Oct 1979

I’ October 1979 Volume 2 Number 10 Price 50 p. I bird North American Congress GUSTASP IRANI Zoroi^trians from all over North subjects, indude Dr. J. Amighi on lectures on Zoroastrianism, and Irani, America and leading scholars on ‘Changing Forms of Zoroastrianism ’; who teaches Philosophy at City Zoroastrianism will converge at New Prof. Willard G. Oxtoby on ‘One College, New York, delivered several York on 6 and 7 October to participate Heritage, Two Environments : Zoro- lectures on philosophy and Zxjro- in the Third North American Confe- astrianism in India and Iran’; Prof. E. astrianism in Bombay in July and 1 * ..... -- ---___ - -_______ - hosted by the Zoroastrian Association Legends of Zoroastrian and Later professor of Persian and Iranian of Greater New York (ZAGNY). Literature ’; Associate Prof. Dale studies at Columbia University and is . , . , . , „ . Bishop on ‘Languages and Literature also the Editor of EncycZopeJ/a Per5/cifl. “The Ihird Conference and Sym­ posium looks both backwards into our history (the Symposium) and into the future of the Zoroastrian community in North America (the Conference), ’’ -----— xw* writes Lovji Cama, president of sion at the Conference which will be lOOKS DO til DACk- ZAGNY, in a letter to Pce-^ana. The 1 first North American Symposium was xxucvu. ^xxxT x..xxxx.^ iTxvi.x XXI x.,vr, , . x w facld ui Torouto lu 1975 aud thc sccoud Rodielle, N^ York. The organizers History and into tne in Chicago in 1977. • also hope that the leaders and re- of the various associa- -^ **•'***’-’ i/aic VOiii- At the 1975 meet, jamshed Maval- tions on die continent will finalize the munity of America.” wala, the then president of the Zoro- action of a federation of North astrian SoeieQr of Ontorio, spelled out American Zoroastrian associations. . . tfi® objectives erf the first symposium : , ¦ Oxtoby, Irani and Bishop are “Our motive (is) to discuss and assess The symposium which Will be held familiar to audiences in Bombay, our current status, and our goals for (' iMi the second day at the Carnegie Oxtoby of Trinity Collie at the the future. . .how much do we chafige Endowment of International Peace University of Toronto, has resided in to adapt successfully for a healthy premises, in New York Qty, will com- Bombay for several months to do future here, and how much of the rich prise of talks and lectures by leading research on the Zoroastrian commu- heritage (of) our forefathers do we authorities on the Zoroastrian religion nity in India and abroad; Bishop, who retain? ” Mavalwala added that rather and will focus on Zoroastrian tradition teaches Iranian Studies at Columbia than initiate any specific action or \ ^d heritage in light of its culture. University, New York, was in Bombay address itself to any specific goal, the i |criptures and theology. Speakers and earlier this year and delivered severd symposium aims “to provide a Forum f '' America and leading scholars on Changing Forms of Zoroastrianism ’; y^o teaches Philosophy at City York on 6 and 7 October to participate Heritage, Two Environments : Zoro- lectures on philosophy and 2k>ro- in the Third North American Confe- astrianism in India and Iran’; Prof. E. astrianism in Bombay in July and rence and Symposium which is to be Yarshater on ‘History of Iran in the August this year. Yarshater is a hosted by the Zoroastrian Association Legends of Zoroastrian and Later professor of Persian and Iranian of Greater New York (ZAGNY). Literature ’; Associate Prof. Dale studies at Columbia University and is Adoption of a unit^ Zoroastrian q/ Zoroastrian Scripture ’; and Prof. Kaikhosrou Irani on ‘Philosophic in Zoroastrian 'Iheology. ’ ,^s, m6 future of the Zoroastrian priesthood in North America and the .......... . ' " education of Zoroastrian youth are C rh n i Environments^ Zoroas ­ trianism in India and Iran i by Prof. W. G. Oxtoby 11.15 a.m. History of Iran in the Legends of Zoroastrian and Later Literature by Prof. E. Yarshater 12.30 p.m. Lunch SESSION II 2.00 p.m. Languages and Literature of Zoroastrian Scripture by Prof. D. Bishop i I ! 