Dec 1989

I' a ¦'^- ll»^ DECEMBER 198SRB O 1^5 *? ’ l^ > •S'- «•' L? WhW ’'^ OIS 1^^ Lf-^j r*'^ s.u,1 December 1989 Volume 12 Numbers EDITOR Jehangir R. Patel MANAGING EDITOR Arnavaz Mama EXECUTIVE EDITOR Parinaz Gandhi ASSISTANT EDITOR Roxana Kaka DESIGN Kranti Shilotri, Varghese Fernandez, ' Deborah Fernandes MARKETING DIRECTOR Veera Patel ADVERTISING MANAGER Zarin Mistry ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE Cheryl D’Penha CHIEF EXECUTIVE Rustom Thanavala FINANCE B. 11. Arora EDP Rohinton E. Daroga CIRCULATION Behram Umrigar MANAGEMENT Minoo Patel, Jasmine Driver OFFICE Rajendra P. Nayak, Khurshkf Pmthaki, Patricia Lewis, Rajalakshmi Krishnan, Bakhtavar Batliwalla, Nowzer Batliwala 3 Readers’ Forum 8 Events and Personalities 14 Zoroastrians Abroad 17 The Harvest of the Fifth Congress Aspi Moddi^ 20 ‘The significance of Sanjan’ by Amavaz Mama 26 Kookadaru Dar-e-Meher: Symbolic Architecture by /Miahtta Poonegar 28 Dr Jussawalla treats, naturally by Parinaz Gandhi •4 32 Milestones 40 In Memoriam Cover: Consecrating the fire tor the Dasturji Kookadaru Dar-e-Meher Transparency: Yasmin Poonegar B* F L t Parsiana is published by Jehangtr R. Patel tor Parsiana Publications Pvt Ltd, at CZd H.L Rochat, Navsal Chambers, ground floor, 39 A.K.Nayak Marg, Fort, Bombay 400001 and printed by him at Parsiana Publications Pvt Ltd, C/0 Kaiser-E-Hind Pvt Ltd, 300 Perin Nariman Street, Bombay 400001. Color processing. Comart Lithographers; and black and white processing, ShHpart AH rights reserved. Phone: 2048730 Fax: 2042922 For editorial enquiries: 2048183 Tetexd 15710 RABO IN Annual inland subscripflon Rs 60 for one year (12 issues); Rs 100 for two years (24 issues). Foreign subscriptfon rates: Seamail Rs 130 for one year, Rs 245 for two years; Air mail Rs 275 for one year, Rs 525 for two years. For US cheques add $5 to cover bank charges. For Indian i^oountry cheques add Rs 4 for bank chargee. Cheques and drafts are to be drawn in favor of Parsiana and posted to GPO Box 892, Bombay 400001 or Cto H.L.RochaL Navsari Chambers, ground floor, 39 A.K.Nayak Marg, ForL Bombay 400001 NREADERS’ FORUM > ... < A**. ‘ domiciled in India; whereas Iranian Zoroas- i.v trians have not such claim to domicile. fesssiiv (tttttf koll 8*11*11 ;r »»< k*<«v * (ft- I] trians have not such claim to domicile. Dr (Ms) RASHNA WRITER Middlesex; UK liked about him was his attachment to the dogs. Wish more people could be kind, con ­ siderate and compassionate — it matters not what religion or path they pursue. Ms NERGISH K. PLUMBER >> “How the Parsi dead... In the sketch of two vultures (“How the w Parinaz Gandhi replies jwj Not realizing the finer nuances in the use fl; of the terms ‘Iranis ’ and ‘Iranian Zoroas- |K' trians ’ I may have unknowingly used them p freely. There could possibly have been a mis- Parsi dead are disposed, ’ ’ Parsiana, May understanding on the issue of Iranian Zoroas- 1989) one tells the other “We, as non- trians accepting inter-community marriages. Parsis stand privileged to be permitted to i Tarapore ’s landmarks Further to “Tarapore ’s landmarks ” {Par siana, March 1989), the Tarapore Loga- nathan Higher Secondary School for Girls, Aynavaram, Madras, has installed a bust of my uncle, the late Jehanbux Tarapore, in its compound on the occasion of its silver jubilee on July 31, 1989. A prize scheme for deserving students was also initiated in his memory by the trustees, staff and parents of the school ’s students. ' As founder chairman of the Child Trust * Hospital, Nungambakkam, Madras, my see the face of death. ” uncle ’s portrait was unveiled by the Ro- it' 99 ¦rnUHHv. A Rawtors’ views are weteome on any subjact uncie s ponraii was unveiiea oy me ko- May I present the correct position? Dogs Interest to the community and should be sent tary district governor. Dr M. Natarajan, on are also permitted to see the face of the to the Editoc, Readers* Forum, Parsiana, the Hospital premises, on August 28,1989. Parsi dead. G.P.O. Box 892, Bombay 400 001. Letters are firoz k. tarapore subiect to editing for reasons of space and Madras clarity. Unaigned letters or those without a complete address will not be publiehed. DALI J. GUNDEVIA Donate to Madras agiary * ‘Shirdi Homi Baba ” The year 1990 is of special significance to Please let me congratulate Varghese Fer- the Parsis of Madras. Our fire temple, the (('T'l. i 4.9 >» nandez for the beautiful picture on the Jal Phiroj Clubwala Dar-E-Meher, was Ine root cause cover of Parsiana, October 1989 — one consecrated in 1910. In July 1990, we will Vide the report of the interview I gave your man and his dog. It captures perfectly the be celebrating the eightieth anniversary of reporter in December 1988, (“The ‘root ’ special rapport that exists between Mr our atash adarian which is the only place of cause, ” Parsiana, August 1989), may I Homi Dadi-Barjor (Homi Baba) and his worship for the Zoroastrians of Tamil Nadu, correct a couple of inaccuracies contained dog. I have met this gentleman and — Kerala and the Union Territory of Pondi- therein? At no point in time have I ever made the assertion that Iranian Zoroastrians “ac ­ cept ” the marriage of a daughter to a Muslim, and subsequently “the husband within the community. ” Quite the re ­ verse. My work among Iranian Zoroastri ­ ans would seem to indicate that they share the Parsi antipathy towards intermarriage, but react somewhat differently when such an event occurs. However, older Iranian Zoroastrian parents display a deep-seated dislike and mistrust of Muslims, and do not take kindly to Zoroastrian-Muslim | unions. | I do not ever use the term ‘ ‘Irani ’ ’ when 1 referring to Iranian Zoroastrians, and would wish to make that clear. ‘‘Iranis, ” as you are aware, are Zoroastrians from Iran I being a mad animal lover myself — what I cherry. With the passage of ‘Mme our atash adarian building is showing signs of age, and requires major repair. Our mobed ’s quarters date back to the days of the East India Company and are in such a condi ­ tion that it is imperative thay they must be rebuilt to provide better facilities to our priests. A considerable sum of money is required to restore the structure. Consequently, this fervent appeal to our generous hearted community, trusts, industrial houses and well-wishers to donate generously to enable us to commence the much needed repairs and renovations. Your cheque/demand draft maybe made in favor of the Jal Phiroj Clubwala Dar-E- Meher and sent to the honorary secretary, Ms Mani J. Clubwala, 96, Santhome High SParstana December1989 ( J :| iii•« f » The rakhat factor Pune can boast of having the second lar ­ gest pocket of Parsis in the world after Bombay. It is however a pity that, out of a population of 7,500 Parsis in the city, only 750 are members of the anjuman. There are several reasons for this, like lack of motivation, lack of a census, etc. How ­ ever, one of the major reasons for people not wanting to join, is the present member ­ ship rules enshrined in the Panchayat constitution. These rules, which are a copy of Bom ­ bay Parsi Punchayet ’s antiquated rules tend to become ludicrous, if not hilarious. They state that any Parsi Zoroastrian married _ .to someone of another religion, as also the m the Tower of Silence. If you observe, it children of such persons, are not entitled to J.P. Club^ala Dar-e-Meher (left) with priest's quarters Road, Madras 600028. These donations what is left is only the right to be dumped will be exempt from income-tax under i ' ” "2"__________________ aicn. section 80G(2)(b) of the Income Tax Act, is the in thing amongst the Parsi elite tote tec7me memtere *of * the"* ^juman, even though such a person may be professing the Zoroastrian religion. There is, how ­ ever. 1961. M. K. BELGAMVALA Cremated. For the youth to mix and marry, we should again revive our inter-state hockey ever, no restriction on such a person, tournaments where teams from Madras (it specially if he is a male, from entering any cajne on TV, there is only one Irani Parsi fire-temples or towers of silence, and at- , - ’ --X--------- ---------o—’ tending any religious functions such as a grs the problems of dwellings and the Pune, and even from Karachi used to par- jashan etc, even though he cannot become I a member of the anjuman. * „ -----------------3 As if the above is not absurd enough, between Bombay Parsis and Dahanu Iranis the rules further state that while a male : who has a Parsi rakhat (mistress), and,^ . ,. , . J . , ' ------ J — —........... 1 children by her, can become a member of< should make a graceful withdrawa. Isay Zend has suggested, a Rs 10 lakh fund the anjuman, he cannot do so, if that rakhat ' , . .. „ , ----------------------------------- .X IS from another religion. This whole thine total and sudden collapse of the popula- should be offered as prize money to the has teen taken to such an idiotic staaf* that Chairman, Jal Phiroj Clubwala Dar-E-Meher and President, Madras Parsi Zarthosti Anjuman The dwindling community Despite the Fifth World Zoroastrian Con- left there), Calcutta, Hyderabad, Panchgani* f 1* y* —11t.xx J a1. . a _ dwindling population remain. The main ticipate. Then we used to have the P^i purpose of any Zoroastrian meet should be Athletics meet; also one day cricket matches for the youth to mingle and marry. I ____________________ Je^angir Patel, in one of his editorials, which were very vigorous and enthusiastic had mentioned that we as a community matches enjoyed by all. As Mr Perzon that there will not be a withdrawal, but a should be created and the interest on ft total and sudden collapse of the popula- f ‘ “ 2 ___ tion, as 50 percent of the population is winning football team. The visiting team above 60 years of age and that percentage members from all over the country should j.-;_------;--- A ---------------- • issue of Parsiana will show that the death The prize money of over Rs 60,0TO would r ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ • ................. And here we are discussing some defunct among the youth, and staying with differ- notion of duality of our religion or other ent families will encourage closer ties among such stupid topics. (’ ” When will we decide not to waste our s, M time on silly matters like whether the made the chairman of such children of mixed marriages should be _ _______________ accepted in the community or not? After whole week of merriment called ‘The Keep pl 1 zxaaf a _ __ J _ A.1- - w-w T aav« .. . .. .. ... x _ community. Thank God, Zoroastrians in Parsee General Hospital grounds. There should be offered as prize money to the has been taken to such an idintir stagp that c X I t^Q years back, at a social dance on the . . . - - J 1 occasion of Navroze, a Parsi gentleman IS increasing daily. A casual glance at any be accommodated in individual Parsi homes, dancing with his non-Parsi wife was asked i .l xu v _xv ,• A * to leave the floor in the midst of a dance. longer than the birth list, act like a carrot and generate enthusiasm However, another ‘gentleman ’with aParsi raknat even won a dancing competition prize on the same floor. We in Pune, are proud of our rakhat the Zoroastrians. I suggest our honest ________ ______ sportsman, Mr Jal Pardivala, should be tradition, handed down to us from the time ------------------------------- 1 a venture. we landed at Sanjan. Bng n. b. grant Twenty years ago we used to have a Pune all, four out of five youth marry outside the Well,Live Well Week ’ on the B. D. Petit The why of non-COnversion community, pank God Zoroastrians in Parsee General Hospital grounds. There This sonnet. The richest mine of truths, has the new world of Australia, America and feats of strength were demonstrated by been penned by the renowned kavi A. F. Europe have no choice but to accept out- different Parsi gymnasiums. There was Khabardar, and is self-explanatory apro- siders into the community. Just see the also a best physique competition and, of pos the why of non-conversion in Zoroas- workers in fire- temples all oyer Bombay, course, a boxing tournament and lastly and trianism. It will help those who are re- Are they pure proastnans? In reality the most enjoyable ‘a contest for the most formists understand Zoroastrianism bet ­ issue of mixed marriages is no more a beautiful Parsi babe. ’ problem. Mixed'marriages have become I' _ such a common occurrence that no more will have the courage of their convictions (-----------*¦—¦¦¦’•••• some girls look forward to it to beget and give the community pragmatic direc- flowers, healthy children. Children of Australian tions for the welfare of Zoroastrians so that While we already have the best of ours fathers and Parsi mothers have been noted the community may see the light of the Which all the world in wonderment ad- to enter Iranshah and pay their respect. So twenty-first century. z. m. yazdani mire? Europe have no choice but to accept out- different Parsi gymnasiums. There was siders into the community. Just see the also a best physique competition and, of we landed at Sanjan. ter. I hope that some prominent persons Why should we wander. Lord! with vain ¦ * “ — —- - — » can any stigma be attached to it. Actually and come out boldly for the above topics In neighboring gardens for some temntine While we already have the best of ours 4 Parsiana December 1989 i________ 4, In Ahmedabad The CAMA is simply the best Why should we for our neighbor ’s songs aspire That flow in charming tunes from their high towers. While we possess in our ancestral dowers Such songs sublime as would our life in ­ spire? But distance lends much charm to com ­ mon things. And human heart and eyes look mostly out: Oh Lord! why should we mix our Milk Divine With ev ’n the best of drinks of lofty kings? Why this the true Zarathushtrians ever doubt, - Thy Gathas own of truths the richest mine? Ms PERVIN HOMIBHARUCHA ? A Garden Hotel in the heart of the city ? Excellent Amenities ? Spacious Rooms with TV and Fridge ? MAJLIS, the Conference Room with all the facilities ? AAB-O-DAANA, invites you to a gourmet ’s delight ? RANGOLI, the only Poolside Restaurant in town ? SILVER LEAF, the Coffee Shop for the young at heart NEED WE SAY MORE Cama cares for you coma hotel Khanpur, Ahmedabad, India Tel: 25281 (9 lines) Concepts of afterlife The eschah^ogy of any religion is related to its other principal beliefs for the sake of logical justification. Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam are called revealed religions^ Followers of these religions believe in onj^ God who never descends on earth or* manifests Himself as a human being but sends His messengers who propagate or reveal His divine will. Those who follow the commandments laid down by God through His prophets gain perpetual bliss in His kingdom, which is called ‘heaven. ’ On the other hand Hinduism believes in Avataras who are the manifestations of God. It believes in the law of karma. Pain, sorrow and misery are due to misdoings of the previous life. The soul does not have any beginning nor does it have any end until it merges with God, which is called ‘moksha. ’ Till then the ‘life-death ’ cycle goes on and on. Revealed religions believe in the Day of Judgment. The Day of Judgment is the final determinant of the soul. According to Christianity it will be the second com ­ ing of Christ. And, there is no evidence of more than one Day of Judgment in the scriptures of revealed religions. Nor do we come across any evidence which says man shall be judged for living twice or more, in God ’s world. DINYAR NAVROZ JALNAWALLA Jalna Edited by Amavaz S. Mama 6 Parsiana December 1989Events and Personalities Public trusts exempt reservation of seats for Parsis in educa- trate of Kota. “Suddenly, without giving tional institutions and for government posts any notice, on July 14,1977 the Railway met with a non-committal reply: Parsi authority broke open our lock, pulled down In matters of rent, continuation and termi ­ nation of tenancy, etc Parsi trusts in Madhya students should first take advantage of the gate and dismantled the compound Pradesh (MP) will now be able to benefit such facilities as are available in other wall and desecrated the grave, ” the letter from the ^emption granted under the states, Masani continued. adds. Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control „ , . , . , Rustomji gamely battled the intractable Act. As per a government notification urumgan reirieveu authorities until his own death on July 8, dated September 7,1989, public trusts for The Parsi community of Kotahas retrieved 1986 in Kota but the Railway authorities an educational, religious or charitable its aramgah land from the Indian Railways stuck to their brief that the land was theirs purpose, registered under the Madhya after a 12-year legal battle, informs dental as depicted on the map since 1901. Pradesh Public Trusts Act, will not fall surgeon Cawas Anklesaria. The 2,500 - - within the purview of the Madhya Pradesh square foot graveyard allotted to the com- family Parsi anjuman of Kota Rs 9,000 to Accommodation Control Act. munity by the erstwhile princely Kota reconstruct a pucca wall round the two The advantages that accrue from such a stateby a written order dated February 27, graves (Rustomji was buried beside his blanket exemption have been listed by 1947 lay within the railway siding of the wife) and a new plot nearby has been noted advocate Dr Behram Masani of Mhow main broad-gauge Bombay-Delhi line, assigned for Suture use as an aramgah in in answer to Parsiana’s queries: Thestan- informs the write-up. exchange for the Railway property, states dard rent principle would now not be applicable and instead rents will be deter- made by the late Rustomji Cawasji Ankle- mined and varied by negotiation. Fur- saria who had established himself in the t:„., L.. ?—:--------z—-1----------- -----------------—„—„------------------------ ------------c.------------------------. - —o . members, evbn if they were staying with dabad in 1930, as notes his son. His full-time practising mobeds has entered^, recognized tenants would cease to have distillery and ice factory had earned Rus- the final stages of construction. Situated protection if a property is exempted from tomji a distinctive position in local soci- in the far comer of the Baug, the building the Accommodation Control Act. Also, a ety. is expected to be more easily accessible trust would now be entitled to terminate a ~ ... - tenancy, citing grounds other than the limited lady was buried there. A six-foot masonry wadi, ones listed in the MP Accommodation wall was constructed round the parameter ~ Control Act. This however does not mean of the cemetery in 1977 after taking due and woodwork such as windows and doors that any other agreement in force or the permission from all authorities. “None remain to be positioned, a jashan to cele- procedure of a simple notice can be done from the Railway objected to this work brate the successful completion of the away with. Prior to this blanket exemp- during construction, ’ ’ noted Rustomji in a Committee for Economic Revival ’ s House tion, only the state government had the letter dated July 3,1980 to the city magis- Our Mobeds Ende^our (CER-HOME) was right to excuse an institution, a discretion held on January 8,1990 (roj Rashne, mah that was rarely exercised, informs Masani. Parsi aramgah in Kota, Rajasthan Amardad) in the presence of donors Mehra- Recommending anjumans in other states ban and Ms Zartoshty of Vancouver, Canada to pursue such a move too, Masani states in P who had stayed over in Bombay after the his letter to the secretariat of the Federa- conclusion of the Fifth World Zoroastrian tion of Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India, Congress. Mehraban and his brother “Such exemption in other states also would Faridoon have contributed nearly 50 per- be of great benefit to Parsi trusts holding cent of the total CER component of 16 such properties not only in the matter of Z 'a rupees towards the building ’s total rents, but also in carrying out the inten- cost of over 30 lakh rupees. The balance tionsofthe donors of such properties. ” has been borne by the Bombay Parsi The MP anjumans have, in addition, pynchayet (BPP) and the flats will be made a representation to the Minorities allocated by the CER and the BPP in equal Commission with a plea that the state proportion, governments be approached to grant blan- The building was originally a BPP project ket permission for cutting trees and trans- that had languished for want of finance porting wood for sustaining fires in the until the CER undertook to collect funds agiary, informs Masani. A request for towards its construction in 1986. A com- Kota aramgah retrieved The final judgment awarded the two- informs the write-up. The application for the land had been Cawas Anklesaria. CER-HOME ther, non-Parsi or non-Zoroastrian family area after jnigrating there from Ahme- A building of 20 flats at Godrej Baug for WhenRustomji ’s wife died in 1976, the via a stairway connection with Doonger- Though the electric fittings, plumbing 8 Parsiana December 1989 o ¦J J' 'a-j' I¦ r I -.ji B 4 <¦ J A disused structure, identified as sagri, . near the dokhma at Diu importance because they are found in Diu, a location where the Parsis who fled from . Iran first landed on Indian soil. And the I agiary there is believed to be over 150 I years old going by the records published by Khan Bahadur Bomanji Byramji Patel in the Bombay Gazetteer wherein the date of the Diu Dar-e-Meher has been men ­ tioned as February 24, 1830. Both the agiary and the dokhma ’s foundation have been attributed to Jehangir Nasserwanji Wadia though it is not certain whether both the dokhmas were built by Wadia. The Tower of Silence is suppos^ to have come up three years after the establish ­ ment of the agiary. The fire-temple in the Parsi ward of Diu “is in a fairly good state of preservation mittee chaired by Kersi Limathwalla with 1987 when archaeologist B. M. Pande ’s vice chairmen Nariman Khurshedji and article “Parsi Monuments in Diu” appeared and retains most, if not all, of its original Hector Mehta, joint honorary secretaries in Indica (Vol 24, No 1), the organ of the features such as the fire altar, the channels Nariman Mehta and Kersi Gazdar, and Heras Institute ofindian History and Cui- on the floor, the balcony , the copper-barred joint honorary treasurers Ms SillooKavar- ture. window...and also an inscribed silver ana and Cyrus Ghasvala was set up, on Both non-Zoroastrians and Zoroastri- plaque. ” It is supposed to have housed an which the BPP was represented by its ans have valued this piece of informa- atash adarian and probably also an atash chairman Dr Aspi Golwalla and trustee tion. For researcners like Pande, these dadgah, reports Pande who Jhen gives an Jamshed Guzder. The committee organ- monuments are of special significance for, in-depth account of the structural features ized a movie show and a drama perform- having fallen into disuse, they are avail- as also the internal layout of the building, ance^ which netted about four lakh rupees, able for study to non-Zoroastrians. Mak- ‘ ‘Equally important and interesting are informs Limathwalla. contribution came from the Kavarana Trust community, die Federation of Parsi ZOToas- and individual donors. trian Anjumans of India has persistently. Towers of Silence and an oblong structure. Originally planned as a three-storeyed over the last several years, been appealing perhaps sagri, remains of other structures ¦ ¦ only the traces of which can now be seen, and some wells and cisterns. ” He then Constructions, will be allotted by the BPP 1988 it was announced that the disused gives a detailed picture of the dimensions and 10 by the CER, informs BPP chief towers of silence and the bungli would be of the towers, the walls, the wells, the executive Rustom Anklesaria. But that preserved by the Archaeological Depart- drains and the pavis (shallow open recep- can be only after the completion which ment ofindia. But restoration work on the taeles) as also the material used for each may take another two months or more agiary is reportedly not progressing as the structural feature. “An examination ofthe depending on the modalities of power Christian missionaries, who are presently contents of the central well or the bhandar connection which have not been finalized using the agiary premises as an old women ’s and the connecting wells may bring out by the BEST. Also, the municipality is yet home, are not amenable. material remains of substantial interest, ’ ’ to grant the sewage connections and the T water connection and final plumbing can preservation of these monuments by the Both non-Zoroastrians and Zoroastri- plaque. ’ ’ It is supposed to have housed an able for study to non-Zoroastrians. Mak- The rest of the ing a concerted effort on behalf of the the Towers of Silence and other.mortuar^ le Kavarana Trust community, die Federation of Parsi Zwoas- buildings... These consist mainly of two , structure, a fourth floor was added subse- to the government to declare these struc- quently. Ten ofthe 20 flats built by Rusdel tures as national monuments. Finally in In fact, attention to the importance and opines Pande. ¦ ' ! The text is accompanied by photographs only follow thereafter, informs the pro- Archaeological Survey ofindia was drawn and illustrations of the monuments high- ject ’ s architect, Kersi Kapadia. by K. T. Satarawala, the then Lt Governor lighting the points made by the author. On . of Goa, Daman and Diu way back in 1983, a closing note Pande mentions, “Close by Dating Dili informs Pande. Thereafter in 1984, pro- on the rugged craggy land overlooking the “The island of Diu had a sizable Parsi posals for the protection of these buildings sea,arealsopresentremains ofptherstruc- population during the Portuguese rule as is as monuments of national importance were tures... An intensive exploration of the evident from the fact that an area of the Diu town was called the Bairo dos Parses Vadodara Circle) of the Archaeological closer study of these Parsi buildings at or the Parsi ward. In this Parsi ward there Survey of India, mentions a foomote in Gangeshwar than has been attempted by existed a fire-temple, now no longer in Pande ’s chapter. He further recommends the present author will certainly yield inter ­ use, for serving the needs ofthe Parsis then that the marble statue near the Diu jetty of esting material. ” residing in Diu. Besides, the island of Diu a local Parsi, Kavasji Kunvarji — Kala also preserves two dokhmas or Towers of Kaka - in his nineteenth century costume as monuments of national importance were sent by the then Western Circle (now called area and a thorough examination and a Master ’s answer on cancer Silence (Ml the headland overlying the beach with an umbrella in one hand and a book in Among the homeopaths from different at Gangesh war, about 4 km west of the Diu the other, also deserves protection. comers of the world who had converged at town. ” These facts were brought to light in Pande believes those mionuments are of Limassol, Cyprus, to participate in the Pande believes those mionuments are of Limassol, Cyprus, to participate in the 10 Parsiana December 19891 I i 1 w Second International Symposium on ‘ ‘The entire view of cancer and AIDS” was Dr Farokh J. Master of India. At the three-day Symposium from September 22 to 24, 1989, Master along with Dr A. U. Ramakrishna were the only two Indian representatives, notes a press release. In addition to chairing one morning session. Master also presented a paper on “Ho ­ meopathic treatment in terminal cases of cancer. ” Master ’ s book, Homeopathy in Cancer, which was released at the Symposium, was reportedly well-received by the medi ­ cal fraternity. A^ertificate of apprecia ­ tion was also awarded to Master for his contribution to the field of homeopathy. While the UK Homeopathic Doctors Association conferred a fellowship on seriously, Bhathena chose to opt out of the Women rallyists Bhathena (center) and Master, the London Classical College of strenuous races and preferred to work as Homeopathy and the Hanneman College marshal. She is of the opinion that women of Homeopathy have invited the homeo- rallyists today participate more for the fun path to be associated with their institutions than for the competition. For the future, as visiting professor, the release notes. Bhathena plans to settle down as a full- Further, the homeopath was invited to time housewife and shook her head on contribute articles to the new edition ofthe being asked whether she would be back popular Kents Repertory. again next year, the paper adds. Accelerating to victory A grasp on the baton At the Third Goodyear Women ’s Car Rally Resident conduc^w of the Bombay Cham- held on October 7 and 8,1989, Ms Katie D. Bhathena came first with the lowest pen- arid Courier of October 12. Navigated by London, notes The Times of lndia of Sep- further noted, her brother Bomi Mehta, the duo ’s per- tember 12, 1989. She was due to leave in formance bettered the score of 52 other September to commence her one-year train- runners-up display their trophies (Right) Bharucha: medicine to music Photo; The Times of India justice to both, she opted for medicine. She joined the Sassoon General Hospital in Pune and then tjje Tata Electric Com ­ pany. Her busy schedule did not give her time to pursue music. But after a 12-year gap she quit medi ­ cine to devote herself fully to music. She ber Orchestra (BCO) Ms Emavaz Bhar- joined the BCO and got interested in con- ____ _ __________ ________ _______ucha received a scholarship to study con- ducting and took over the resident conduc- alty points, notes The Afternoon Despatch ducting at the Royal College of Music, tor s post after Joachim Buehler, The Times Gujarat ’s mermaid participants (35 amateur drivers and 17 ing course. Bharucha hopes to find time Navaz Sukheshwala of Valsad claimed the professionals). For the 50-year-old expe- f —----------— --------------------- rienced rallyist the win was made more learning though her forte is the piano. ______ __________ • ; - ’ tition from daughter Navaz and son Farad held for the last four years, her work in ­ for the cello too which she has now started individual championship for women at the . Thirty-first Gujarat State Open Aquatic As the BCO’s conductor, a post she has Championships held in September at the memorable because she overcame compe- . _ _______________________ ________ ¦ - Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, notes (rated among India ’s best rallyists) who volves preparing the orchestra, laying the the Jam-e-Jamshed of October 1, 1989. were participating with different team- foundation before the foreign guest con- She bagged two gold medals (100 m mates. _______________________________ ductors take over charge, for the concerts, breaststroke and 200 Tn freestyle), one The Bombay-Khopoli-AIibaug-Khopoli- She thus rarely performs on stage herself, silver (100 m freestyle) and three bronze Bombay route was through hot and dusty The Times reads. In addition to BCO medals (100 and 200 m backstroke and roads, over a total of 550 km of ghats and rehearsals, playing works of different 100 m butterfly) at the meet. Kanthibhai long-winding tracks. During the over- composers, Bharucha also finds time to Desai and her father Marzban coached the night stay at Alibaug, the participants teach the piano at Bombay and Pune, aquatic champion. Navaz is presently an indulged in a bit of fun: games plus prizes shuttling between the two places during eleventh standard science student at the St for the best dressed lady of the evening, the week. Joseph (English) School, notes the paper. The Afternoon reads. Bom into a music loving family, she QppjTi foundation before the foreign guest con ­ ductors take over charge, for the concerts. ¦ _______2_. Bom into a music loving family, she The second place in the rally was bagged started on the piano at the tender age of by Ms Nisha Sutaria and Ms Meena Bha- L----- 2'.----- -.2 ’ - “ ' * 2 three winners were awarded a trophy each Bombay under the late Olga Craen. When A^socj^ation (Western India) for the year with cash prizes of Rs 5,000, 3,000 and 1.,----------------- --------- 2,000 respectively. A special prize was from the London-based Trinity College of November 18, 1989. Among the others given to Ms Gool Bharucha who, at 69 Music. For some time thereafter she tried joining him on the managing committee years,was the oldest participant in the rally, to balance her medical career with her are Pesi M. Shaw and J. D. F. Lam. ___ Ever since her children took to rallying music studies. But when she could not do Compiled by Roxana h. Kaka X,.. x,.o..x. :.L ___ three. Bharucha did her formal training Jehangir R. J. Gama has been appointed nushali claimed the third place. The first under Ida Francis in Pune and later in vice president ofthe Hotel and Restaurant 17, she had already obtained her licentiate 1989-90, notes the Indian Express of 13 Parsiana December 1989ZOROASTRIANS ABROAD ^^Message- . ofLove\ Gustasp Irani Dr Mehraban Shahrvini ’s Pak-e-Mehr is devoted to keeping dispersed Iranian Zoroastrians aware of their communal heritage applicable cunoitly is, exit tax 20,000 (q)I»oximately Rs 20,000) tomans and airport tax 5,000 ttsnans (approximately 5,000). The greater jxi^lem, acced ­ ing to Shahrvini ’s wife, is finding seats ei flights out of the country as not many fe- eign carries (^lerate from diete. “Last year we were in Tehran, ” says Simin, “and oh, everything was so expensive. Inflation is terriUe there, ” she groans. Shahrvini has resevations about the census figure of 91,000 Zoroastrians in Iran. “Twelve years ago when I was a member of die Zoroastrian Anjuman of Tehran we had a figure of about 30,000 Zoroastrians in Iran. A rise of 10,000 is okay, I will accept that But the other 50,000? I don ’t know. ” He would not like to comment further. He believes that further investigation is necessary in the matter. He {mints outliowever, that there is an interesting development taking place among the Ztxoastrians in Iran. They are , accepting bdidins as jxiests. “In my ; though a boost in circulation from the opiniop it is okay. If a person leams all Dr Mehraban Shahrvini wlw then adds a present level of 1,000 to 1,500 would the traditions and rituals of the reUgion > peni^ to his tibsovation. An Ira- help. he may cotainly become a mobed. In he may cwtainly become a mobed. In “The majority of my subscribers are Iran we call behdin priests mobedyarr, in the United States. I post my magazine that is mobed hehioa. They can perfwm to every state in the coun^. Yes, every everything that is required of full mobeds In Vancouver, Gmada, the religious r^uirements of the; Zcnoastrian commu ­ nity settl^ there are met by mobed ver the Parsis and Iranian Zoroastrians are united, ” Shahrvini ’s fingm lock into each other to stress the point, “We are nian Zrxoastrian, now settled with his family in Vancouver, Canada, Shahrvini Still 1^ voy strong ties with his mother- _____ _________________ laM. The aura of the country fills his state, even Alaska where there is one Ira- Taj hotel room: the melody of the Ian- nian family that reads my magarinc I guage, Farsi, the accented English, the also have readers all over Europe: charm, die courtesy... For a moment you Greece, Holland, Sweden, even Luxem- uh^ umucu w b^ in Tehrw your host and his burg, ” says Shahrvini. IlKNigh the ma- Jehangir I^theki, a Parsi. “In Vancou- chamung wife Simin ‘break* fruit (or- jority of his readers are Zkxoastrians, Ira- anges) with you. Probably the bond be- ‘ ' tween man and his country is best exem ­ plified in the magazine he publishes,PaJt- _____ __ ___________ ____ e-Mehr, which translates to Message of around 5,000 to 6,000 Iranian Zoroastri- Love, a bi-lingual Farsi/English (pre- ans settl^ on the North American conti- domirwdy Farsi) bimonthly. ‘‘It is a nent, the majority in the USA. He esti- magazine ftn* all Iranians, but mainly for mates the number of the community in __uvinwn ±01^10 anu ua- Zooastrians. It d^s with Zoroastrian Canada at about 800 to 900. “We help nian Zoroastrians are divided. ciutural and social ^ues, ” says Shahrv- the Iranian Zoroastrians back in Iran who A major controversy among Zmon s- is totally ^litical. want to come to Canada,as best we can. ttians in North America is the issue of A family physician m Tehran, Shahrv- But I understand that now they are fairly convosion. Shahrvini refuses to discuss the maga^ on the Navroze comfortable in Iran, ” he observes. “Of the navjote of American engineer Joseph community of Iranian's settled abn^ in nian Muslims are also showing a grow ­ ing interest in the Zoroastrian religion. __________ _____ , to Shahrvini there are brothers, not like some of the othor ters in North America. ” He mentions the Zoroastrian community of Lps Ange ­ les as an exaihple, where opinions on re ­ ligious mattCTs betweoi Parsis and La ­ 99 cen- the Iranian Zoroastrians back in Iran who want to come to Canada,as best we can. ___________________________ _ convCTsion. Shahrvini refuses to ^uss (March 21) of 19^, partly to keep the course during the war (with Iraq) things Peterson in New York in^March^83 commuiuty of Iranians settled abroad in were very difficult, but that was not only (Parsiana, April 1983). “About that I U^h wid) their motherland and Zoroas- for Zoroastrians, it included evoyone. ” can ’t comment But generally I have an tnan issues partly to fiU his retire- At present Iranians, be they Zoroastri- open mind. I agree with conversion, but ment ye^. It keeps my hus^d busy ans or followers of other faiths, are free we must be careful who we accept Defi- aU the tune, complains his wife. “I go to come and go across Iran ’s borders, nitely we should accept the children of out of pocket with every issue, ” con- ----- - ---------- ------------- --—- - - fesses Shahrvini. He is not complaining. were very difficult, but that was not only qparsiana, AprU 1983). “About that I for Zoroastrians, it included evoyone.'