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.
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 July 2021: Heart disease (18 — 12 of whom had crossed 80 years), cancer (seven), old age/general debility (six), septic shock (a widespread infection causing organ failure and dangerously low blood pressure) and diabetes (five each), lung disease/pneumonia (four), multi organ failure, hypertension and sepsis (the state of being infected with pus-producing organisms) (two each) and septicemia (the persistence and multiplication of living bacteria in the blood stream), urosepsis, kidney failure and malaria (one each). The eldest and youngest to breathe their last were both females, at 99 and 48 years respectively. The mean age at death of Zoroastrians for July 2021 in Bombay was 82 years. The life expectancy at birth for males was 82 years and for females, 83 years.
Parsiana also receives death intimations from the Poona Parsi Panchayat, Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman of Secunderabad and Hyderabad, The Surat Parsi Panchayat Funds and Properties Trust, Jhansi Parsi Anjuman, Nagpur Parsi Punchayet, Zoroastrian Society of Ontario, 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.
AHMEDABAD
died
Viraf (Vispi) Bamanshaw Dutia (58), husband of Armin and father of Shezrin Phiroze Edulji on August 20, 2021
Bombay
died
consigned
Roshni Bahadur Langrana (77), residing at 401/2, Behram Baug Parsi Clny, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; August 8
Thrity Minocher Talaty (74), 11, Tenerife Co-op Hse Soc, 20, Little Gibbs Rd, Malabar Hill, 400006; August 8
Shariyar Darab Irani (82), Room no 1/2, Parakh Bldg, Plot no 134/1, near Dandekar Hosp, Panvel, 410206;
August 9
Freny Rohinton Italia (81), 1006, Hilla Tower, Dr S. S. Rao Rd, Lalbaug, 400012; August 9
Nargis Dady Shekary (89), B-36, Usha Sadan Bldg, 38,
S. B. Rd, near Colaba PO, Colaba, 400005; August 9
Mehernosh Cawasji Adajania (65), 22, Contractor Chawl, Sussex Rd, Victoria Garden, Byculla (E), 400027;
August 10
Zarir Rustom Anklesaria (55), 6-B/503, Damodar Park, L. B. S. Marg, Ghatkopar (W), 400086; August 10
Adi Ratansha Mody (84), Petit Bldg no 2, Balaram St, Grant Rd, 400007; August 10
Sam Kaikashroo Nakra (88), 102, Dady Seth Agiary Lane, Kalbadevi, 400002; August 10
Kersi Behramsha Sui (67), H. no 1143, Umrigar Fire Temple, Mora Bandar, Uran, 400702; August 10
Pilloo Merwanji Battiwalla (85), 9, Kumkum Co-op Hsg Soc, Rd 7 A, Sewri, Wadala, 400031; August 11
Piroze Manchershaw Khan (95), R-16, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400001; August 11
Perin Jal Lala (87), Unit no 206, Pallonji Shapoorji Home, The B. D. Petit Parsee Gen Hosp, B. D. Petit Rd, Cumballa Hill, 400026; August 11
Nergish Nariman Palia (77), G-6, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400005; August 11
Gool Keki Rabadi (97), 7, Home Villa, Krishna Sanghi Marg, Gamdevi, 400007; August 11
Maki Jal Cardmaster (98), 12, Anita, Mount Pleasant Rd,
Malabar Hill, 400006;
August 12
Faredoon Jalejar Patel (81), 19/3, Malcolm Baug, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; August 12
Eruch Nanabhoy Patel (75), 780, Karani Mans, M. Joshi Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; August 13
Aspi Rusi Edulkaka (66), 1/2-2-A, The Salsette Parsi Clny, Pump Hse Rd, Andheri (E), 400093; August 15
Mackie Dorab Gamadia (65), C-1, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400001; August 15
