Events & Personalities
BASZA’s child-less Navroz
Sadly, not a single child was present at the Jamshedi Navroz function organized by the Borivli and Suburban Zoroastrian Association (BASZA) at the Rustomjee International School on March 28, 2015, mentions BASZA News, its in-house newsletter. Five or six children are usually present at such events, but their total absence this time was described as a not "particularly happy situation” and raised concerns that ours is an ageing community. But it could also be because this was examination season, the newsletter tried to justify.
Around 70 Zoroastrians from Bombay’s western suburbs who were present were regaled by games master Gavin Coelho. For over two hours Coelho made everyone, young and old, and "even those who pleaded that they had arthritis” get off their chairs to participate in a number of fun games — tapping their feet, clapping their hands, walking around in circles singing songs, doing the birdie dance and winning chocolates as prizes, mentions the newsletter. At times the participants became so competitive that a couple of senior citizens tumbled to the floor while trying to grab chairs and were sportingly extended a helping hand by the others.
Around 70 Zoroastrians from Bombay’s western suburbs who were present were regaled by games master Gavin Coelho. For over two hours Coelho made everyone, young and old, and "even those who pleaded that they had arthritis” get off their chairs to participate in a number of fun games — tapping their feet, clapping their hands, walking around in circles singing songs, doing the birdie dance and winning chocolates as prizes, mentions the newsletter. At times the participants became so competitive that a couple of senior citizens tumbled to the floor while trying to grab chairs and were sportingly extended a helping hand by the others.
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