2 3.00 p.m. Philosophic Strands in Zoroastrian Theology ' ’ by Prof. K. D. Irani 4.00 p.m. Speaker and Topic to announced later 5.00 p.m. Summation and closing prayer, 5.30 p.m. Cocktails. f- * it LET’S BUILD THEM TOGETHER! Whether it's a five-star hotel, a Sultan's Palace, a hospital, a chemical factory, a fertiliser plant or a housing project— we have the expertise and experience—to handle any fiirn. IrAv confitruction oroifi for putting up the imposing Muscat Palace complex of His Majesty the Sultan of Oman—and completed it in time. The multiplicity of projects Ob«rot>Sh J 3k a 1 11^ : TgJS* . L L *fK ’k-AMs' 9 I I t ?• I 'W ft’ > 4> it it iv- I 5F X h: SHAPOORJI PALLONJI & CO. (PVT.) LTD. < '¦r w w w WlSSS^' K () f' ;i f i * I t:'t I The life of Dastur Dhalla—II 1 Wedding JT'PV ATlVf Al? ATMJX scholastic career commenced at wore full and curly whiskers. With his X nA the age of six at the Parsi Virbaiji fair features and gold-rimmed spec- School. Two years went by and a grand taeles he resembled the Chinese and glorious event took place in my nobility. life, the greatness and importance of Since the middle of the 18th century which I was incapable of understand- when Parsi firms began to establish ing. My uncle took me in his lap and trade relationships with China. Parsi explained that he was getting me Sethias sent their agents to serve in married very soon, and that very day their branches there, on condition that he was to go to the school and ask they did not take their families with for a month ’s leave of absence. Word them. They were sent on a seven- went round at school that I was to be year’s contract and their boarding and married; my companions began to other incidental expenses were on the tease and taunt me. This was annoying, firm’s account. At the termination of but on my way back home my uncle the contract they came home on a comforted me that my companions few months ’ leave and brought along were envious because I was getting with them quite a fair sum of money, married while they had remained This senior member of our family single. This explanation seemed sound, possessed a good income. He had an so I was no longer ashamed of only daughter. She had been betrothed marriage. My greatest joy was that to his older brother ’s son. My uncle this had served as an excuse to get had chosen his sister ’s older son ’s five leave from school and I would enjoy year old daughter to be my bride and a voyage to Bombay and thence to his proposal was willingly accepted. Surat. Navsari and other places. Besides these two coupl« my future Two of my uncle ’s nephews Jamaspji child-bride ’s sister ’s marriage had also and Faramji Arjani. lived at Arjani- been arranged with an elderly mobed wada in Navsari. Jamaspji was a white- in the family. Of the three couples, two turbaned, orthodox mobed. He had a were aged 25 and 30 while both of us Bells Second extract from 'Aek Atma- katha', the autobiography of the fevered Dastur Dr. Maneckji N. Dhalla, noted Zoroastrian scholar shop in Bombay. His younger brother, were almost the same age. I was eight and high priest of the Karachi Faramji, was fair-complexioned and while my beautiful bride-to-be. Parsis; publishers, Dastur Dr. Dhalla Memorial Institute, Karachi, translated from Gujarati Into English by Gool and Behfam Rustomji. THE STORY SO FAR Dhalla was born into a poor Dastur family in Surat on ........ _ __________ __ ___ __________ _________ 27 August 1875.The only brother rendering him this great service in room whUe the third couple would be to his three elder sisters, ‘ ” '' ------"¦* ’-------------------- alia was three when his ...jther died. In 1878 the family moved to Karachi when an uncle arranged for a job for Dhalia's father as a supervisor and cag^taker, night and day, of the ne^ly opened Hirjibhai Behrana's Daremeher. Though the family was still poor, life became a little more comfortable than it was in Surat. mol “They are takizia away to father-in-Iaw himself did not object, W • V » VU.W luviuuvio vx uxv xcxLUuy Karachi the daughter of a could not have their way. Besides, all family whose dog it would be difficult for them to maintain.