* __________ _ ____ __ At present Iramans, be they Zcxoastri- open mind. I agree with conversion, but “as long as they are able to pay the exit Zoro^trians married out of the commu- and airport tax, ” says Shahrvini. The tax nity. It should make no difference if the URvsiana December 19B9 LI child ’s mother IS a Zoroastrian married to faring to an earlier letta which had cm a personal computer and translate from a non-Zoroastrian. ” enquired, “If Farsi is used, then why not one language to tite other. The issue does not involve the, Gujarati? ’ K&j&uumuuw T’lVf'JA Shahrvini family directly as the eldest son writes (as translated by Fereydoon Ke- * MAA IICWS is married to an Iranian Zoroastrian girl, shavarz) “The true language of Patsis, as Following the general body meeting on “Thank God, ” says Simin. The Shahrv- evident from the name, is Farsi; but since November 19,1989 Tahamtan Aresh con- inis have anomer scxi and a daughter. She they have not used this language for con- tinues as president of the board of the Tra- thanks Ahura Mazda for their deliverance uries, they have forgotton iLFarsi, which ditional Mazdayasni Zoroastrian from a revolution-tom Iran, too. At the is still spoken in Iran, originates from the Anjuman (TMZA) of Huntington Beach, time her husband was running a large Fars region and is an evolution Of the California, as notes the Anjuman ’s news ­ clinic, Sal-savil Clinic, in West Tehran. Pahlavi language which has been the offi- letter of December 15, 1989. Noshir “We got our US visa at the time of the cial language of Zoroastrians since before Jesung continues as vice president, Dr hostage crisis, ” Simin recalls, “and from Islam... The peqple of Iran, Afghanistan, Dinshaw Irani as treasurer and Burjcx there we moved to Canada. ” Soviet Tajikestan, etc still communicate Santoke as secretary. Ms Silloo Mehta “My children, the full family, looks in (this) language. Farsi has roots in the takes ova as program chairperson. forward tc^going back to Iran. We will Avesta language and has a common de- retum when there is freedom in the coun- nominator with Zxvoastrian culture. ” “Those who understand the impor- ans in North Amoica to help increase the Keykhoshrow Keshavarz 9* In the succeeding newsletter of Janu ­ ary 7,1990 Irani exhorts fellow Zoroastri- retum when there is freedom in the coun ­ try, that is very important, ” says Shahrv- ini. But while they wait for the day, there tance of your objective, to create a path community. Under the heading “Why I is a price to pay — the blurring of iden- for Irani and Parsi Zarthoshtis to commu- tity. This is reflected in the language nicate with and understand each other. am proud to be a member of TMZA” Irani enumoates four basic criteria to help save spoken at home. “We, my husband and will praise your efforts and wish you the religion — implicit faith in the tenets I, speak to each other in Dhari (a dialect luck, ” notes Rosi Khosravi. of the religion; not to marry outside the spoken by Iranian Zoroastrians). But our - - ----- - children? No. They understand the lan ­ guage a little, but they don ’t speak it, ” says Simin with a shrug. Inquiries about subscriptions to Pak-e- Mehr may be addresed to Dr M. Shahrv- ini, 474 Genoe Cresent, North Vancou­ ver, BC V7N 3B7. Canada. The bilingual trend The bilingual (English/Farsi) Zoroastrian be purchased soon. They also seek vol- News, the newsletter of the Zoroastrian unteers who would type the Farsi version Association of Metropolitan Washington (ZAMW) is forging ahead in its efforts at unity between Zoroastrians separated by centuries of cultural differences. Three Iranians have written in, commenting on the wisdom of the decision, as records the Septembo'-October 1989 issue. Re- “It is obvious that Zoroastrians have community; not to accept conversion; and to be united everywhere in the wcrld. It to many within the fold and to procreate, is not a question of Parsi or Irani. What Irani adds, “We are living today in the is important is the unity of Zoroastrians ‘land of plenty* and with a little hard so that the community can hold its head work and Acrifice everycMie can afford to high and walk tall... ’ Mehraban Shahrvini, editor of Pak-e- Mehr. In a special note the editcxs inform monies to members only, as reads a notice that a Farsi wordprocessing program is to in its December newsletter. »9 endorses Dr marry and have at least three children. ” As of 1990 the TMZA has restricted attendance at jashans and religious cere- J Gifts& —IWttgs ConpUed by Amavaz S. Mama MATRIMONIAL Zoroastrian Parsi parents of young, fair, tail, graduate giri, 26, good-natured, nature lover, seek matrimonial alliance with well-settled Zoroastrian Parsi boys up to 30 years. Girl willing to settle abroad. Wrtte giving details to: The Advertiser Matrimonial (9) Parsiana GPO Box No 892 Bombay 400001 The Friendly Gift Shop for handicrafts, festive reli^ous artefacts, executive desk sets, exclusive shell items, designer jewelry & specializing in wood & copper-enamel gifts. BOMBAY SWADESHI STORES LTD. (Mezzanine Floor) Sir P.M. Road, Bombay-400 001 STUDIO AKAR 61/2660 J 16 Parsiana December 1989 *COMMENT * ! The discussions highlighted the need to cope with a changing socio-political scene i) The Harvest of THE f IFTH ZOROASTRIAN CONGRESS Aspi Moddie i s It took over a year to sow the seeds for the Fifth World Zoroastrian Congress. What is the harvest it has left? How will it be reaped? Much will depend mi the commu ­ nications and the follow-up by the federal units of the Zoroastrian communities, upon their participative public opinion, upon their leadership, both formal and informal. There is no doubt the harvest is richer, more factual and more formidable in prac ­ tical terms from any earlier Congress. To the discerning there is now apercep- tion of a global Zoroastrian community, but not quite a homogeneous one. There appears to be a plural society, with at least three major branches in different social milieus: in South Asia; in Iran; and the new migrants to western societies in North America, Europe and Australia. Each has its own environmental setting —political, economic, social and religious — which calls for realistic recognition and respect, with no group seeking to impose its views on another. Narrow-mindedness m a ten ­ dency to dMuinate will destroy the fabric of a delicate, emerging inter-regional community. Nor can any group live in its own shell. Underlying these issues is the problem of the inculcation of the Zoroastrian iden ­ tity and the preservation of its essence beyond the differences which geography and histcxy impose on this community in its twentieth century-diaspora. To these the Fifth Congress gave considered thought An outstanding feature was youth partici ­ pation. Never before have the youth had such an active share in a Zoroastrian Con- it can do on a political plane to help the gress, with concerns in identity and reli- iMig-beleaguer^ Zoroastrian community gious education problems, and partici- in Iran, now reported to be in far more pation in anjumans and federal bodies. So thinly spread, so vulnerably situated in demographic, political and social terms, the global community ’s future survival depends upon its ability to constitute itself into an International Mutual Aid Society, as far as possible. (A historical prototype is The Society for the Amelioration of the Conditions of the Zoroastrians of Persia, founded in 1854. Its celebrated emissary Manekji Limji Hataria had succeeded in his mission of getting the Islamic govern ­ ment of Iran to revoke the hated Jazia or poll tax on Zoroastrians in 1882. This had been accomplished by using the commu ­ nity ’s influence upon the British establish ­ ment and through the British Ambassador in Tehran.) Towards this end, and to help reap the harvest of the Fifth Congress recommen ­ dations, a historic step was taken on the morning after the Congress closed. The representatives of the federal units met and decided to form an Inter-Regional Zoroastrian Congress Council to act as an institutional bridge for the global commu ­ nity between Congresses. Here is a potent se^ for the future, one which will evolve by a creative, futurist evolution. In some ways the global destiny of the community may lie in its hands. Who knows? It needs not only to professionally follow-up spe ­ cific Congress recommendations at three levels — global, regional and the local anjuman. It needs more cohesion and a collective assessment of community re ­ quirements. It also needs to envisage what sizeable numbers than at any time in recent centuries. It is reported that a major impact of the Congress was the first ever study and esti ­ mates of global regional demographic trends. On the one hand, it show^ a maiked demographic decline in India and Pakistan (South Asia) from the order of over l,10,(XX) Zoroastrians in 1961 to about 75,000 in 1981, projected to about 32,000 " in 2021. In the same years the greater Bombay figmes were 70,000 and 50,000 with projections to only 24,000. In con ­ trast, Western societies of Zoroastrians are likely to grow from the order of 15,000 presently, to about 37,0(X) in 2021. For Iran, the 1986 census figures indicating 91,000 Zoroastrians caused surprise, being far higher than the earlier estimates in this century which fluctuated between 10,000 and 40,000. The Iran community itself will need to look into this, to ascertain the dimensions of its problems in planning for the future. The most important issue arising from these figures is their institutional implica ­ tions in the next 30 years. What will hap ­ pen to agiaries and dddimas in Bombay and elsewhere with decreasing clientele? What will be the repercussions on commu ­ nity hospitals, schools, housing, and assets in land and properties in India and Paki ­ stan? What higher resources need to be raised for priority purposes, eqtecially for the benefit of the growing communities in Western societies and in Iran? How can we strengthen and professionalize institu ­ tion-building and leadership? Such ques ­ tions for the future cannot be left by an apathetic community to the trustees alcxie. * 17 Parsiana December 1989 11 ’ After over a century of old world de- BOYS’ TOWN Public School Nasik 2 •« Recognised as a PnbUc School by the Department of Education for Indian Merit Scholars. Excel­ lent Climate — All-round Education : All Acadonic Subjects —^Tedh- nical Subjects: Workshop. Tech ­ nology, Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance. Carpentry & Farm ­ ing. Training in Sdf-Govenuneot through Elected Boys ’ Office bearers. Games —^Physical Train ­ ing — Daily Assembly wMi Congregational Prayera — Week­ ly intensive Zoroastrian ^Geeta- Koran classes — Excellent Modem Kitchen and Dining , Room facilities — Airy Dormi ­ tories. Moderate Fees. Freeships and Concessions to Deserving Students. Apply to — THE MANAGING TRUSTEE P. N. MEHTA EDUCATION TRUST Cooks Building, 324 Dr. D. N. Road, Bombay 4G0 001. The active, intelligent and democratic par ­ ticipation of the conununity — involve- pendency-fostering charity, for the first ment of a voluntary nature —is essential to time this Congress has articulated a need to share the tasks of elected leaders. This is help the poor and aged learn to support the mostformidableaspectof the harvestof themselves; enabling them to increase their the Fifth Congress. Here lie the practical self-reliance and self-respect The plethora keys for the future. ofrecommendationshereaiedifficultcom- Uplift of the priests, and a meaningful plex and challenging to any institution in religious education, especially for children the world; more so in places lacking trained and youth evwywhere, has been an unful- social workers, and with limited resources, filled item on the agenda from earlier Con- But there is clearly a new spirit and a new grosses. There are dispersed efforts by in- direction here. It will call for all the mana- dividuals and small institutions —a tribute gerial skills and dedication of our leaders to them. Butcantheynowcomeoutoftheir and social workers. small watCTsheds into the mainstream of Is such an agenda of change accqjtable the community to meet the repeated calls even to those who habitually cry, “No from adults, youth and childten? change for change ’s sake? ” The facts, and Can they rise above the problems of the our Vohuman, tell us that such changes are apathy of parents, the strong secular cur- compelling - compelling for the survival rents of m^em societies and their own in- and growth of Zoroastrian communities dividualities to think collectively and draw everywhere; to empower Zoroastrians to upconcreteresponsestocommunityneeds? retain their identity and to raise themselves Can they mt^e concrete demands on and especially their weaker co-religionists Zoroastrian institutions everywhere for to a higher quality of life. These changes specific planned action in the next five are aimed at a renewal of the spirit and the years? Can they, without losing their iden- substance q^ery where. Every generation titles, offer collective “critical mass ” in and every age must renew itself for a fullw response to this vital global need? Without life and meet the challenges of the time, getting into disputes ova theology and ideology, can they, and our future-oriented suppress or be fanatical about controversy, priests, give children, youth and parents maylonlyquotetheArchbishopofCant^ just two things as a start? First, a simple buryatthelastLambethConference(1989^, catechism of the essential heart of “We are not here to avoid controversy; we Zarathushtra ’s teachings — as a cote of ate here to sublimate it. ” How can we values, as a way of life; second, a high sublimate, elevate and refine our contro- schoolhistoryoftheZoroastrianstcxysince versies, even disagreeing without being Zarathushtra. Both will then lay the foun- disagr^able? Every religious community dations of a stronger, clearer identity as today has its problems of coping with the good Zoroastrians and good human beings, modem, changing world. We.ate notalone. It was seen that in Bombay, in the larg- Let us learn the positive and negative les- est single ccmcentration of Zoroastrians in sons from others. Let us be open and the world, only four percent got higher smiling as small, sunny, fertile valleys level executive and technical jobs while 96 between large mountains, percent held low level ones; that 52 percent of applicants were semi-skilled and un ­ skilled. Even in the US, the minorities tended to have too few representatives in openandexpansive.theyflourishedinspirit the fast-growing areas of the economy and and in substance; not so when they were too many in the slow-growing ones. Thence closed and insular. The lesson is clear, it was recommended that the community gpj Boddie, who belonged to the first batch of promote Human Resource Development the Indim Adtninistrative Service, is a scholar of Trusts in each