Milestones
Published in this Milestones column are intercommunity unions solemnized between September and December 2017. Few names that were inadvertently missed out from the Khar registers are published herein. However, those names that could not be identified as Zoroastrian have been deleted from the listing.
The Old Customs House registers revealed 16 interfaith and one civil marriage whereas at Khar the count was 21 intercommunity unions.
Parsiana sources information for the Milestones column from various anjumans, hospitals, individuals, newsletters and publications. While much of the material is sketchy, the Bombay marriages and death lists are quite exhaustive.
Data on marriages within the community in Bombay is culled four times in a year from the office of the Registrar of Marriages at the Bombay High Court and on interfaith unions from the Registrar of Marriages offices at Fort and Khar. There may be an inadvertent repetition of names in the marriage list when a civil marriage precedes a religious ceremony.
The list of the deceased and causes of deaths for those consigned to the Doongerwadi in Bombay is provided by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet with a disclaimer that the information has not been verified or authenticated by them. The Worli Prayer Hall sends Parsiana names of those cremated there.
The last few names of those deceased in December 2017 find mention here.
In the break-up of Bombay Doongerwadi deaths, especially of the elderly, death is often due to a combination of several diseases.
Causes of deaths for January 2018: The major killer was heart disease. Of the 22 patients who succumbed to it, 14 were over 80 years. Pneumonia/lung disease took the lives of 11 victims while four fell prey to kidney failure. Three Zoroastrians each perished due to liver disease and old age/general debility and two each to septicemia, cachexia (malnutrition) and cancer. Asthma, brain disease, diabetes, urosepsis, gastro-intestinal bleed and Parkinson’s disease claimed one person each. The eldest to die was a male, one short of his century. The community lost a 16-year-old youth (the youngest to breathe his last). The mean age at death of Zoroastrians for the first month of 2018 in Bombay was 78 years.
Parsiana also receives death intimations from the Poona Parsi Panchayat, Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman of Secunderabad-Hyderabad, The Surat Parsi Panchayat Funds and Properties Trust, Jhansi Parsi Anjuman, Nagpur Parsi Punchayet, Fram Framji of Karachi, Dr Ardeshir Damania of California and Arnavaz Sethna of Houston.
Data on births in Bombay is made available by the Breach Candy Hospital. Births in other hospitals and private nursing homes are included when an individual sends us information together with a copy of the birth certificate.
If readers have any births/ marriages/deaths they would like published, they are welcome to write to/email us. Some proof to ensure the veracity of the report would be necessary. We are sure our readers would appreciate this requirement.
BOMBAY
born
A boy to Ria and Vir Advani on January 2, 2018
A boy to Puja and Mithraem Bharucha; January 2
A girl to Shahnaz and Tushad Dubash; January 3
A girl to Parinaz and Hoshidar Kharas; January 6
A girl to Khushnuma and
Hoshedar Mistry; January 10
A girl to Mallaika and Zeus Mistry; January 14
A girl to Ichha and Neville Wadia; January 16
A girl to Tushnamaiti and
Rayomand Chaina; January 27
married
Tri Eka Sandiri and Shahpoor Adi Irani; March 7
Garima Bhagat and Homyar Phiroze Patel; May 2
Geeta Bhagwan Bhagia and
Hormaz Viraf Karanjia; June 5
Shruti Khatri and Riyad
