Died: Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta, 85, founder chairman and creator of Rasna, the world’s largest selling soft drink concentrate, founder chairman of the traditionalist World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ), and erstwhile vice president of the Federation of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India and president of the Ahmedabad Parsee Panchayat (APP); in Ahmedabad on November 19, 2022 following cardiac arrest.
Variously described as a "protector… guardian… warrior… savior,” nearly every speaker at the memorial meet organized by the APP on November 19, 2022 described Khambatta as a "choost (staunch) Zarathushti.” To celebrate the philanthropic leader’s life, the function started with......