major region. These Trusts . history and economics could follow a three-track educational/ca- a w^^pubSutonabboih reer guidance program: first, for high tech ^msiUvS^f^ and high fliers; second for managerial and w/w was on the executive jobs; third for vocational train- executive committee ing in service industries fix ’example. Apart that organized tfM Fifth from larger resources, these trusts would Zoroastrian Con- require clustos of experienced, taloited tho people in many fields, both from within the orgarxzers of the Con- community and without 1^>1 gross. And to those who may wish to either Look at our Iffstory in India over the last millenium, or Iran in the last two and a halfmillenia. Whenever Zoroastrians were 18 Parsiana December 1989 b'• I I i As COVER STORY RELIGION The Mazda Adahan Trust has consecrated and enthroned a new fire in the Dasturji Kookadaru Saheb Memorial Dar-e-Meher Arnavaz S. Mama “The object of setting up the agiary (Das- urvisgah (place where higher liturgical throned the embers upon the previous turji Kookadaru Saheb Memorial Dar-e- ceremonies are performed) to the sanctum purified and craisecrated afargania ai Metier) is not to cater to the religious needs ! ~ - - ___________ _______ _____ _________ of the community but to commemorate the 100 feet had been cleared of carpeting and Nyaishes. After the mLchi 10 mote - ........................................... . , ... ____________________ ___ ian Trust (MAT) chairman and Bombay been laid to demarcate the path along the Dastur Kodcadaru Hall which Parsi Punchayet trustee Homi Ranina. whichthepadshahwastobecarried. Kotwal, acccxnmodate about 150 people. Accordingly, on January 10,1990 (roj DasturandothermobedsbrandishedswOTds In the course of the euphoria whii Behram,z7w/z Amardad) Dastur (Dr) Firoze and shields — symbolically against any succeeded the religious cere monies , eai Kotwal, High Priest of the H. B, Wadia minion of Ahriman who might venture to of the participating mobeds were pesentt Atas Bahram , Bombay and Noshirwan frustrate the holy procession —whichwere with flowers and a shawl nn h riialf nf Q Dastur, High Priest of Surat, led six largely used to get the humdins to back MAT. yozdathregar mobeds — Aspi Dadachanji away from the fire ’s route by a few strate- of Bombay and Jehangirji Turel, Noshir- gic inches. wan Turel, Gustad Turel, Farokh Turel ' and Faredoon Turel of Surat —carryingthe Jehangir Turel who is said to have per- brazier with the consecrated fire from the formed 105 nirangdins to-date, then en- ceremonies are performed) to the sanctum purified and ccxisecrated afargania sanctorum. The short distance of less than began the boi recitation of 11 Ata significance ofSanjan, ” says Mazda Adar- pavis (ceremonial furrows) of sand had pt^cipated in the jashan with Kotwal ian Trust (MAT) chairman and Bombay been laid to demarcate the path along the Dastur Kodcadaru Hall which ci Parsi Punchayet trustee Homi Ranina. “For years the Parsi community hi looked forward to establishing an agiary The chfef among them, the redoubtable the name of Dastur Kookadaru, ” sa Kotwal in Gujarati and referred to the hel extended to the mobeds by Rohintc 20 Parsiana December 1989* t ! f Davierwalla, a local resident and president chief executive of Mazda Realestate which of the Sanjan Stambh Committee. To built the edifice, had been honored, the Ranina who came “twice a week to iron formalities concluded with a vote nf rhanlcs out problems, ” he presented a shawl on from Antia, and a goodly lunch for invit- ___ _ v«v.u * vw ux uip behalf of the mobeds, wishing him “a long ees at (he dharamshala in the Stambh five mobeds from Surat had come directly and religiously fruitful life. ” <—-------•’——=--------•---------.... ... In nis speech Ramna harkened to the by the young dharamshala managoess there and had been driven down by a Parsi consecranonof the Iranshah in Sanjan by Meheranghiz Irani. chauffeur. The fifth mobed took boresA- Dastm Neno^g Dhaval md how this num sepaaieiy in Surat Dadachanji took Mcred placx l^n boeft of a sacred The rituals the bareshnum in the name of Dastur fire since 1465 when Sanjan fell to the In an interview with Parsiana, Kotwal Kookadaru, informed Kotwal. Muslims and the Iranshah had to be re- described the innumerable stqrs that pre ­ moved to safety. ‘We opened our gates to cede the construction of a dar-e-meher and the fire of defunft anjumans, ” he said, lead to the enthronement of the sacred fire. ____ — .. ............. i^erring to Ws appeal in the community The first step is to build a well and see if it cmisecrated albino bull, varasiaji) and Press askmg the trustees of agiaries, which fills. After that you can design the agiary, rinsed with well water in readiness for the lack^ a chentele to sustain them, to trans- he begins. arrivalofthefl/a/(ritualrequisitesinclud- fertmir consecrated fire to the new D^-e- Ini^ly the space in the urvugaA whore ing consecrated bull ’s urine known as Meher. Sorry to say we got no response thebaj,ijashneandotherpav/na/uzZ(higher nirang, consecrated fire ash kno wn as except one (from Bharuch) and there too liturgical) ceremonies are perform^ was bAava/n, consecrated water called aaw. con- fer)...(We)cannotraisefunds,utilizethem stools bordered by pavi5 — open, shallow con.secrated hnll ’g hair railed voros). “The to build a d^-e-irieher and keep it empty, ” drains). This proved too congested and alat is the base of all religious ceremonies. Ranina justified the new consecration and .Kotwal had the construction changed to Originally the plot was brought from Iran ” pntP/1 tkof a kAzI Kaaa __ _ ___• Jt____ _ « z. . ____ _ * porated within the Dar-e-Meher to house Surat — instead, any fire that may be donated in future. r_. _____ _ ___ ...... The fires will exist as long as people want of Sarosh were performed over the idhoras them to exist, ” Ranina asserted. l ' ’ ' ““ yMBBBBVBBMBB QOiaVliB/t mill • Surat Parsi Punchayet president Dr Sam “Purification is the main process... the Bhacca congratulated Ranina with the vendidad ceremony fights and breaks evil . , words. It is creditable that in this day influences, ” says Kotwal who translates maintain the link. ” there is a man and a trust that took on this task. ” After a shawl and flowers were pre- ____ _____________ _ _____ senied to Bhacca by MAT trustee Burjor ccxitamination aixl to ward off evils of all Antia and the Dar-e-Meher ’s honorary kinds, architect Porus Master, and Viraf Mirza, nian—a retreat of nine nights followed by an ijashne in the name of anyone, living or dead —the cost of which Kotwal assesses at one thousand rupees each. Four of the compound, hosted by Ranina and prepared after paforming a nirangdin ceremony On Sherevar roj, Amardad moA (De ­ cember 25, 1989) the Dar-e-Meha* was washed with taro (wKxmsectated urine of no steps were taken (to expedite the trans- dividedtoaccommodatefourid/joray(stone secrated horn twigs known as and TA1*1 fiVA I r*annrkt AinXci i _________________ . «« ««« . -- _ __ _ to bdld a d^-e-meher and keep it empty, ” drains). This proved too congested and alat is the base of all religious ceremonies _________________ _______ ___ w^«*ovAK/u a* u 1 1” noted Aat a special room had been incor- inc(»porate three rdAorru —all gifted fiom sayrKotwal. “Som^obedsofth^lan^ng ------ --------- tola went back to the Khorasan -Atash For three days the ijashne and vendidad Bahram for bareshnum and returned by _______ 1 the land route. They woe Imown as the asalMinthegMmZwz(sanctumsanctarum). Khorasan mandli, ” notes Kotwal. adding, “Punfiratinn ic iEa main nmAAcc tkA “Qjjj. connection is with the Khorasan Atash Bahram. We must continue to r t 1 'S# iSS L I ¦ 5^ BBi 4? Wi I vendidad as “the law against demons. ” The next morning Aspandard roJ, Kotwal says the vendidad ’s purificattMy Dadachanji and Dinyar Vajifdar left rules help to keep aloof from any kind of Wadiaji ’s with the alat. “When a new fire is to be consecrated, the alat comes from the institution to which the officiating priest All the six mobeds had taken baresh- belongs, ” explained Kotwal who informed ¦ b ij Ranina and KhandMtta with Sanjan resi­ dent vending sukhad (left) Food stalls in the dharamshala cont- pound(above) Photographs: Yasmin D.Poonegar B k!¦ i j how the late Ervad Nadirsha Aibara, pan- thaky of die Karani Agiary at Cusrow Bang had suggested a few months prior to his demise on January 12,1989 that Kotwal be entrusted with the ta^ Four fires, from prescribed sources, need to be refined and combined to produce the adarian fire which was finally enthroned, continued Kotwal. Once the alat was in its place in the sanctum sanctorum , Dadachanji was driven by Davierwalla in his jeep to collect the fire from the home of a priest in ?’ • • - policeman. Similarly Kotwal collected r “ * smith-cum-potter. _______ _ __________ They started out by doing their padyap each in tite and d» A^otS^ kusu pnyers, placed sukW-tobon (san ­ dalwood and incense) ovw the fire to be collected and prayed the Yatha Ahu Vairyo other mobeds took over. During the process of purification of The controversies chumuch Qong-handled disc) piled with the dry, sun-baki envirais of Sot^^ sandalwoodchips,sandalwoodpowderand epitomized the hopes and conditions of its cotton wool, a foot above the fire, de- i ’ — - scriW &xwd. When igniud. ftek. to tents of the chumuch toe uamferrad tn n wJii u ...... laymg ceremony. Even the tohi^ which is placed in readiness toSVton"to,rf 2k)roastrian minds with increasing inten ­ sity since the concqjt of the DasturKooka- Agiaiy was mooted and the fininda- tkm stone laid in 1987. In Contrast to the fovtxof the crowds that thronged to Sanjan <»i November 22, 1987 to witness the foundation stone laying of die new Dar-e- Meher, variously estimated from 1,100 to 3,500 strong, only about SOO to 600people attended the consecration of the new collect the of a priest in Kotwal, the officiating high priest, die first At a sute^u^t^^t^ew wldi^Purj^ “The sense of history has escaped us. We are too involved in our daily lives ” With the first sukhad offering from ------ - ...wul on the basis of it having been a working day and also that . I _ . . , ~ . MUU. ass UK> luai lumiul van Gah, nine m the Rtqnthavm, seven of die calendar year. . . . ------------------------Ranina s colleagues tm die Bombay and nine m the Ushahm, says Kotwal. In Parsi Punchayet*s board (tf trusses and the rantrast, in w agiary only one Atash Nyaish Athravan Educational Trust (AET) were ? ctxiqiieuously absent MAT*s 10 trustees --------------------------------- J Homai Mehta, Antia, Kersi Lim athwalla ^ Hoshang Billimoria, Dara Deboo, Jehangir and Surat s Dastur, no other High Priests , . „ . - ---------- attended, notably Dastur Kaikobad of votanes. Ifow long will it endure? How Udwadawhohadofficiatedatthefounda- tents of the chumuch are transferred to a wiU look after it and how? How wiUits fresh afegan which is pla^ in readiness fate differ from that of i----------- ^..seoimsiorynasescaDeaus wearetoo inyo^i. 00, daily lives,-„«d *¦ mobed takes the baj of Sarosh, a priestly formula prayed in an undertone, which translates into “This work we do with the view of one of the stylized flying horses religious authraity of the creator Hmmuzd, which replace the traditioncd bulls in the the holy immortds (Ameshaspentas), the portals ofthe agiary holy Sarosh, the holy TLarathushtra, Dastur I Abirpat Mahraspand and thepresent Dastur | (in diK case) Firoze, ” as notes Kotwal. J This process is repeated four times, | says Kotwal, each time with a break dur- ] ing which the fire in the older afargan is . allowed to extinguish itself. Over each fire two ijashnes and two vendidads are then performed, the first in the name of Sarosh and the second in the name of Ahura Mazda — the one and three-quarter hour ijashnes in the Havan Gah and the six hour vendidads in the Ushahin Gah. AftCT each of the four fires is conse ­ crated, the athornan fire receives the oth ­ ers in turn, in order of social seniority. Thereupon the Sarosh ni ijashni and the Sarosh no vendidad are again performed. Early morning, on the day ofthe consecra ­ tion, the final ijashne of Dadar Hormuzd was completed before the fire was trans ­ ferred to the brazier to be ceremo niall y enthroned in the sanctum sanctorum. AET’s student priests stayed away. “The numoous oth^, sense ofhisiory has escaped us. We are too While^ p^orming this job, the community? These questions have been umnenting ’’ 22 Parsiana December 1989 RJi Ranina. However, some Zoroastrian delegates to the Fifth World Zoroastrian Congress t(wk the opportunity to attend the ceremo ­ nial enthronement of the new fire. Promi ­ nent among them were Dr Mehroo Patel from Chicago, Dr Fadiang Mehr of Har ­ vard University ’s Center of Middle Eastern Studies and Ms Mehr, Ervad Godrej Sidhwa from Karachi, Mchraban Kushesh from Tehran, Russy and Nergish Dalal from the UK. Mehr, who could not “find anything so beautifiil as this,** ad ­ vised Parsiana: "We most keep this fire : burning in our hearts. Then there will be no fear of the community becoming ex ­ tinct** Another notable absence was any rtfer- ence to the late Nadirsha Aibara, to whom may be ascribed the present awareness in the community about the spiritual benevo- k