s the ultimate vdue of their to note how each has employed a metaphor related directly to his J Pochkhanavala expressed Pai^vh) also did hto part well and beating a vested. UgMSia {Continued from page been to Kampala and upon his r< to beiug a perfectly well adjusted turn to Bombay, he published a ___ - , „- _ 1 in JanM-^-, whose role was perhaps the most monetary particularly during the long te^ J^tS to h ’avT^^e ^ife’O'ai^ We-^dvlfitotion ^is -a. . K«»«^<«rr -=1 retreat. The Father (Hosi YasuniaX appeal difficult, acquitt^ himself wdh phonic conversations he was ex- ' ZA tile i^rds of Arpold Toyu method of,working. to”The wife^CParvix bto^ “civiMtion is^ mamf^ Ms. Pochkhanavala expressed ParaVb) also did her part well and beating a retreat. ” The Bntis the hope that even if a single more than the offiers, contrived to Empire is gone and the Parsr fOQi ’ spark from her welding burnt a sustain her American twang. The age in the widespread; i hole in the blank chapter of con- tart (Kerban Mistry) who is 'momentarily off bal^ Wb to ’ by the distraught the dislocation of Our-communti -------- .jC------- — ' tempprary Iridian sculpture she brought in bj v-*. — ... ; , would be satisfied. Sabavala, in Father as a bait for Norman, was members in Afr^ and espemA [yzery manner, re- _______________ _ 2 ! most art sought ciously disinterested in the situa- Which fof all its brilliance did not i^fge bosomy blonde, taking an woidd be satisfied. !—. — j.«wa oia _ ______ _ j ** his more flqwery manner, re- far too glamorous and self-coiw- in Ugmida, but the legacy aM ® marked that while most art sought ciously disinterested in the situa- traits of out ancestors and tt to make , an immediate impact tfen around her. One ima^nes a etern^ hope of a better tomori« ’ which for all its brilliance did not large bosomy blonde, taking an are visibly noticeable in these dt fast longer than the transitory avid interest in the part she has placed Ugandan Zoroastrains wb a work whose endf it’is^h» chan« interventUm Caiaffian <3<> xvww«^2w 11__ __ * .. ”* “ nan^m. . Jot it! - ¦¦ “ jua flMt of .a .buttorfly, it was his to day, particularly since at the have now come to stay in Ca^d that..rec<mcilto Norman ’s ardent, , we