Jashan at JJ’s Parsi Ward

Over 100 well-wishers and donors were present to celebrate Jamshedi Navroz with a jashan at the Parsi Ward of the J. J. Hospital in Bombay on March 21, 2008. Among those present were Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Dinshaw Mehta, Rustom Tirandaz, Dr Pravin Shingare, dean of the J. J. Group of Hospitals, Zarin Havewala and Dinyar Tirandaz, informs Edal Jal Cassad in a press release sent to Parsiana.

Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy addresses the gathering at Parsi Ward; friends and inmates at the jashan (right)

After the jashan Arnavaz Mistry, the social worker who looks after the Parsi Ward, spoke about its various activities. The Ward has 45 Parsi residents, both men and women, many of them old, infirm, some of them bedridden, occupying the eight spacious rooms on the ground and first floor of the building located in the J. J. Hospital complex. Jejeebhoy graciously offered continuing help and support while Tirandaz lauded the good work being done there. The first floor of the Ward was fully renovated and refurbished in 2004 from a handsome donation of two million rupees from the Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Trust and the benevolent Zartoshty brothers from Iran. Philanthropic persons were urged to continue their generous support to the institution by contacting Mistry: tel: 24147646, 24150917; mobile: 9821009289; e-mail: arnavazjal@ rediffmail.com

The traditional Navroz drink of icecream falooda and other snacks were served to those present after the jashan.