Milestones

In order to publish more current Milestones information Parsiana is carrying the names of the deceased from the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) website bpp-
paidust.in and of those cremated and/or whose funerary ceremonies are performed at the Worli Prayer Hall. The names of those cremated are sent to us by Prayer Hall coordinator Ervad Framroze Mirza, by e-mail.
A few names of those deceased in April 2017 find mention here as well as those who passed away till May 17.
Interfaith marriages taken place between January to April 2017 have also been published in this issue.
Names of contracting parties marrying out of the community have been culled from the registers seen at the Old Customs House (OCH) at Fort. Since the registration of marriages at Khar is in the process of being converted from manual to online, Parsiana could not access the names of Zoroastrians who tied the knot during that period over there. However, those names that could not be identified as Zoroastrian have been deleted.
Interfaith unions numbered 18 at the OCH. There was one civil marriage.
Since the opening of the Prayer Hall at Worli no Zoroastrian opted to be cremated at the Chandanwadi crematorium during the four month period.
As versus seven babies being born, there were 54 deaths in April. The major killer — heart disease — took the lives of 20 Zoroastrians (15 were octogenarians and nonagenarians). Other deaths were attributed to lung disease/pneumonia (nine), brain disease (five), cancer (three) and old age/general debility, anemia, sepsis, kidney failure and mutli organ failure (two each). Septicemia, arteriosclerosis (degenerative arterial change associated with advancing age), asthma, haemoptysis (coughing up of blood), gangrene, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes felled one patient each. The community lost two centenarians [a female aged 103 (the eldest to die) and a 101-year-old male] and two youths, both males, at 32 (the youngest) and 35 years respectively. The mean age at death of Zoroastrians for April 2017 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 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. The names of the deceased alongwith their ages, addresses and causes of deaths are forwarded to Parsiana by the BPP. The trust however notes that the information has not been verified or authenticated by them. 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.

AHMEDABAD
born
A boy, Yazdaan, to Ferzin
and Hoshedar Daboo on
February 18, 2017

BOMBAY
born
A girl to Ayesha and Jonathan Newton; April 2
A boy, Tian, to Tinaz and Rayomand Khambata; April 8
A girl to Delna and Jamshyd Vazifdar; April 8
A girl, Pearlyn, to Persis and Rushaad Daroga; April 10
A girl to Neelofer and Yezdan Irani; April 19
A boy to Naomi and Farokh Bhatena; April 24
A girl to Meher and Rohinton Daruwalla; April 28
married
Zehra Ali and Zubin Firoze Vandrewalla; January 3
Ritu Ranjit Merchant and
Jahabax Mehta; January 5
Persis Rohinton Cursetji and Aernoud Jeroen Dekker; January 7
Gillian Phillips and Purazar Percy Fouzdar; January 9
Divya Mubayi and Darius Dhunjishaw Vakil; January 12
Villy Dorab Dhabhar and
Rahul Chawla; January 16
Nairika Rohinton Maloo and Gaurav Chandru Shivdasani; January 18
Natasha Firdosh Mistry
and Hanoz Hoshedar Antia; January 19
Trishya Rohinton Screwvala and Suhail Chandhok;
January 19
Farnaz Adil Baria and Sandip Chandran; January 23
Natasha Elavia and Sani L. C.; January 23
Namrata Patil and Dennis Neville Wadiwalla; January 23
Jasmine Makujina and Ganesan Seetha Raman; February 3
Kareena Daryus Panthakey and Nicholas James Christopher; February 18
Nilam Sudhir Shinde and Arzan Aspy Patel; March 10
Parinaz Sarosh Aibara and Samay Suresh Lund; March 16
Afrin Cyrus Rupa and Pratik Anil Parmar; March 20
Ria Cyrus Shroff and Rohan Dinesh Desai; April 11
Aparajita Guha and Khushrav Kabraji; April 26

died
consigned
Meher Minochher Karma (83), residing at B/16, Jer Baug, Dr Ambedkar Rd, Byculla, 400027; April 1
Perin Kersi Khajotia (87),
62-A, Grand Paradi, A. K. Marg, Kemps Corner, 400036; April 1
Keki Nariman Cooper (70), 15/5, Rustom Baug, Victoria Rd, Byculla, 400027;
April 24
Daulat Khodabux Irani (Kadkhodayan) (86), Gulnar Baug, Mukam-Dharnar, Post Taloja, Tal Panvel, Dist Raigad, 410208; May 2
Cyrus Hosie Khajotia (42), B 13, Mody Bldg, Zoroastrian Compd, Parel Tank Rd, 400012; May 2
Dhunjisha Dadabhai Mehta (94), 2B/40, Tata Hsg Soc, J. Bhatankar Marg, Parel, 400012; May 3
Siloo Marzban Patel (79), Dadyseth Agiary Compd,
102, Dadyseth Agiary Lane,
400002; May 3
Rusi Jal Kekobad (91), 5/4, Wadia Baug, Parel Tank Rd, 400033; May 5
Godrej Cawasji Mistry (100), 22, Chothia Bldg, Zoroastrian Clny, Chikalwadi, Tardeo Rd, 400007; May 5
Freni Pesi Laskari (85), 797 Jesia Bldg, Jame Jamshed Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; May 6
Mani Bahadur Billimoria (83), Karani Bldg, opp Cama Baug, Raja R. Mohan Roy Rd, 400004; May 7
Nelly Minoo Pastakia (82), A, Rustom Palace, 222, Tardeo Rd, 400007; May 7
Cawasji Phirojsha Buhariwalla (98), 401, Rajendra Co-op
Hsg Soc, Tarun Bharat Rd, Chakala, Andheri (E), 400099; May 8
Perveez Keki Pithawalla (79), 35, Enterprise Apts, Forjett Hill, 400036; May 8
Dolly Dadi Writer (91), 4A/21, Takshila Clny, Mahakali
Caves Rd, Andheri (E), 400093; May 8
Kety Kersi Boocha (78), 29 A, Sethna Bldg, Nowroji Seth Lane, Thakurdwar, 400002; May 10
Yasmin Percy Bharucha (62), Chatriwala Bldg, Wadia St, Tardeo, 400034; May 10

cremated
Narges Jal Kerawalla (99), 2/8, Malegamwalla Bldg, Station Rd, Mahim, 400016; May 4
Darayash Ratanshah Mehta (85), E/5, Captain Clny, Tardeo Rd, 400034; May 7

DAHANU
married
Jerestine Elavia, daughter of Farida and Rohinton, and Adi Mehta, son of Zarin and
Behram; April 16

Compiled by Roxan A. Driver