lence of the late Dastur Kookadaru. The ¦ idea of creating a monument m KnnkaHan ^ I hadgaminatedwiththeDastuijiJ.S.Koo- B kadaru Memorial Agiary Trust ¦ (DJSKMAT), founded by Aibara and oth- ¦ ers from unsolicited donations made by ¦ votaries who had bmefitled by divine hdp. B The DJSKMAT had contributed three and Neig^^f ( I S l 1 ! i f ¦] ( a half lakh rupees towards MAT’s Kooka- and maintenance and only if qualified and Thebrightyoungpanthaky ArzanKham- daru Dar-e-Meher (see Parsiana, Decern- deserving priests were available, and only batta — who says he gave up secular stud- ber 1987). if permitted by the priestly anjuman ’ ” ies after his HSC because he realized his Estimated to have cost Rs 21 lakhs, the Closer to home, the trustees of the MAT vocation afto* giving a single boi at the agiary is a modified version of the original have themselves been divided on the issue. Sodawaterwalla Agiary — asserted, “I’m model (see Parsiana, December 1987 ThefirstinklingwasprovidedbyMsHomai v»y lucky to save this fire-temple. It ’s cover), minus the pillar and the left enclo- Mehta when, ot being asked to present a almost impossible to get such a place. ” sure. The small enclosure at right houses shawl to Faredoon Turel on behalf of the But Mehta wondered, “What will be this the well and in future will accommodate a MAT, she paused and said, “I do it on boy ’s life over there? In Sanjan the popu- varasiaji whose presence is essential for behalf of my husband who has helped lation is not even 15-20 individuals, com- nirangdin ceremonies. On its outer wall Homi Ranina since the inception of this prising three or four families ” in addition to are projected some toilets and bath esti- project to have his dreams of an agiary a floating population of 100 per week, mated to cost an additional one lakh rupees come true. ” Later Homi Mehta related to (Ranina ’s figures differ. He places the or more. " - . . — At the foundation stone laying cere ­ mony Ranina had mentioned the intention to shift to Sanjan one of the older fires from the smaller anjumans of Gujarat and not to consecrate an adarian in view of the many that now lie languishing. In fact, during his speech that day Ranina had related the decision toinstall a dadgah fire, quoting Dastur Kaikobad to the effect that “a dadgah raises itself to the status of an adarian if prayers and rituals are main- ___________________ ________ _ ___ tained continuously for 12 years. ” The which, in the original order, included the says he and Homai “have not resigned, but new consecration thus raised many ques- development of the industries, housing, .. .. tions. schools and hospital and lastly the agiary. Referring to the Khalsavad Agiary of “j*" •—•-* »«--------- Bharuch, the only trust to respond to his not take off. Adarian oobhoo thai gayu tory lay between the Vaitama and Par aRjeal fOr an old, consecrated fire, Ranina (the adarian was constructed) but the total nvers;the Bhagarias between the Par and said he could not accept a fire without the shift of Parsis did not come about My the Tapi; the Godavras between the Tapi *« corpus that had been created to sustain it. ’’-----v..----- .... .... . j --___ - - “If the fire is to be shifted, the land and i ' 7 7_7_ 17 7__ 7__77____ _ ___ _ _______ _ ___ _ building have to be disposed of and the March 1991 would be the time for the battas between the Mahi and the Sabar- sale proceeds have tobe used for maintain- agiary (to be ready). There was still a year mati — Kotwal had noted that representa- ing the fire or for building a dar-e-meher at to go for the commitment. (I was) keen to fives of any tola would be able to practice the new location. ” However, in a letter to get an old fire. If we ’d properly followed at the Dastur Kookadaru Dar-e-Meher. The Bombay Samachar of January 14, up or waited, we ’d have got a fire which But he wondered aloud in the course of his 1990 the joint managing trustee H. M. i / LI ~___ HomawallaoftheBharuchParsee Punchayet total break on this issue between me and noted, “As mentioned in the appeal (in Homi (Ranina). ” Jame Weekly of July 16,1989), a sumptu ­ ous amount is collected and we fail to understand as to why it is insisted to hand over the sale proceeds (or) corpus as well, together with the holy fire. ” could provide) conselling to the laity... ” six priests officiating here are from Surat. Citing theexamplesoftheNargol Agiary But when architect Porus Master ’s esti- Which goes to show this category of priests and the Navsari Atash Bahram, Dastur mate shot up from 15-20 lakh rupees to 35- is not available in Bombay. ” He even (Dr) Hormazdyar Mirza, High Priest of 40 lakhs, “we had to curtail, get it done questioned the assertion re gardin g the alat Udwada writes in The Samachar of Janu- small, ” Mehta added. coming from Bombay by stating in the ary 21, “According to the old rule of “Luck did not work with us,” contin- course of his address, “I’d heard for years that (there is) alat only in Surat ” Unmindful of the criticism that regu- among the reasons for the Mazda Group larly comes his way, Ranina nurtured a gut anticipated. Now that non-resident Indian will turn full circle and the Iranshah.l - _____-------- ----------------- ---------------------------------------------W.V. hJ and only if required by Zoroastrians of the group, Mehta questions the November 1989 various places... may be brought back to J __j 1.. .fJ . , . . . Sanjan. Then our Dar-e-Mehef will really be put to use... ” and maintenance and only if qualified and Parsiana that the concept of the agiary number of Zoroastrians in and around was fifth on Mazda Leasing ’s priorities Sanjan at 250 individuals, a floating popu ­ lation with some base in the area at 500 and pilgrims running into thousands annually.) Mehta estimates a monthly expenditure of Rs 10,000 on the Dar-e-Meher, requir ­ ing a corpus of Rs 15 lakhs. “We don ’t have a pie in the corpus, ” he adds. While he admits that Ranina has willingly shoul ­ dered the responsibility and paid for the cost of the consecration personally, Mehta “The fires will exist as long as people want them to exist. ft have no role to play. ” _ . Detailing the five athoman tolas and ‘As luck would have it, the projects did their dioceses — the Sanjanas whose terri- view that in this haste we should not con- and the Narmada; the Bharuchas between secrate a new adarian. We had said that the Narmada and the Mahi; and the Kham- get an old fire. If we ’d properly followed at the Dastur Kookadaru Dar-e-Meher. we could have placed there. (There is a) speech, “Will we have such dedicated priests in the future? ” Dastur Kaikobad of Udwada had excused himself from per- Moreover, “the Agiary had been planned forming the conse^raticxi ceremony be- in a grandiose way. (We had conceived of) .................. international trips for our mobeds, a medi ­ tation room, discourses, good priests (who aside to Parsiana had noted, “Five of die could provide) conselling to the laity... ’" cause he didn ’t have enough mobeds, as related Ranina. And Bhacca, in a telling 99 and the Navsari Atash Bahram, Dastur mate shot up from 15-20 lakh rupees to 35- 99 small, ” Mehta added. ----------- o „ — — “Luck did not work with us,” contin- priestly anjumans, (according to an an- ued Mehta who detailed insufficient power cient agreement, Gujarat had been carved supply and financial liquidity problems out between five athoman groups), instal- ; ‘________ L, ' ~ ; 7____ _____ lation of fire-temples was controlled by failing to take off in Sanjan to the extern feeling he had, that “the wheel of histoty (these) anjumans. A fire-temple was in- anticipated. Now that non-resident Indian will turn full circle and the Iranshah... stalled only if one was necessary, suitable G. K. Rathi has taken over the whole consecrated in Sanjan and then taken to v_. ------- .-----.... . •— - - — place concerned, and only if satisfactory decision to go ahead with the consecra- arrangements had been made for upkeep tion. 9 24 Parsiana December 1989*9 J practical standpoint, he suggests, this pat ­ tern is appropriate as it protects the fire, by placing it at the heart of the building, and “prevaits non-Zoroastrians (and those not cleansed by the water and kusti rituals^ from having direct visual contact with the sanctum sanctorum.' Furthermore, the south wall of the sanc ­ tum has been constructed as a dead wall and Aus prevents the devotee from facing the inauspicious ’ northern direction while revering the fire, explains Master. The duality between light and darioness plays animportantrole in the Dar-e-Meher ’s symbolism. Master emphasizes the need for an area of darkness immediately sur ­ rounding the fire, so that the contrast of light in a dark ambiance can intensify the experience. Some form of natural light must filter into the Prayer Hall however, so that the devotees can read their prayre- bodcs. In (xder to satisfy Aese contrasting needs of a fire-tonple, Ae architect has located light and air openings at Ae high ­ est point in*Ae roof, positioning Aem so that Ae natural light enters it an angle and reflects off Ae floor. “Smoke emanating from Ae sacred (ire has free course to ascend through Ae same openings," notS** Master, explaining one of the practical, considerations that underlies Ac structure. The duality between indivi dual and society, or Ae public and Ae personal, is similarly worked into Ae design of Ae Dar-e-Meher. While Ae Prayer Hall ac- “For every quality of goodness Acre is an nrnnprtipsnf ctoKJKw,j . commodates inAvidual communion be- evU counterpart Jys PoSs i^teT tween m^andGod,AeadjacentKooka- honoraryarchitectofAe newly constructed east and SSt) and fin^^c^^ ’ ™ “ provided for group ceremo- Kookadaru Dar-e-Meher in Sanjan This Sm^ as jashans. he explains. concept of dualism which prevaUs in Ae As an important example of Ae duality phUosophy of Zoroaster hr^omX ZSTviSns^u^SZ^^^ ’^ between the mtemal and external, presem hidden dimension of Ae latest addition to the Unk between Ae eaith^ ’tS^^ “ rchgious philosophy. Master inA- Zo^lrian religious architecture. A : construction of a double domed In an effort to develop a meaningful form for Ae Dar-e-Meher, Ae architect has relied «i discussions wiA religious leaders of the community in Bombay and Gujarat; existing religious and historical documents (at Ae K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, among oAer places); and an in- dqiA study of architectural norms used in oAer fire-temples. Light and darkness, individual and society, and mtemal and spacebeo^io thistaiM- u M.4 - • ’"g Master expresses the roiralling or «i the bulldmg is an mter- labrinA-like action of the interior s^ play of Ae Averse geometric shapes of Ae as it progresses oraduaUv bulls ’ sqiiare.ihelriaiigleaiKliliecirclfcrarongh used lempVs entrance), Masier the ages the square fonn has reprasenw sayshe has'1>aaicaIIysnicktothereU- Iheeanhorphysicalfonn. Bec^ofils sanctum sanctonS. i!«lB_p™iples t^ coi^ required in Kookadarii Dar-e-Meher: Symbolic Architecture Anahita Poonegar properties of stabUity (it c£ui be fixed to Ae four compass directions of norA, souA, east and west) and finiteness, the square becomes the dominant sh^ fw the build- evokes visions of mountains, symbolizes -.u^micuon or a aoubie domed the Dar-e-Mdier m Sanjan, this form is roof where an mnw diell is bmlt under- appropnately used fra* the roof. The circle neaA Ae outwarAy visible one Thi««»n- represents Ae heavens or Ae eAereal, as it rssenE IS a continuous cycle wiAout a beginning from his outward or an end. In agreement wiA this Aeory, the architect has crowned Ae tqiex of Ae triangular roof wiA a small dome. The plan of the Dar-e-Meha* is laid out aquare SUD-OlViged into 36 egn^l sqi|}^re-g) - as design tool. While use of Ais grid resents the inner ‘soul ’ of man as distinct -----1 representation, Master explains, and “is only present in one more agiary that (he) knows of — the Karani Agiary in Ciisrow Bang. ” Rqnesen^g the most recent addition ___ to be built was the Pandole Agiary" in Udwada, Masto- informs), thb Sanjan Dar- e-Meher is not radically diffai^t from its predecessors inspite of its ‘modem ’ shape, or Besides his innovative design creations spare, (as apparent in die afargan and the ‘h»iig* SrpKS-IM tothA says he has "basically stuck to the reli- ^^yer Hall to Ae extremely pnvate gious principles and concepts reauired in sanctum sanctorum in the center. From a the Zoioastiian religi^ " X Parsiana December 1989L MEDICINE Dr Jussawalla Treats Naturally Dr Jehangir Jussawalla who has been championing ' the cause of naturopathy for the last 50 years was conferred the Dhanvantari Award in end ’89 Parinaz Gandhi ‘ ‘It has often been found that people die sented the award to Jussawalla, describing roots of a disease which eats into the trunk, not from disease but from its remedies, ” him as “a naturopath of great distinction...a lowering the body ’s vitality, accumulat- is the message that 82-year-old Dr Jehangir living example of the efficacy of ing poisonous matter in the system and Jussawalla has been trying to impress upon naturopathy...full of energy and a picture contributing to,^bnormal composition in the populace for the last over 50 years. In of perfect health, ’ ’ according