Milestones

Births, marriages and deaths taken place primarily in the former half of March 2009 are carried in this issue.

The age of Zoroastrian brides (as listed in this issue) ranged between 20 and 41 years, the arithmetic mean — the total number of individual ages divided by the total number of brides — being 29 years. The corresponding figures for the grooms were 26 and 47 years, averaging at 31 years.

In the first 15 days of March, intimation of five births was received by Parsiana from the two hospitals in south Bombay that give us the birth figures. Thirty-three Zoroastrian bodies were interred in Bombay’s Towers of Silence. As usual, the major killer — heart disease — took the lives of 10 patients, five of whom were in the 80+ age category. The other killers were: pneumonia/lung disease and cancer (felled five patients each), diabetes and old age/general debility (to which three victims each fell prey) and two succumbed to liver disease. Septicemia, brain disease, urinary tract infection, multi organ failure and Parkinson’s disease were the isolated cases registered. A 21-year-old youth (the youngest to breathe her last) and a 102-year-old male (the eldest age at death) were lost to the community. The mean age at death of Zoroastrians for March 1-15, 2010, in Bom­bay, was 79 years.

The data on births, marriages and deaths has been compiled from information supplied by various newsletters and anju­mans in India and abroad, courts and hospitals. This information is not always complete or consistent: we are unable to carry data from areas where the anju­mans do not furnish the particulars; the birth figures for Bombay are supplied by two hospitals — births in suburban hospitals and private nursing homes are not included unless individuals send us information together with a copy of the birth certificate. There may be an inadvertent repetition of names in the marriage list when a civil marriage precedes a religious ceremony. The names of the deceased are supplied by the Bombay Parsi Pun­chayet. In the break-up of deaths according to illnesses, especially of the elderly, death is often due to a combination of several diseases.

If readers have any births/ marriages/deaths they would like pub­lished, some proof to ensure the veracity of the report would be required. We are sure our readers would appreciate this requirement and cooperate with us.

BOMBAY

born

A boy to Nahid and Shah Rokh Pashotani on March 1, 2010

A girl, Simone, to Roxan and Aspi Tangri, sister to Kyrene; March 2

A boy to Shahnaz and Delzin Chhoi; March 4

A girl to Farah and Darius Dalal; March 4

A boy to Kainaz and Danesh Unwalla; March 11

married

Sharmeen Jimmy Kelawala and Freddy Parvez Darbhari; February 7

Benafshe Khodadad Ragaby and Jaspar Minoo Pardiwala; February 21

Mehernaaz Sam Wadia and Shovir Pervez Irani; March 5

Yasmin Noshir Patel and Hemin Behram Kumana of Poona; March 5

Rashne Meheryar Bharucha of Poona and Cyrus Neville Godrej; March 6

Perinaz Pervez Bhada and Cyrus Phiroze Tata of Bangalore; March 7

Binaifer Shavak Dubash and Zarir Parvez Nagarwala;

March 12

Meher Rusi Nallaseth and Heckter Kavasji Engineer; March 14

died

Dhunjishaw Ardeshir Bamji (86), residing at 653/A, Solipapa Cottage, Firdausi Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; March 1

Katy Phiroz Jokhi (77), 16, Danawala Bldg, Dr S. S. Rao Rd, Lalbaug, 400012; March 1

Jal Bhikaji Kamakhan (75), 82, Patel Apts, Agiary Lane,Tembi Naka, Thana, 400601; March 1

Sheroo Keki Pithawala (80), M/2, S. B. Bharucha Baug, S. V. Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; March 1

Perin Pesi Commissariat (75), 3/9, Baria Bldg, Gamadia Clny, Tardeo, 400007; March 2

Nandini Durgeshwar Dave (Najoo Jussawala) (82), Jaiji Mans, 41, Mereweather Rd, Colaba, 400039; March 3

Jehangir Rustomji Bulsara (87), B/3, Cuffe Castle, Cuffe Parade, 400005; March 4

Pestonji Doshabhai Kalwachwalla (87), K/10, S. B. Bharucha Baug, S. V. Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; March 4