Faram Dinshaw Irani (Malganji) (78), 1/8, Baria Bldg, Gamadia Clny, Tardeo, 400007; August 16
Dhunjishaw Dinshaw Karkaria (89), 153, Mehrdad, opp
President Hotel, Colaba, 400005; August 16
Nergis Behram Mistry (92),
35 A, Bandstand Bldg, Kane Rd, Bandra (W), 400050; August 16
Porus Dara Tavadia (59), Jillan, 133, Prof Almeida
Rd, Bandra (W), 400050; August 16
Parin Rustom Amooyan (85), Pupala Sadan, Dr Annie Besant Rd, Worli, 400025; August 17
Khushru Pestonji Cooper (70), 20/121, Umargaon Bldg, near Dena Bank, Parel, 400012; August 18
Farokh Phirozshah Patel (84), A-203, New Rameshwar
Tower, Shimpoli Rd, next to Gokhle School, Borivli (W), 400092; August 18
Marazban Minocher Amroli-
wala (78), F-29, Contractor Baug, Mori Rd, Mahim (W), 400016; August 20
Keki Phiroze Mobedjina (81), 681/A, Parsi Clny, Dadar (E), 400014; August 20
Viraf Daddy Writer (71),
4A-21, Takshila Clny,
Mahakali, Andheri (E), 400093; August 20
Sussan Boman Bamboat (80), Room no 16, Ravindra Mans, Churchgate, 400020; August 21
Pilloo Manekshaw Wacha
(91), 501/A, Green Gates, Perry Rd, Bandra (W),
400050; August 21
Barjor Sohrab Bajan (80), M-37, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400001; August 22
Jeroo Sorab Irani (85), 9/5, Patel Bldg, Gamadia Clny, Tardeo, 400007; August 26
Perin Darab Irani (89), Bhima Sadan, Dr Ambedkar Rd,
Byculla, 400027; August 26
Bhickhoo Darabshaw Fitter (86), 401-A, Voyage Scheme, Borade Wadi, Poona, 412105; August 27
cremated
Darius Sam Motashaw (66), 10/A, Jiwan, 11, L. D. Ruparel Marg, 400006; August 12
Jaloo Kershasp Kasad (86), 3, A. H. Wadia Baug, Parel Tank Rd, 400033; August 14
Rohinton Ardeshir Bastani (66), 3/18, A. H. Wadia Baug, Parel Tank Rd, 400033;
August 15
Gahver Khusru Kathok (92), 4, Kavarana Bldg, Sant Gadge Maharaj Lane, off D. Phalke Rd, Dadar, 400014; August 19
Adil Pestonji Elavia (78), 607/4-B, Salsette Parsi Clny, Pump Hse, Andheri (E), 400093; August 20
Jamshed Pestonji Dalal (87), 5-A, Somerset Place, 611-D, Bhulabhai Desai Rd, 400026; August 21
Viraf Shavak Billimoria (60), C/12, Contractor Baug, Mori Rd,
Mahim (W), 400016; August 23
Gool Pesi Bharucha (90), A-92,
Paradise Apts, Nepean Sea Rd, 400036; August 25
Polard Cawas Nazir (48), 214, St
Andrews Rd (Jonelia), Bandra (W), 400050; August 25
BULSAR
died
Piroja Sarkari (73), wife of Farokh and mother of Anahita Viraf Patel and Shahrukh; August 14
Hoshang Sorabji Govekar (74), husband
of Maharukh and father of Hormuzd,
Kaiyomarz and Hemin; August 22
NAVSARI
died
Dolly Jehangirsha Pithawala (80),
mother of Godrej, Mehernosh, Viraf, Bakhtavar, Zenob and Gaver; July 28
Zarine Rustomji Mistry (66), August 10
POONA
born
A boy, Farshid, to Rukshin and Cherag Ambapardiwala; August 19
• • •
PAKISTAN
Karachi
died
Rohinton Jamshed Irani, husband of
Vahishta and father of Rayomand,
Jamshed and Khurshid; August 19
USA
Florida
died
Zahver Fred Morris, mother of Kurush, Murzban and Bezan; July 17
• • •
Figures for Bombay
January 1-August 27, 2021
Marriages: 22
Parsi: 22
Interfaith: --
Males married out: --
Females married out: --
Deaths: 548
Consigned to dakhmas: 422
Males: 212, Females: 210
Cremated: 126
Males: 71, Females: 55
Compiled by Roxan A. Driver
ERRATA
While publishing the death announcement of Jer Rusie Rustomjee (Milestones, August 21-September 7, 2021), the names of her sons-in-law were inadvertently mixed up.
The announcement should read: Jer Rusie Rustomjee (97), mother of Zarine Farokh Mistry, Tehmi Rusi Meher-Homji and Jamshed in Sydney; July 26.
Parsiana regrets the error.