to a report in the blood and lymphs. This then branches an age when people have been conditioned The Indian Post of October 29, 1989. into diseases in the form of viral or bacte- to believe in quick methods, miracle One-time member of the Planning rial infections, organic disorders, etc. cures, wonder drugs, the knife, serums. Commission, on the health panel of the Nature cure is not the answer to the vaccines ” they are reluctant to adopt Government of India and an adviser to the ailmentsof ‘‘the happy-go-lucky Parsis, ” -W* physiotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic Indian Government on nature cure, pres- believes Jussawalla. ‘‘They may want to measures which are essentially drugless ently Jussawalla is the vice president ofthe opt for nature cure but they have no self and bloodless, says Jussawalla. All India Nature Cure Federation, a direc- control. God knows how many proteins But what amuses the naturopath is that tor and president in India of the Interna- they consume at a Parsi lagan (wedding) it is the ‘ ‘medical rejects - those who have tional Federation of the Scientific Research and then come here (to the Clinic) for a been through the medical mill and come Society for the Prevention of Diseases by bowel wash. It is difficult to break a habit, out of it as damaged goods or so-called Drugless Methods and a fellow of the Earlier the quality of food was good and incurables ” — that seek solace in nature Naturopathic Forest University where he cure. There is nothing like an incurable received his doctorate in physical medi- disease but an incurable patient, is the cine in 1957. He has also been affiliated credo adopted by the naturopath who then with health associations in London and in sets to work on the ailment believing that the USA. medicus curat naturea senat — the doctor treats, nature heals. For popularizing the long-neglected that die patient be self-controlled and change ^3 naturopathy, Jussawalla was conferred the at least some of his living habits, informs fl Dhanvantari Award — recognized as the Jussawalla when he talks to Parsiana on 99 highest honor in India conferred on a November 8,1989 in his consulting room, fl doctor - in October this year. ‘‘You have at the Natural Therapy Clinic in Bombay ’s devoted a lifetime to nature cure and are a Cumballa Hill area. In his white doctor ’s naturopath of world fame who, at the ripe attire, a high-necked smock worn with 171 old age of 80 plus, go on propagating the pants, he effuses a certain vibrance as he principles of drugless methods of curing talks on the subject that most concerns diseases and demonstrate its efficacy through him. When his humor surfaces, his Roman its application on a large scale, ” read the profile breaks into a smile, the tiny wrinkles scroll at the award presentation ceremony around his eyes are accentuated — no trace on October 28,1989 at the Crystal Room of any spectacles yet. of the Taj Intercontinental. In the pres- ’ ence of several distinguished members of idea of the nature cure philosophy: igno- the medical fraternity, the Governor of rance, indifference, self-indulgence and Maharashtra K. Brahmananda Reddy pre- lack of self control are shown to be the The greatest impediment to the wide acceptance of nature cure is its demand With ±e illustration of a tree, we get an I ;’^5?P « 28 Parsiana December 1989 w r i ri ’ ?irjy * to 8 I 'Ji lagans. He is equtdly disappointed with indication that the body is eliminating its political leaders of yorcbeing* ‘of a differ- I the sluggish mentahty diat has set in amems toxic condition but unfortunatelv manv ent tvne aitnoethor thair fc with a botde of toddy they would digest rated as they are with toxic conditions, ” it who also consulted Jussawalla, opined that the food, ” he remembers feast times in is not uncommon for a person to face a Jussawalla was starving Desai. ‘‘I told ; Surat. ‘‘Toddy is good for the kidneys, ” healing crisis - a period when symptoms Nehru that this was a therapeutic fast and he adds by way of information. Jussawalla unconnected with die complaint erupt, not a political fast, ’ ’ Jussawalla nostalgi- is none tw happy with the hygiene at Parsi According to Jussawalla this is a healthy cally recalls just as he remembers the — sluggish mentality that h^ set in amoig toxic condition but unfortunately many ent type altogether...in their mann er of the Parsis: ‘ ‘They are nowhere in sports patients discontinue treatment midway at talk... in their ideas and views. We leam a now, you only see them playing cards, this juncture disregarding the subsequent lot from people like them. They go through Their way of living and thinking has repercussions. alotoftensionandstrainforthesakeofthe changed. Similar is the case with other In naturopathy they believe in ‘‘treat- society in general and not for personal communities too, ” he observes. ‘‘We ing the body, mind and emotion as one business. ” have to keep a balance which we are composite whole instead of merely peck- Jussawalla was also a favorite with the losing. Formerly ria (89), A/28, Nowroz Baug, Lalbaug, 400012; November 13 Ratansheih Mtaichershaw Daruwedla (Jij, AJ190, Presswala Bldg, Lamington Rd, 400007; November 13 Khe>rshed Dhu/yishezw Sigeinporia (90), Ness Baug Annexe, Nana Chowk, 400007; November 13 Nargis Merwaiyi Keireuyia (84), T2A, Dr Dinshaw Master Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; November 14 Homai Sorabjee Sigar^ioria (64), M/10, Nowroz Baug, Lalbaug, 400012; November 14 Khorshed Minocher Antia (63), 15, Wadia Bldg, Old Khareghat Cbiy, Hughes Rd, 400007; November 15 Minoo Sorabjee BatiwalleL (76), Mani Villa, M. Pasta Rd, Dadu, 400014; November 15 Dina Burjorji Daruwalla (63), Shyam Nivas, 5th Rd, Khar, 400052; November 15 Rusi Freunroz Kharbheiri (58), 1, C. D. Baug, S. V. Rd, Goregaon (W), 40(X)62; November 15 Darab Dhunjishaw Mehta (61), miO, Navjeevan Soc, Laming ­ ton Rd, 400008; November IS Jeanshed Maneckji Mistry (81X CDZ, Ja Baug. Dr Ambedkar Rd, Byculla, 400027; NovembCT 15 Dolly Bejonji Driver (61), 5, Petit Widows ’ Chawl, Thakurdwar, 400002; November 16 Najoo Navroji Kerawala (19), 758, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; November 17 Dhunmai Dinsheyi Toetdyweda (^3), 19, Laxmi Nivas, 12th Khetwadi Lane, 40(XX)4; November 17 Navroze Jehemgir Khambata (63), Marble Arch, 52, G. Deshmukh Marg, 400026; November 18 Jcdji Behreunji Mistry (93), EI41, Jer Baug, Dr Ambe^ar Rd, Byculla, 4(X)027; November 18 Fardoon Pestonji Pemthedcy (16), Panday Sanatorium, Wodehouse Rd, Colaba, 40(X)OS; November 18 Ratty Pestoryi Bedsara-(19), kill, (Hover Co-op Hsg Soc, 400007; NovembCT 19 Baby of Rukshana J. Colabe- waUa (4 days), 145, Daruwalla Bldg, Cross Rd, 400007; November 19 Phiroze Rustomji Doctor (65), 131, Patel Home, 400014; November 19 Khorshed Kedkhushroo Engineer (92), CI95, Gulshan VUla, BhtUal^ Desai Rd, 40(X)36; November 19 Avi Cetwas Bheseirua (6SX Park Haven Annexe, Malcolm Baug, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; November 20 Detrish Shapour Deunry (31), 17, Mohanlal Mehta Mkt, (Jrant Rd, 4(XX)07; November 20 Dhunmai Eruchshaw Genered (61), Flat 20, 51, Contractor Bldg, 40(X)27; November 20 Shoran Jehembux Medeati (61), 516, Khan Est, M. M. Rd, Mahim, 400016; November 20 Aimed Behrearyi Deded (13), 14/ 2, Tarachand, Gamadia Chy, Tiardeo, 40(X)07; November 21 Kedkhushroo Aderji Patel (35), Room 12, Lam Bldg, Lower Parel, 400013; November 21 Noshir Peshotem Deistur (13), 16, Sagar Darshan, B. Desai Rd, 400026; Novembrar 21 Tehmi Sorabji Gerdiveda (19), AJ 4, HUI Top, PaU HUI, Bandra, 400050; Novonber 22 Dhunmai Deireibsha Kehwala 3/15, Tato-Mills Co-op Hsg Soc, Parel, 400012; Novemba 22 Limji Jamshedji Nadodwala (75), 202, Patel Bldg, Cama Rd, Andheri (W), 40(X)58; NovembCT 22 Alamed Jamshee^i Birdy (85), Gonsalves Bldg, Boron Rd, Bandra, 400050; Novembor 24 Deidiba Naoroji Bheirucha (63), E-8/S, Godrej Staff Qrts, VikhroU(W), 400079; November 25 SUeio Hemi Sethna (58), A/5, Yasmina Apts, Bandra, 400050; November 25 Dina Jehangirji Bala (62), do M-4, Nowroz Baug, Lalbaug, 400012; November 26 Mard P. Balsara (59), 34, F. S. Parukh Dharamshalla, Hughes Rd, 400007; November 26 Percy Freunreae Mistry (33), ll\3, Malegeomwala Bldg, Mahim, 400016; November 26 Najeimed Pestonji Peitel (39), E- lAO, Godrej Staff Qrts, Vikhroli (WX 400079; November 26 Yeaed Ruttonji Wa/Ba (81), H/28, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400039; November 26 Minocher Phojsha Beirsiwedla (83X Harganga Mhl, Dadar, 40(1014; November 27 Piho Kedkashreto Bheigwageir (S3X D, Bhiwandiwalla Ter, Uiobitalao, 4(X)002; November 27 Behreun Jehemgir Izedi (Irard) (60), H, Shapurji Bharucha Baug, Andheri (WX 400058; November 27 Naswan Dareisha Metrshall (jKl), Soraito, Dr Ambedkar Rd, Bandra, 40(X)50; November 11 Shetrbanu Eruchsheiw Teiretporeweda (^5), Sukanbai Bldg, Vasai (Bassein) 401201; November 27 Netsarwan Kharshedji Bhetrucha (83X 604/D, Khurshed Hse, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; November 28 Hilla Jed Detstur (69), Hirabai P^t Bldg, Grant Rd, 400007; November 28 NajefO Pirojshaw Bi^teidiwala (83X 623, Marker Mans, Dadar, 400014; November 29 Manek Dhunjishaw Mehta (51), 14, Gulshan HUI Bldg, Andheri (WX 400058; November 29 Bedry of Hufinsh B. Nagpurwala (3 days), 622, Palia Mans, Lady Jdiangir Rd, Dadar, 4(XX)14; November 29 Jehemgir Areleshir Pastedda (^6), 18, Nomani ManzU, Sussex Rd, BycuUa, 4O(X)27; November 29 Homi Feirdoonji Bhearucha (61), 19, Raj Field Bldg, BhayandCT (W); November 30 Jimmy Shapurji Buchia (70), Empress Bldg, Grant Rd, 400007; November 30 Hormusjee (Homi) Jehemgirji Contractor (90), 259, Shroff. CHimb, Fort, 400001; November 30 Homi Adarji Daruwalla (JI), 13, Elavia Bldg, Mori Rd, Mahim, 4O(X)16; November 30 Jed Pestoryi Veaifdar (J6), k/l, Rustom Baug, Victoria Rd, Byculla, 4(XX)27; November 30 J^ Rustomji Porbandarwala (JI), 5, St Dominic Rd, Bandra, 400050; December 1 Burjorji Herrmusji ToeBweda (82X B/12. Cawasji Petit Bldg. Marazban Clny. 400(X)8; DecCTnber 1 Ceroverji Behramji Bharucha (JO), 189. Hirabai Petit Bldg. Grant Rd Stn, 4(XXX)7; December 2 Najoo Kersi Kotwal (10), B/51, 551. Ml.G. (Hny. Bandra, 4(X)051; December 2 Keki Hirjibhoy Bhesania (62X Sakarbai Petit Bldg, Marazban Clny, GUder Lane, 400008; Dec^ber 3 Perviz Pldrerze Busteud (84X 84, Gogha St, Fort, 400001; December 3 Pesto^ee Meherjibhoy Deiboo (81), Dadachanji Bldg, Marazban Clny, 400008*, December 3 Shirirdrai Sorabji Daeleichemji (88), 291, Bawla Bldg, Nana CHiowk, Tardeo, 40(XX)7; December 3 Hormusjee Kekhushroo Hathadaru (J9), H/l, Palmsprings, Cuffe Parade, 400005; Decembers Aloo Firoze HilloO (64), Forjett Hse, Forjett St, 400036; December 3 Hormuz Jed Kapadia (63), S/9, Arsiwala Bldg, Wodehouse Rd, 400005; December 3 Kola Eruch Chinoy (64), 4/11. w. 34 Parsiana December 1989I ¦! i 1 ' I Rustom Baug, Victoria Rd, 400027; Dec^ber 4 : BanuHonuGoraiJb), Flat 28/436,2, Azad Ngr Bldg, Andheri(W), 400058; December 4 Parsi Dadiba Munstu (62), C/18, Marazban Clny, Gilder Lane, 400008; December 4 tHeherwan Hormuyi Patel (47), 2, Ganesh Niwas Soc, Thane (W); December 4 Khorshed Sorabji Engineer (il), 12, Khareghat Clny, Hughes Rd, 400007; December 5 Goal Burjor-^asad (6i), G!^, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400039; December 5 Jimmy Jehangir Master (68), k] 180, Siddick Mans, Lamington Rd, 400007; December 5 Edul Jehangir Havaldar (54), C/4, Breach Candy Apt, B. Desai Rd, 400026; December 6 Sherbanoo Edulji Mody (85), 15, Belle View, B. Desai Rd, 400026; December 6 Khorshed Jehangir Marolia (63), G/28, .Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400039; December 7 Jamshedji Adarji Zaveri (84), Piroja Mans, Sir Ratan Tata Rd, Tardeo, 400034; December 7 Manek Dadabhai Karanjia (11), kl\2, Tardeo Court, Tardeo, 400007; December 8 Nargis Jal Khambata (74), d 6(^2, Indu Villa, Lady Jehangir Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400019; December 8 Najamai Jehangirji Sethna (81), 167, Shanti Bhuvan, Bora Bazar, Fort, 400001; December 9 Dolat Meherji Munsld (55), 4, Fiona, Juhu Tara Rd, 400049; December 10 Maneckshaw Pestonji Todiwala (Karaiyia) (89), 14, Meher Behram Bldg, 7th Khetwadi Lane, 400004; December 10 Manijeh Ardeshir Fitter (83), 616, Faredoon Ter, Katrak Rd, Wadala, 400031; December 11 Rustom Burjor Kara/yia (13), DP,Tata Clny, Tardeo, 400034; December 11 Najoo Piroshaw Tata (69), 31, Baiodawalla Rd, Cumballa Hill, 400026; December 11 Tehmi SoU Kemdawala (62XRoom 11, Dinshaw Bldg, Vile Parle (W), 400056; December 12 Roshon Pirojsha Khesvala (62\ 628, Turel Ter, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; December 12 Manecksha Jamshedji Katrak (84), 668, Desai Bldg, Katrak Rd, Wadala, 400031; December 13 Ratansha Savaksha Vatcha (80), 2, Kashinath Bldg, Kashinath Rd, Tardeo, 400008; December 13 Dhun Sheriarji Zarolia (54), 12, Khareghat Clny, Hughes Rd, 400007; December 13 Rustomji Khursedji Banaji (98), 6113, Crown Mans, Foijett St, 400036; December 14 Dara Hormusji Mehta (75), Kamal Park, Vir Savaikar Marg, Mahim, 400016; December 15 Jehangir Mehwanji Munshi (85), B/4, Sherbanoo HL M. Karve Rd. 400020; December 15 Mani Nariman Pavri (66), Huseni Bldg, Grant Rd, 400008; December 15 Mani Dhanjisha Vasaigara (15), 692, Goolbai Chinoy Bldg, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; December 15 Sheheria Maneckji Khandhadia (69), AI6~6, Shanti Sagar Soc, Borivli (W), 400092; December 16 Sfuavax Sorabji Sadri (73), V3in, Navyug Ngr, D. Mangeshkar Rd, 4(10036; December 16 Alloo Kaikhushru Bamji (Tl), 13, Gamadia Clny, Tardeo, 400007; December 17 Dina Jal Bilimoria (61), Nawab Manzil, Wadia St, Tardeo, 400007; December 17 Dady Hoshangji Contractor (51), CH-i/62S, Bhat-Bhatini. TangaL Kathmandu, Nepal; December 18 Hormusji Sorabji Mehta (72), 48, Saidunissa Hse, Sleater Rd, 400007; December 18 Shirinbai Shapoorjee Thanawala (80), 1, Fairy Manor, Fort, 400001; December 18 Behram Kaikhushroo Dubash (69), Mount Nepean, Nepean Sea Rd, 400006; December 19 Meherbai Kusjee Tavadia (15), Petit Widows ’ Chawl, Thakurdwar, 40(X)02; December 19 EUen Adi Mistry (61), 15, Avanti Apt, Mdbar Hill, 40(X)06; December 20 Freni Dadi Wadia (61), 4/38, A. H. Wadia Baug, Parel Tank Rd, 400033; December 20 Baby boy of Kashmira Cyrus Anklesaria (Premature), K/275, Tardeo Rd, 400007; December 21 Zarir Burjor Bilimoria (43), 275/0, Umrigar Bldg, Chikal- wadL Tardeo, 4(X)(X)7; Decmber 21 Bamai Rustom Irani (81), Mitha Towers, Vashi, New Bombay, 4(X)703; December 21 Hani Kaikhashroo Postwala (82X 26, Deqj Bella, Mount Maty Rd, Bandra, 40(X}50; December 21 Khorshedbai Bejonji Jamtda (HJ), Javeri Bldg, Grant Rd, 4(X)007; Decembtf 22 Naval Pirojsha Avasia (60), Karani Hse, Fidt Market Lane, Dhobitalao, 400(X)2; December 23 Ro^um Framroze Rana (61), F/46, New Ambivali Soc, Andheri (W), 400058; December 23 Maru:hersha Dinshawji Sabawala pi), Soonawala Bldg, Proctor St, Grant Rd, 4(XXX)7; December 23 Cavas Koikhashru Irani (75), 11/197, Kamal Kunj, Sion (E), 400022; December 24 Honu Khodalna Irani (^2), Dl\3, Cvsiow Baug, S. B. Rd, 4(XX)39; December 24 Fardoonji Cawasji Mistry (64), Haji Adam Mans, Homji St, Fort, 4(XXX)1; December 24 Dinbai Rustomji Irani (93), Badia Mans, Gilder Lane, Lamington Rd, 4(XXX)8; December 25 Ardedur PH'ojshaw KerawaUa 13G, Karani Mans, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; December 25 Nariman Dinshaw Sahukar (31), 83, PerseptAis 1(X), Cuffe Parade, 400(M)5; December 25 Fredoon Pirojshaw Shrt^ (82), 324, B, Sayeed Bldg, Grant Rd, 400007; December 25 Khorshed Ratan Bagli (68), 79, Jdiangir Mans, Opera Hse, 400007; December 26 Furdoon Limji Batliboi (81), Gilder Villa, 17, Perry Cross Rd, Bandra, 4(XX)50; December 26 Goolcher Manchersha Bharucha (I9\ Tara Mans, Khetwadi, 400004; December 26 Rustom Jamshedji Cooper (78), 3, Petit Bldg, Grant Rd, 400(X)7; December 26 Adi Savaksha Mistry (63), 6, Kailash Apt, Borivli (W), 400092; December 26 Pesi Kaikhushroo Mody (75), 1/41, Rustom Baug, Victoria Rd, 400027; December 26 Naval Jamshedjee Zaikar (63), Panday Sanatorium, Woddtouse Rd, Colaba, 400005; December 26 Dara Sorabji Doctor (84), Patel Bldg, Lower Parel, 4()b013; Decmber 27 Ratamai Cawasji Navder l^), Navder Hse, Shrinagar Rd, Ajmer, 305(101; December 27 Ketd Rusto'mji Motefarm (^2), 34, Fair Heaven, Lallubhai R^ AndherL 400058; December 28 Daulatbanoo Minocher Rabadi (80), F. S. Parukh Dharamshalla 34, Hughes Rd, 400007; December 28 Adj Hormuyi Shrojf(5A), B/3, Bhiwandiwalla Ter, 618, Dhobitalao, 400002; December 28 Dolat Nadir shah Avasia (66), 44-B, Soonawala Bldg, Grant Rd, 400007; December 29 RoShan Dinshaw Dastur (70), Poho Villa, 12, Malcolm Baug, Jogeshwari (^^ 400102; De- cemb« 29 Bomanshaw Behranyi Mistry (90), N/36, Engineer Bglw, Bldg No 1, Lower Parel, 400013; December 29 Kekobad Burjorji Palsetia (83), B/1, New Khareghat Clny, Hughes Rd, 400007; December 29 Kersi Dhunjishaw Shrcff(p3), 189, Hirabai Petit Bldg, Grant Rd, 400007; December 29 Mehroo Dhunjishaw Arahna (33), 39, Jame Jamshed Bldg, 811/814, Parsi Cbiy, Dadar, 400014; December 30 Freny BOney Bhathena (61), Bhathoia Bglw, Four Bglws, Andheri (W), 400058; December 30 Keki Jehangir Gandhi (74), Aj 8, Pearl Co-op Soc, Opp Tata Mills, Dadar. 400014; December 30 Keki Jehangir Kharas (53), 174, Mody St, Fort, 40(XX)l; December 30 Tehmina Manekshaw Master (Ji), Sheridan Hse, Gowalia Tardc, 40(XX)7; December 30 Silloo Maneck Mistry (60), 31, Mohamedi Minar, IQietwadi Main Rd, 4(XXX)4; Decembor 30 Goolbai Jamshedji Dastur (95), Raghavji Bldg, 17, Raghavji R^ 4(XX)36; December 31 * 36 Parsiana December 1989 I-CALCUTTA Bom A boy, Ardesh, to Kamal and Rusi Rustrm^e’ , October A boy to Frenaz and Kersi Mogrelia’ , Decaabes 26 Married Mahazarine Homi Kavarana and Maneck Boman Daroga’ , November 4 Aban Jal Medhora and Cyrus Minoo Confectioner, December 9 Ghaver Sarosh Kcukobad and Partha Chatterjee’ , December 25 ¦« Died Mania Sohrab Bamji’ , December 26 CHICAGO Married Aban Sethna and Cyrus Noshir Grant ’, November 11 DELHI Born A boy, Maneck, to Margrita (Cookie) and Armeen Shroff, brother to Sheriar; November 21 Mai¥ied Tenobia Printer, daughter of Nergish and Kersee and Verrff Khambatta, son of Diana and Jimmy; November 19 i J DUBAI Died Frengese Kekoo Kandawalla of Karachi; November 30 EDMONTON, ALBERTA Died Freny P. Talavia; June 1 I ! 1 KARACHI Died Shirinbeu Rustamji SOoii (90); October 8 Godrej Faramroze Talati (63); October 16 Goola Homi Daroga (79); October 22 Cowas Sohrabji Dhatigara (66}’ , November 10 Freny Bapu Divecha (70); November 12 ' Kaikhushru Jamshedji Katila (19}’ , November 13 Faredoon Pirozsha Appoo (58); November 15 Meherji Maneckji Bharucha (82); November 15 MADRAS Bom A boy, Rishad, to TeAnoz and Darius Bahadurji’ , October 23 MANASSAS, VIRGINIA Died Mehrbanue (Morvarid) Khodamorad Aidun (35}, mother of Banu, Balvam, Gohar, Kharman, Faraidun and Homa; August 9 MHOW Married Shireen Hosang Nanavaty oi Indore and Jimi Eruchshaw Pawvalla’ , December 11 Died Putlamai Khurshedji Tatra (13)’, July 8 Perviz Vistapse Appoo (35}, modier of Jamsh^ Dara, Roda and Roshan; November 4 MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO Died Nasli Billimoria, husband of Perin; June 25 MONTREAL Born A girl, Htnna, to Sima and Bahman Feredoomad’ , Aagasl25 NEW JERSEY Died Faroke Gandhi, husband of Ivy and father of Natasha and Nozer; July 20 ONTARIO Died Maneckshaw Singpurwalla, husband of Aimai and father of Eruch, Persius and Shireen; June 6 OTTAWA Died Sill Byram, sister of Jill; October 11 POONA Died Sam Erachshaw Ruttonsha (JS), Yojna, Deccan College Rd, 411001; September 12 Shirin Daravsha Motaboy (81), Ma-Parviz Home, Ma-Parviz Rd, 411002; September 28 Rani Minoo Irani (26), 154, M. G. Rd, 411001; Sq)tember29 Maneck Pirojsha Master (66}, 2! B/6, Jai Santoshi Ma Ngr, B^vli (W), Bombay, 400092; November 13 Rustom Meherwan Master (96), 8, Lt Col Tartqxne Rd, 411001; November 17 Hilla Franyi Nicholson (31}, 1, Bund Garden Rd, 411001; November 17 Nodur Sorabji Co<^r (^}, 16/ 126, Agarwal Ngr, 411001; November 20 Maneck Khurshedji Soonawala (82X A9I\I2A, Maninagar, Koruihawa, Khurd, 411022; November 24 Colamai Cawas Vakil (35} 384-B, Jai Soc, Bhavani P^ 411002; Novonber 24 Daulat Meherwaryi Kotwal (60}, B-5, Park View Apts, Salisbury Park; 411001; November 25 Goolbai Behram Kekobad (75), 56, Viman Ngr, 411014; November 27 Tehmina Behrangi Dadabhai (91), 5, Phayre Rd, 411040; December 3 Nariman Jamshedji Chinoy (95}, 9-B, Mody ClrQr, Syna ­ gogue St, 411001; Deconber 6 Perin Darabsha Cooper (86), 3, Sholiqpur Rd, 411001; December 16 Nadir Ardeshir Contractor (90}, 90-A, Napier Rd, Sholapur Bazar, 411001; December 24 Phiroz Darabsha Patel oi Bombi^ (70), C/o P.S.I. Bund Garden PoUm Stn, 411001; December 29 STERLING, VIRGINIA Bom A girl, Deaia, to Linda and Farhad Shahryo'i’ , October 4 THE PARSIANA BOOK OF IRANIAN NAMES The Iranian names of boys and girls along with their meanings which originally appeared in Parsiana have now been reprinted in an attractive 24-page booklet. The book, which is priced at Rs 15,is available on sale at: Kaiser-E-Hind. 300 Perin|Nariman Street. Behind Reserve Bank of India. Fort. Bombay 400 001. Faredoon and Burjor Sandalwood Shop. Princess Street. Union Press. 13. Homji Street. Bombay 400001. SURAT Bom A girl, Friyana, to Havovi and Afroxe Pataiwdlai Sqjtember 9 Married Prochi Minoo Mugaseth of CalcutU and Sorus Bhesaiua’ , Decembers TORONTO Bom A boy, Jamie Maneck, to Rati and Angelo Peroff, July 12 A girl, Natasha, to Rashna and Noshir Langdana’ , AagastJB Died Roshan Batliwalla, wife of Sam and mcMha of Neville, Veera aixl Darius; Sq)teniber 13 Soli Cawasji Patell, brother of Sotmie, Jehangir and Minoo; September 19 VANCOUVER Died Jamshed KhurshedPavri (72), husband of Roda and father of Yezdi; October 14 Manchersha Bulsara, husband of Dhunmai and father of Perin, Khorshed, Ruby and Yasmin Damji; October 31 WASHINGTON Died Bediram Vertdu’arru, husband of Ketayoon and father of Sirin, Keshavarz and Farhad; September 10 Compiled by Roxana H. Kaka 38 Parsiana December 19S9IN MEMORIAM ii I !¦ r i; I Arnavaz S. From the germinating idea to the com- where one of his teachers was.the famous Died: Kaiko Moti (Kaikobad Motivala), From the germinating idea to the com- where one of his teachers was.the famous (66), artist and engraver, of cardiac arrest pleted etching could take months of work, sculptor Henry Moore, writes Lublin, on February 8,1989 in Paris. one slip of the hand being enough to ruin Thereafter he moved to Paris, where “he “With a dexterity unequaled by to- the plate, infoins Lublin. Though Mod was supported by friends, scholandiipsand^ day ’s etchers, he captures the shimmer of used up to 15 colors in some etchings, he good luck. ” He began to learn sculpting illuminations reflected from the visual had the technique of creating complex from the famous Zadkine but turned to world, ” writes John Walker, director color effects from as few as six colors, engraving (because he lacked the studio emoitus of the National Gallery in Wash- enough to lead the viewer to believe that space to accommodate his sculpture, in- ington, in an introduction to Kaiko Moti, he was looking at a watercolor, writes forms Lublin), learning his craft from 7958. Published by the Lublin Collection Lublin. William Stanley Hayter at Atelier 17, that whose fine art galleries feature the works As his eyesight began to fail, the sculp- one of Paris ’ two major schools for con- of sought after contemporary artists, the tural and linear forms of Moti ’s earlier ternporary printmaking. recently published book presents 36 years works were succeeded by soft, fluid forms. 99 As his eyesight began to fail, the sculp- one of Paris* two major schools for con- recently published book presents 36 years works were succeeded by soft, fluid forms, Thoughhispaintingsbelonginthemajor of Moti ’s work in oil painting, original a play of color and light “A limpid, art galleries of Europe, Moti remained a etching and lithography with a biographi- translucent quality dominated his work, “very humane man, fun-loving and gener- cal essay by Louis Frederic, editor of the lines virtually vanished and impressionist ous to an extreme ” as remembers his sis- Encyclope^a of Asian Civilizations. values became his obsession, ” infnms ter-in-law Roshen Motivala of Los Ange- Moti is said to have believed that you Lublin. les. The family and community attach- lose your emotional appreciation of life by Bom in Bombay, Moti ’s early years ments never faltered, she adds. approaching the world analytically. Mich- were spent in the Dadar Parsi Colony. “For me, nature is a minor that reflects elle Lublin, whose father was respraisible Though he joined the Victoria Jubilee beauty without forgetting that beauty is for bringing Moti ’s work to the US. quotes Technical Institute (VJTT) to learn radio made up of moral values, dignity and the artist ’s observation, “You have to take technology “to please his parents, ” Moti love, ” Moti had said, adding, “For an nature as it is and reflect the best within, couldnotseethecoursethroughaiKldropped artist the most important thing is a desire to and then only can you synthesize life and it to pursue art The family could ill afford paint Not a selfish desire, but a desire to the exterior world into one and the same sustained private study with watercolorist make a moment timeless, a sunset eternal, thing. ” Haldenkar, a much-sought after teacher in to preserve an emotion orjoy ofthe senses. ” Unlike other engravers, Moti did not those days, but the master, recognizing Reflecting on the artist ’s words, in the work from sketches, notes Lublin ’s tribute Moti ’s talent, permitted him to continue knowledge of his work, Lublin comments to the artist Hence it took “as many as with him, gratis, for four to five years. ................ . seven years to complete (certain prints) to satisfaction and he was still not quite fin- mer of The Times of India's art depart- beauty fuse and become appreciation in ished when his family and publisher con- ment Moti passed a competitive test and the full sense — the enjoyment of life. ” vinced him to give them to the art wwld, was admitted on a scholar^ip to the weU- Moti is survived by his estranged wife and carry on with others, ” Lublin adds. appreciatively, “In Mod ’s case, the sunset At the instance of Professor Lightham- and viewer are one, the outer and innw Moti is survived by his estranged wife known Slade School of Art in the UK Vivianne and daughter Yasmine. 40 Parsiana December 1989