*' Faramji, was fair-complexioned and while handsome with light green eyes. When Cooverbai was five years old. he was young his father wished him The senior-most member of' our to follow the priestly profession, but family who had amassed a good for- my uncle was not of the same opinion, tune through his flourishing trade with He explained that priesthood had lost Bengal and China had arranged with both honour and status, hence he his elder brother to celebrate the should be taught English. The Senior marriages of these three couples in Mr. Arjani did not agree with him at grand style. There exists a superstition first; but eventually, he surrendered in our community even today that his stand of making a mobed of his should the marriage of three couples younger son. To the end of my uncle ’s be fixed for the same day. two would life, his nephew was grateful to him for have the ceremony performed in one furtheririg his future prospects. married in another room.* My wife’s uncle was a reformist in most ways, but as my conservative the superstitious members of the family .. . . . - -- the senior members had unanimously agreed to have us engaged without having our horoscopes scrutinized to find out whether they corresponded or not. Again by-passing current custom, the wedding day had been fixed with ­ out consulting a Brahmin. As my Besides learning English he studied bride’s Navjote had not yet been per- Avesta and Pahlavi. Later he spent formed, that ceremony took place on his life as the Manager of an old the wedding morning. Parsi firm of Bombay, conducting its We were given the sacred bath in business between Calcutta and the evening and my sister was dress- Hongkong. At both these places he ing me. Of the three bridegrooms one was respected as an honoured member was to wear the white turban, another of the community, and he was the Hon. the Chinese Khokha and the black Secretary and Treasurer of the Anju- turban was decided upon as my head­ mans; of both the centres. His headgear gear. I did not approve of the black was the stiff red-spotted Chinese turban turban and so I refused to wear it. and like the Sethias of olden days, he When persuasion could not prevail my 3 I1 I • ‘S' I r" sister pinched me hard. I could not over the dividing veil and everyone Later, when I heard this topic of the bear it and cried aloud. My dear uncle applauded happily; “The girl has won ”, dog and the daughter being discussed and father came to my rescue. They her displeasure was doubled. She by the members of my family, a very I tempted me with all kinds of prizes already had cause to be annoyed, hence deep and lasting image of my own _L , and succeeded in persuading me to it was hard for her to endure the fact i»verty and my wife’s aristocratic put it on. that the future daughter-in-law was lineage was imprinted upon my impres- ! Accompamed by the din of drums gaining an upper hand over her sionable mind. and the inharmonious tones of pipes, husband. The decisive words: “I do ” had trumpets, flutes and a medley of been pronounced and our romance instruments our wedding procession «n_ ___ wr • * commenced. As soon as the priests had moved forward. I was walking between my OriaeS naVJOte showered their blessings, each had to the two bridegrooms. They were 5'9" had HOt yet been perfoi- the other with a mouthful of curd whereas I was four fret, but my six . , and candy, so I felt certain that there inch t^ turban graciously add^ to meo, luQi oeremony lOOJC existed some mysterious and abiding my height. It is said that when the place On the Weddina bond between us. We stayed on in fwocession passed through