Farhad Palia; June 16
Queenie Dashrath D’Souza
and Sarosh Amin Desai;
July 15
Rasna Palkhiwalla and Brijesh Shukla; September 1
Hemani Gajwani and Parvez Mirza; September 21
Anudnya Pandurang Kalgutkar and Rustom Sheriar Irani; September 28
Delna Nallaseth and Anvit Randeria; September 29
Shahnaz Naozer Vankadia and Niraj B. Mistry; October 26
Hansa Vijay Singh and Zubin Kersi Aibada; November 3
Mika Nishimura and Adil
Jehangir Wadia; November 3
Delsha Hoshi Daruwalla and Behzad Jamshed Elavia; November 8
Pearl Dhanjisha Gandevia and Anthony Jeyaseelan Rajaiya; November 10
Dnyata Dhanajirao Pandit
and Danesh Firoz Irani;
November 13
Sanaya Dhamodiwala and
Rohan Yellore; November 14
Khushbu Darji and Mukund Kumar; November 20
Zenia Jehanbux Irani and Binoy Kitirkumar Parikh; November 21
Maia Jamshyd Sethna
and Aditya Malhotra;
November 22
Natasha Janardan Parab
and Sharzad Zubin Fouzdar; November 26
Tejashree Deshmukh and
Rohinton Dandiwalla;
November 27
Ayeshu Chadha and Adil Shroff; November 28
Natasha Jitender Balakrishnan and Nekzad Sheriar Irani; November 30
Arnavaz Pesi Kollah and Deepak Baldev Bhagat;
December 2
Parizad Taraporewalla and Kushal Dalal; December 4
Mamta Chandu Jaiswal
and Neville Kersi Chesan; December 8
Vineeta Misra and Yezdi Minoo Mehta; December 10
Ritu Pathare and Vistasp
Mehta; December 11
Shimoni Pankaj Sheth and Anosh Behram Pardiwalla; December 11
Ritu Gandhi and Rohaan
Gazdar; December 15
Mitchelle Joseph Pulinthara and Khushroo Keki Amrolia; December 19
Natasha Nair and Zorasht Tafti; December 19
Nadia Daryush Phirozmand and Gaurav Kiran Wani;
December 21
Dilshad Patel and Raghav Aggarwal; December 22
Ketki Vinayak Gawande and Urvaksh Yazdi Engineer;
December 22
Sharmin Bhathena and Gautham Shriyan; December 22
Vinita Vishamber Manghnani and Farzan Daraius Batliwala; December 28
Priyanka L. Ghura and
Rushad Faredoon Kuka;
December 29
died
Bakhtaver Bejan Karai (70), residing at 623, Marker
Mans, Lady Jehangir Rd,
Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; January 27, 2018
Nash Phirozeshaw Karanjia (82), 1/2, A. H. Wadia Baug, Parel Tank Rd, 400033;
January 27
Sam Hormusji Tantra (81), K-1, G-4, Merwanji Cama Park, Cama Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; January 27
Freni Jamshed Dalal (92), 1/B/1, Woodland Apt, Pedder Rd, 400026; January 28
Nergish Fram Kalwachwalla (90), C-415, Vikas Towers, near Amboli Rlwy Crossing, Andheri (E), 400069;
January 28
Roshan Ardeshir Wadia (91), Saher Hse, 51-D, Bhulabhai Desai Rd, 400026; January 28
Behram Edulji Panthaky
(92), D/3, Rustom Baug, Victoria Rd, Byculla, 400027; January 29
Mani Jehangir Writer (92), 302, Minarette, Dadabhai Cross Rd no 2, Andheri (W), 400058; January 29
Bepsi Dhunjishaw Elavia (88), Room no 1, Chawl no 1, behind Mobed Bldg, Godrej Baug, off Napean Sea Rd, 400026; January 30
Sarosh Darabshaw Patel (82), 811, Jame Jamshed Bldg, Jame Jamshed Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; January 30
Erach Dhunjishaw Pardiwalla (83), E-7, Shapur Baug, V. P. Rd, near Congress Hse, Girgam, 400004; February 1
Behroz Sam Wadia (70), 7/C, Patel Bldg, Wadia St, Tardeo, 400034; February 1
Burjor Maneckshaw Bhaya (94), 1 B/2, Old Khareghat Clny, Hughes Rd, Babulnath, 400007; February 2
Rhoda Rustom Mehta (89), B Block, Muncher Manzil, 35/C, Jairajbhai Lane, Foras Rd, 400008; February 4
Perin Keki Bhesania (87),
A/7, Nowroz Baug, Dr S. S. Rao Rd, Lalbaug, 400012; February 5
Frenny Faramroj Gazi (79), Dr Dossibai and J. R. D. Trust, Masina Hosp, Victoria Rd, Byculla, 400027; February 5
Gool Aspi Karkaria (90), A/36, Tata Mills Co-op Hsg Soc, Elphinston Rd, Parel, 400012; February 6
