Milestones
Published in this Milestones column are intercommunity unions solemnized as well as names of Zoroastrians who opted for cremation (at Chandanwadi crematorium) between July and September 2015.
Names of contracting parties marrying out of the community have been culled from the registers seen at the Old Customs House (OCH) at Fort and at Khar. However, those names that could not be identified as Zoroastrian have been deleted.
Two interfaith and one civil marriage were registered both at Khar and OCH respectively.
At the Chandanwadi crematorium nine Zoroastrian bodies were cremated during the three-month period.
The last few names of those deceased in end September 2015 find mention here as well as those who passed away till October 12.
Sixty-five Zoroastrians opted to be consigned to the Bombay Towers of Silence while only eight births were reported for the month of September.
Seventeen deaths were attributed to various diseases of the heart (of whom 14 were octogenarians and nonagenarians). Cancer felled 10. While four patients each succumbed to brain disease and diabetes, three each fell prey to septicemia, pneumonia/lung disease and old age/general debility. Two each were victims of hypertension, cachexia (a state of constitutional disorder, malnutrition and general illhealth) and dengue. Anorexia (loss or deficiency of appetite for food), blood disease, pemphigus vilgaris (skin condition with blister eruptions), intestinal obstruction, status asthamaticus (repeated attacks of asthma without any period of freedom between spasms), septic shock, hypothyroidism (a group of symptoms caused by the deficiency of thyroid secretion), kidney failure, vivax malaria, asthma, ulcer, epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia (spasms of excruciating pain in the fifth cranial nerve), sepsis and monoplegia (paralysis of only one limb) took the lives of one Zoroastrian each. A one-year-old baby girl, who was the youngest to breathe her last, was a loss to the community. A 30-year-old male succumbed to injuries sustained in a road accident. The oldest to die was a female, well passed her centenary — at 105 years! The mean age at death of Zoroastrians for September 2015 in Bombay was 80 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 one hospital — 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. 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 Zenobia and
Jimmy Bhesania on
September 5, 2015
A boy to Mehernaaz and Gino Arethna; September 9
A girl to Delna and Neville Madon; September 9
A boy to Suzan and Farhad Banajee; September 14
A boy, Xerxes, to Shireen and Pervez Bapuna; September 18
A girl to Vahbiz and Bakshad Amrolia; September 23
A boy to Karishma and Shavir Banaji; September 23
A girl to Tushnamaiti and
Rayomand Chaina;
September 28
married
Fernaz Bhikhu Variawa and Farzad Rustom Mirza; July 15
Riniki Bhuyan and Jal Farrokh Bhagwagar; August 13
Deepika Singh and Ruzan
Minoo Ichaporia; August 24
Farah Rohan Bulsara and Zarnoosh Urvax Wadia;
August 24
Meghna Chacko and Eruch Francis Taleyarhan; August 31
Taronish Mullan and Aieesh Samant; September 1
died
consigned
Mani Behram Engineer (89), residing at Motiwalla Mans, 66, B, A. K. Marg, Gowalia Tank, 400036; September 29
Soli Khodadad Irani (81), 2-C, Mackawee Mans, 7, Rustom Sidhwa Marg, Fort, 400001; September 29
Freny Minocher Mistry (87), 76, Habib Mans, Gowalia Tank, 400036; September 29
Jeroo Adi Baria (67), C/92, Goyal Complex, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad, 388001;
September 30
Zarine Dadiba Dadrewala (72), Room no 55, 10, Dadi Santok Hse, Dhobi Talao, 400002; September 30
Nergish Homi Amalsadiwalla (77), 722/A, Meher Bldg,
Dinshaw Master Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014;
October 1
Gool Naval Baliwalla (80), 173, Venus Apts, 87, Cuffe Parade , Colaba, 400005: October 1
Firoz Bamansha Parabia
(65), Avabai A. Wadia
Edawalla Agiary, Dhobi
Talao, Marine Lines, 400002; October 1
Hosi Nadirshaw Daruwalla (80), 15, Walchand Ter, Tardeo, 400034; October 2
Roshan Sorabji Tatary (93), 14, Hama Building, Kashinath St, Tardeo, 400034; October 2
Rustom Jamshed Boyce (86), C-4, Ness Baug, Nana Chowk, 400007; October 3
Arnavaz Behram Irani (86), Hse No 471, Plot No 453, opp Dolphin High School, Vangani; October 3
Gul Ratan Tavadia (64), 2A/1, Tata Mills Co-op Hsg Soc, Parel, 400012; October 2
Porus Soli Todiwalla (46), P-40, Nowroz Baug, Lalbaug, 400012; October 3
Aloo Mehernosh Daroga (73), 005/1, Parsi Salsette Clny, Old Pump House, Andheri (E), 400093; October 6
Naju Shavakshaw Patell (82), 95, Kala Niketan Bldg, M. Karve Rd, 400020; October 6
Dinshaw Pestonji Madon (83), Kalpataru, S. B. I. Co-op Hsg Soc Ltd, S.V. Rd, Borivali (W), 400102; October 8
Khorshed Rusi Dolasha (69), D/1/83, S. B. Bharucha Baug, S. V. Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; October 9
Noshir Sheheriaji Karanjia (87), B-42, Gool Mhl, Sleater Rd, 400007; October 9
Mithoo Jehangir Balsara
(82), A104, Jay View Co-op Hsg Soc, Sahakar Ngr, J. P.
Rd, Andheri (W), 400059;
October 11
cremated
Sheroo Phiroze Mirza (85), 234, Siddhesh Jyoti, E Wing, Balaram St, Grant Rd, 400007; July 6
Rohin Dossabhoy Mehta (90), 3/4, The Reward, next to Ganga Jamuna Theatre, Tardeo, 400007; July 13
Soli Each Canteenwala (81), 800, Bachan Manor, Jame Jamshed Rd, Matunga, 400019; August 1
Moti Nadirshah Roowala (92), 604, Shantivan Bldg no 2, Raheja Township, Malad (E), 400097; August 5
Dina Ardeshir Desai (85), 317, Arun Chmbs, S. B. Rd, Fort, 400001; August 12
Farrokh Ratansha Guard (57), B/504, Ahura Apts, Divecha Complex, Edulji Rd, Charai, 400601; August 17
Farokh Framroze Engineer (61), 629, A. Homavazir Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; August 21
Zerin Ardeshir Kapadia (86), 84, Sangeeta, 27/28, Arthur Bunder Rd, Colaba, 400005; August 27
Mani Nariman Mody (97),
17, Lotus Court, 196, J. N. Tata Rd, Churchgate, 400020; September 17
Homi Framji Jesia (77), 797, Jesia Bldg, Jame Jamshed Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; October 2
Compiled by Roxan A. Driver
CORRECTION
In the October 7, 2015 Milestones column Parsiana had published the announcement of the demise of Najoo Savak Toddywalla who expired in Malaysia on September 22. Her daughter’s name was mistakenly printed as Rashida K. Selvadury. It should correctly read as Rashida Shavak Todiwalla.
The error is regretted.