the Karkaria •» Navsari for 15 days after the wedding. I - . o Our friendship grew during that period. ; the grown-up grooms in that age of . All her toys she freely placed in my „ . ' " 1 ZJ! Professional singers of the city had hands. Our dear ones enjoyed teasing There two men, fit to be fathers, j^sing been engaged days in advance to come us. If anyone should beat me in jest, to regale the guests. One of them joked the * miscreant. My dear ones had with her companions, “they are taking always been mine, but for some in- ¦ ^iwvddiuii pttddcu uiiuu^u iiic jv.roastrians wishing president of the Zoroastnan Assooa- express their ideas and attitudes on tion of Europe, Incorporated (ZAE). j^atters with which the magazine is Conference scheduled for L’iSSSi' The address of the Association not mentioned in the Zoroastrian Association of Quebec, I noted during her visit to Bombay that ' the “unifying” organization was a J result of die needs of the community ] teH^Mia^^l Se tim?^ she^Sd^ The proposal of the Trust Fund notes concerned wilF now /ven tlw those easting h^. Yet she f^ t^ ‘diarity ’ in Tax Law” and The first issue, a collection of poems, J ?hdr SXs is uiiable to tefce advantage of the many short stories, a cookery section, quizes, to attempt to . soWetl^eir , P^blems available to such local news, a colouring competition separately as it would lead to charitable bodies. Rather than amend articles on general interest to contusion. Accrv’Salinn hnw- nnH twn rftliffioilS articles on OraV Mr Zoroastrian Trust Fund of Europe- — president of the Zoroastrian Assoaa- express their ideas and attitudes on benefits that are available to such local news, a colouring competition. the clauses of the Association, how- and two religious articles on prayJ ever, it was proposed that a separate and the Kusti, was originally publishro i ” t.., ~zd: : a name that the fund of the original organization was changed in the subsequent issue ' " - of March 1979. The editorial writes: “Mazda Roskni means ‘Light of Mazda’, indeed our previous name £» a "F “charitable body ” be established and as Mazda Ca Rashns Vz c* Xi V v; i-F fund of the original nrpanization was chanced in the St referring back to be transferred to it. India all the time.” Irani capsulizes A. concept of the ESd“on“ ^pteSte ftTs^ooTaS central coordinating body : “A place which an application for registration 5^® P^eatine an where we can articulate the consensus with the Board of Trade was made. Sh g g of the associations and even promote The Certificate of Incorporation was " consensus. ” issued on 1 December 1978 and Both Irani and Dastoor feel that the charitable L central body will be a non-decision 30 January 1979. one and the resolutions passed Two new trustees, Maneck A. S. sidered tneir ettons • be treated only as reoommenda- Dalal, ex-regional director of Air-India, while others w®^® that tions by the various constituents. The London and presently managing ffspon^ will ZAGNY Newsletter states that two director of Tata Limited, London, and 7he names have been proposed for the Bahman Mobed, a retired businessman succe^ m ^me ® .. body ; The United Zoroastrian Asso- from Iran, were elected in place of shock of our last ss p g. The resolution on the trust fund was passed at the special general meeting absurdity. ” Reception to the first issue was granted on mixed. In the Letters to the Editor column in the second issue some con ­ sidered their efforts as “a good job ” ..L-k jjj response the editorial hoped that the succ^ in some way in erasing the ciation oif North America and The Cyrus Mehta and N. M. Dhalla. The The Joint Editors of the magazine Federation of North American Zoroas- election took place on January 27 on are D. Behroozi, P. Sethna, Ms B. trian Association. which occasion it was decided to change Sepai and K. Modi. Area Managers 6Events and Personalities are T. Sepai, Ms S. Madon and A. Bajirao. F. Madon has been designated as “Supreme Commander land Chief of Staff. ” (Copies cost $0.65 reach, including pwtage (probably more [for postage outside Europe) and can I be orders by writing to: The Joint [Editor, K. M. Modi, 39 Newdene [Avenue, Northolt, Middlesex, England. I According to an article by Ms Beroz [Mody and (Dawas Setbna in Mazda Ni “If you work for a man, in heaven’s Roshni, the Young Zoroastrians, (YZ), name, work for him... speak well of are a L . , ’ . J 1 , ............................ ' oucoa am oixam vrx 20, who in set up their own him?’ might sound like the philosophy JJfe"’±7'*Sct"expwt^oM""of organization to arrange and manage of a devoted wife but is in fact the employers ” Ms Mehta notes, explain­ their own functm and activities. The motto of the National Institute of jpg that good secretaries are’rare and In Praise of Secretaries assume responsibility without supervi ­ sion and have initiative. ” and b^ome the marketing manager, experience. for instance. ” Uns difference in Alter acquiring a Government Com- merdal Diploma, Ms Mehta was for eight years a secretary in the sales department of TELCO. Much of her time is taken up with NEE’S activities — or ganizing lectures and meetings for the members, training programmes for secretaries at junior, middle and senior levels and the publication of a bi­ monthly newsletter. The NIPS also operates a placement bureau to help members find jobs and Ms Mehta is working towards having the NIPS con- I I Old post cards etc./waiited jsrtiser wishes to buy OLD llipfure, postcards, photographs. cigarette cards, playing cards, posters, prints, illustrated books, albums and other related material. Willing to pay top prices for single items or entire collections. Please send detailed list with expected prices to The Advertiser, (OLD) C/o. Parsiana, G.P.O. Box 892, Bombay 400001. - - , J .. J K With the result, “Many cannot cope group of youth, aged eight to hm, think well of him—stand by ^ith the stress and strain of corporate organization to arrange and manage of a devoted wife but is m tact the employers ” Ms Mehta notes, cT plain- their own function and activities. The motto of the National Institute of jpg^that good secretaries are’rare and origins of the ^up however, ^e Pei^r^ Secretaries (N^. Ma, command starting salaries of traced back to 1975 when it was felt headed by Ms Homai Mehta. The j qqq to Rs 1 50Q Hftp ftnding on that although the regular activities (of first Indian to become the president of ^gapisation and ’the mdividual. the Zoroastrian Association of Europe) the Association of Secretaries in Asia at^e t raining level in secretarial catered fully to the adult(s), not enough (ASA), for 1979, Ms Mehta feels the months on was being done for the youth. ” motto capsulizes what is expected of potential can be |ij|sequently, it was decided to provide a good secretary aside from her pro- jetet^. However, a person who. aside fwMc forum for the young fessional skiffs. from secretarial skiffs, has a good —adults cecretarv mieht hanker to educational background including a yisit^ otiier oommumty cent^ to gam A ’“^s the Stite bachelor ’s degree and considerable insight mto ways of guiding young T’woS hoS fluency in the English language, will people and d^^ues evenings were Nfe ^ta. as a rde perform iStter, in Ms Mehta ’s arranged in the basement hall of the ambitious, is 1^ likely to piay oiny Zoroastrian House in London. ------ - exnenence. for instance. This difference m In July 1977, the first general body attitude Ms Mehta ascribes to the meeting of the Young Zoroastrians cultural conditioning which moulds a was held and a committee of youth woman to be loyal to her husband and was elected to look after their own employer. “In fact, very few move on affairs, according to the report. to managerial positions, ” she explains. Ms Mehta is one of the few excep- Among the activities the YZ has tions to the rule. Now the faculty arranged are indoor and outdoor games and adminis trative