Arnavaz Jamshed Gandhi (64), K/10, Dalal Est, Bombay Central, 400008; March 5

Maneck Dinshaw Master (96), 580, Jame Jamshed Rd, Matunga, 400019; March 5

Keki Shapoorji Sagar (91), 799, Minoo Mans, Jame Jamshed Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; March 5

Nergeshbanu Rustamji Driver (92), N. M. Petit Charity Fund, UCO Bank Bldg, Fort, 400001; March 6

Silloo Keki Gandhi (82),

764/A, Banoo Hse, Dr Ghanti Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; March 6

Minnie Nariman Printer (81), L-1/12, Cama Park, Andheri (W), 400058; March 6

Meenaz Farhanji Zandian (21), Room no 7, 15/17, Mani Bhuvan, Karelwadi, Thakurdwar, 400002;

March 6

Dinoo Homi Variava (85),

2/27, A. H. Wadia Baug,

Parel Tank Rd, 400033;

March 7

Kershasp Kavashaw Anklesaria (83), 32/E, Old Khareghat Clny, N. S. Patkar Marg, 400007; March 8

Amy Burjore Daboo (89),

C/22, United Chmbs, 34, Shaukatali Rd, Grant Rd, 400007; March 8

Gool Nadirshah Avasia (89),

5, Soonawalla Bldg, 44/B, Proctor Rd, Grant Rd, 400007; March 9

Sarosh Faramroze Bhesania (79), A, New Sainiketan Soc, 12/3, Mount Rd, Mazgaon, 400010; March 9

Homai Cawashaw Bulsara (77), 3, Chhatriwala Bldg, 20, Wadia St, Tardeo, 400034; March 9

Jamshed Maneckshaw Kumana (70), Jamshed Villa, Malcolm Baug, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; March 9

Manek Homi Mistry (66), 626, Adenwalla Bldg, 8, Homavazir Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; March 9

Rustomji Jehangirji Sethna (97), Karai Est, 248, Tardeo Rd, 400007; March 9

Parveen Yezdi Chikhliwala (52), 1/A, 35/36, Tata Mills Co-op Hsg Soc, Elphinstone Rd, Parel, 400012; March 10

Hilla Framroze Khambatta (93), 690, Dinshaw Master

Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar,

400014; March 10

Dinshaw Cawasji Oomrigar (102), Bharucha Bldg, 12th Khetwadi Lane, 400004; March 11

Khushru Rustomji Bharucha (56), Captain Bldg, 275/B, Zoroastrian Clny, Tardeo, 400007; March 12

Savaksha Naoroji Khumbatta (85), 9, Panday Sanatorium, Wodehouse Rd, Colaba, 400005; March 12

Nancy Tehmurasp Tavaria (72), 102, Woodlands Heights, Dr Raghunath Rd, Bandra, 400050; March 12

Jal Eruchsha Kapadia (78), 2, Gool Dhun-abad, S. V. Rd, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; March 13

Yesmin Keki Wadia (77), 20/D, Seervai Bldg, Sleater Rd,

Grant Rd, 400007; March 13

Khodadad Rashid Nauwizedan (80), 3/4, Tata Mills Co-op

Hsg Soc, Elphinstone Rd, Parel, 400012; March 14

NAGPUR

died

Kekhusru Manchersha Medhora (82), father of

Adeel, Kaiyomarz and Hiraz; March 10

SECUNDERABAD

married

Gulzar Patell, daughter of Behroze and Pouroosh, and Dexter Moss, son of Jacqueline and Jeffrey; February 11

Delna Bharucha, daughter of Perviz and Lovji, and Zirakh Patell, son of Behroze and Pouroosh; February 12

SURAT

died

Behram Rustomji Baria (62),

5, Prince Ter, Godha St, Nanpura, 395001; March 1

Piroja (Pila) Mehervanji Dumasia (88), 2/5160, Fram St, Rustompura, 395002; March 11

• • •

IRAN

died

Mehrbanoo Bustani, wife of Iranpur and mother of Hooman and Navaz in Tehran; March 5

USA

Kentucky

died

Rayomond Firoze Masters, husband of Farida in

Lexington; March 6

Pennsylvania

born

A boy, Zal, to Tanaz and Khushru Medhora, brother

to Kaizeen in Delaware; February 17

Washington

died

Shahrokh Mirzanian in Seattle; February 22

Compiled by Roxana A. Driver