Hutoxy Dara Miller (67), U-3/5, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400039; February 6
Silloo Dinshaw Wadia (97), 501, Brigton Tower Co-op
Hsg Soc Ltd, Cross Road
no 2, Lokhandwala Complex,
Andheri (W), 400053;
February 6
Khushroo Nariman Crawford (68), 607/D, Dolat Manzil no 2, Dr Ambedkar Rd, Dadar, 400014; February 7
Frenny Godrej Panthaky (75), 1-B-201, Salsette Parsi Co-op Hsg Soc, Pump Hse, Andheri (E), 400093; February 7
Soli Jamshedji Readymoney (85), next to Parsi Agiary, 66E, August Kranti Marg, 400036; February 7
Mehru Khushroo Wacha
(98), 602, Green Gates, Perry Rd, Bandra (W), 400050; February 7
Rohinton Jamshed Bagwadia (79), B-1, Dinbai Petit Chawl, Avabai Petit St, Grant Rd, 400007; February 8
Roshan Jal Dick (82), F Block, Bhiwandiwalla Ter, 618, J. S. S. Rd, Dhobitalao, 400002; February 8
Jivanji Bapuji Tadwalla (91), D2/85, S. B. Bharucha Baug, S. V. Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; February 8
Freny Bahadur Bulsara (96), Vatcha Gandhi Fire Temple Cmpd, Hughes Rd, 400007; February 9
Mehernosh Framroze Mistri (68), 165, Mani Bhuvan, Khetwadi Back Rd, 400004; February 9
Dina Rusi Singpoorwala (80), D4/41, S. B. Bharucha Baug, S. V. Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; February 10
Banoo Nariman Damania
(84), B/20, Godrej Baug,
off Nepean Sea Rd, 400026; February 11
Mani Jimmy Engineer (89), H-22, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400039; February 11
Zardast Dinshaw Bharucha (82), U-7/5, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400039; February 12
Aloo Homi Divecha (77),
22, New Contractor Bldg, Sussex Rd, Byculla, 400027; February 12
Naju Sorab Postwala (98),
5/3, Rustom Baug, Victoria
Rd, Byculla, 400027;
February 12
cremated
Rohinton Khudamurad Irani (72), Room no 14, 164,
Jivanji Mistry Bldg, 10th lane, Khetwadi Back Rd, Grant Rd, 400004; January 8
Rose Freddoon Mehta (97), 5A, Windcliffe, 50-D, Peddar Rd, 400026; January 29
Rutty Faramrose Mehta
(92), 4, Dilkhush, B. G. Kher Marg, Malabar Hill, 400006; February 6
Fardoon Shavaksha Nicholson (78), 21, Aarti, 85, Tardeo Rd, 400034; February 10
POONA
died
Dinaz Neville Irani (58), C/12, Konark Park, Dhole Patil Rd, 411001; January 11
Sohrab Rustomji Bilimoria (81), A-26, Varsha Park, Baner, 411045; January 12
Godrej Hormasji Aibara (95), 408, Gulmohar Apts, East St, Camp, 411001; January 14
Firoza Merwan Shekhari (84), 6/3, Ardeshir Baug, Irani Rd, 411001; January 14
Erna Jehangir Vatchaghandy (86); January 16 (cremated)
SECUNDERABAD
died
Homai Hossie Daroowala
(94); January 18
SURAT
died
Dinyar Pestonji Sethna (77), Nariman Home and Infirmary, Shahpore, 395003; January 1
Khorshed Manekshaw
Mistry (81), 12/2796,
Saiyedpura Main Rd,
opp Saiyedpura
Petrol Pump, 395003;
January 14
Homai Jamshedji Kelawala (85), 1/961, Palia St,
Nanpura, 395001;
January 19
PAKISTAN
Karachi
died
Bomi Shekhdar, brother
of Homi and Pervez;
January 13, 2018
Amy Hoshang Minwalla; February 2
UAE
Dubai
born
A boy, Evaan, to Karishma
and Vishtasp Mistry;
December 23, 2017
USA
New York
died
Sheroo Contractor, sister of
Roshan Khushru Hakim,
Jamshed and Behram;
January 15
Texas
died
Meher Sam Dubash (94),
mother of late Veera A.
Bharucha, Kamal, Jamshed, Gulmohar Bharucha and
Rayomand in Houston;
January 15
Piloos Patel, husband
of Kety and father of
Phiroozhy Aspy Jamshedji
and Dilshad Pervaiz
Karanjia in Houston;
February 6
• • •
Figures for Bombay
January 1-February 12, 2018
Marriages: 2
Parsi: 2
Interfaith: --
Males married out: --
Females married out: --
Deaths: 84
Consigned to dakhmas: 77
Males: 36, Females: 41
Cremated: 7
Males: 3, Females: 4
Compiled by Roxan A. Driver