co-ordinator at and sports, barbeques, bring-and-buy Bombay ’s Sir J. J. College of Com ­ sales and lectures and talks on religious merce, the one-time secretary sits in subjects. an office by herself, away from the sound of chattering typewriters. Aside from loyalty, the soft-spoken administrator notes that charm, poise, a pleasant voice on the phone rather tlm a gruff one, are the traits which give women an edge in the field. She cites an example: a woman would be more successful in soothing an irate client than a man would. Though the field is still a female bastion, “A secretary can no longer afford to be just a decorative piece, ” she notes. She regrets that many employers continue to treat their secretaries as an appendage of a type ­ writer and not as a professional. “Though today ’s management style is slowly changing, the secretary is increasingly being considered as part of a team rather than as a sub ­ ordinate. ” This change in her functions has resulted in more demands being made on her and-she must not only be competent in shorthand and typing “but intelligent, loyal, and able to Mehta: ’part of a team’ Statement of Ownenhip ft Other Particulan about Pardana Form IV (See Rule 3) Place of publication Bombay Periodicity of publication Monthly Printer, PnUiaher, Editor and Proprietor lehangir R. Patel Nationality Indian Addreai 286 J. Dadaji Mars, Bombay-400 007 I, Idtaotir R. Patel, hereby declare that the particnhus given above ate true to the beat of my knowledge and bel^. Sd (lehangir R. Patel) 1 March 1979. 7durt certified professional exanuna- and that he will be participating at tions for secretanes to prepare them the Moscow Olympics. for the managerial cadre. The NIPS. reportedly the only organised national- Music scholarship level as^iation of top secretaries in India, is aflSliated to the National Secretaries Association. USA and to ASA as well. The prime objective of the latter is to encourage friendship, under­ standing. exchange of ideas, unity and . ¦hxxh-^i professionalism among the secretaries by the U.S.S.R.” of Asia. Despite all the frenetic activity to Agiary appeals get recognition of a secretarial post as Trustees of the Bhuj (Kutch) Parsi specialized, demanding qualified aspi- Agiary rants, stereotypes about the boss and towards repair^ of th^ agiarv buildlM Reporting another achievement by a member of the community the Iran League newsletter writes that “FaK Pavii, son of Dr. S. R. Pavri. has been awarded a special Scholarship for Western Classical Music for six years News from the Media 2-;- t' Nuclear Chemtet Dr. Ms Zarine RastomH Turd, donations has been appointed 5^ the Mah^shS/ ? professor at the Institute of Science. secretary t*tionship aUl persist whiAis in'T dflaridai3“^tr3 «'* **“ lot “lasting repair?’ are estimated to cons™Suon^^^in^*'Nj£ S: S^r“sh?S ‘ e^reSlr'^-^’ *’ ’ ^Xi w^^itaSed^^^'S^' _ Bhabha Atomic Craitre and over the last ten years has been with the Institute of Science, first as a lecturer and later as a professor. . Presently she is working on a ]^ojeer on atmosf^eric " ‘ — . .... Road, WlTB Dhaima Prakash From Nagpur comes a new quarterly ----- ------ — magazine. Dharma Prakash, or the ^efit of an Agiary for a long time ___ X T 2__Vx tn 1- _ J____ ___ “Please contribute. ” states the appeal “so that Parsis...can avail of the 1 I Radiant Li^t of Religion. Edited and I® come. ” Cheques should be drawn published by P. A. Siganporia the J® fa/our of “Kutdi Parsi Anjuman 26-page publication carries articles in Trust ” and. te-SMit C/q.Per*““ ^^ish and Gujarati on Zoroastrian- ^ujwaJa. 4 Babulnnth ism. Volume one. number three. 400 007. fchildren's Book Fund Drivo l^raAushtra is the first of the Our Religion series of children ’s books to (be compiled by P9oo Jimgalwalla and (Sponsored by the Delhi Parsi Anjuman. The 16 page booklet, priced at Rs. 5 „„ uua ^plams in large lettering the life of Ma^bai Bhnwha ^e has re&various sci«itific avb W(Hi her acclaim 26-page publication carries articles in ^glish and Gujarati on Zoroastrian- example includes articles oa. ‘Rc^- Mazdayasni Greetings ’, by Dastur K. Dabu. ‘What is Khshnoom? ’ by K. N. Dastoor, ‘payers ’ by Cursetji M. I^tel and an item on ‘Zarathushtra the Prophet ’. “The Dharma Prakash is a personal and proprietory magazine which is notes the publisher. ‘‘Its only ambition is to spread the divine knowledge of the Zoroastrian religion. . .we desire to enter vigorously into religious awareness for enrichment of the com ­ munity. Dharma Prakash is a religious digest for desirable living.” The magazine has no subsnption according to the author. VakU. a director of Tatas who, fee and carnes m bold type a request, j - - . “kindly circulate this magazine Zarathushtra is to be followed by thft twr> ’Z 7^’ ’ amon^t your relatives and friends. ” Kusti Prayers, The Creation, and ' , Tuck^ under the name is the pro- Mazda and His Divine Powers. _ From jto jm smMunt ofv^ | clamation, “the sun shines by day, I-- ----- . -- T— moon shines by night but the Prophet possible, a total of Rs. 60,000 is instalment during the current Inter- Zarathushtra and his religion shines required in addition to the cost of national Child Year, he added, radiantly by day and night. ” paper, which has been bought through onn , , .- 3 3 c^3 Inanwl hv iCib; PoX,; Over 200 CIVIC school Children Were There is an appeal for donations ySman^ is^h^t kS? and snacks at the function*X> . and an invitation to submit articles chSSs Tr^t inaugurated by Mayor R. K.- for pubhcations. The editorial address Trust on their tehalf. (^imbulkar at Gilder Lane Municinal/ is Dharma Prakash, Govind , Bhavan. Jwalwalla r^uests various educa- ar ai ouuer i.ane iMumcipai- ^zon Bagh, Nagpur. 440 0Cfcrr generously possible. pree Press Journal, 17th August, 1979J m Asia n^quarterly Newsletter of the Iran Lea^e reports that ‘^Beiuam Avari of Pakistan won a gold medal in boat --------------- ----------- -------------------------- ----------------------------------- racing at the recent Asian Games held at Ban^ok. ” The bulletin adds that ?““*sW edited by J^angir R. Patel at H. L. Rochat & Co., Navsari G&anbCTs, Avari was presented with another onld 39 AmrU J^h^Nayak Marg (Bastion Road), Fort, Bombay 400001 and K *1; I“ ’’y TATA PRESS UMTTED, 414 Veer Savarkar Marg, Bombay 4 medal by the Pakistan Government Parsiana Phones : 262624. 268730. i* 17 gii^^OMbus sci«iti& ^^‘jarBvfe won her acclaiin from fellow sdentists. Her research jetings ’, by Dastur K. Khshiwom? ’ by K. N. has contributed significantly to the stlldv of nftiitrnn cKiAmictw ' study of neutron chemistry. , j Jam-e-Jamshed, 14th AugUst, 1979. J i' t nc^ to S Ly te^Wng __ xv- _______ vi» 1. Lt-r. « • ... ’ GocL Ahlira A^JiTda TllnctrafArl Gift to Kids Ms Piro^ai Bfaarudia and Ms I two Samaritan,: Al,.,,.,. XX y V sisters who had siervBd as inspector^ .^y muaic^ schools in Bombay MJ. Wadia, in colours striking 30 years, have in their dying wn la iMguage bequeathed their entire provident funu easily read and understood by children^ ................... the booklet endeavours to fulfill “a crying need...so that our children may grow up knowing something about 1*^' toj!t j •uncT jR^r ( 8 •> magazine fnAmzIci ** for providing relief to the needy and poor children of the civic schools. ________ ____ This was announced at a function their faith Md ^Itural l^itage, o ” Thursday by Shiavax J-. . ^7-,-!, J. . . appointed as executor of the wm 1^ *y Zarathushtra is to be followed by the Kusti Prayers. The Creation, and Ahura Mazda and His Divine Powers. However, in order to make ±is Rs. 304300 would be released as first paper, which has been bought through fu^ loaned by the Delhi Parsi Anjuman and is being kept by the Children’s Book Trust on their behalf. Jungalwalla requests various educa ­ tional trusts to donate as generously as possible. t I by him at TATA PRESS LIMITED, 414 Veer Savarkar Marg, Bmsbay '.J