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EditorialSATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014

02Dear Readers,

The Aam Aadmi Party is not making it easy for just about anyone to join its ranks and stand for the elections on its behalf. They have created a 3-tier strict screening process for candidates, making it tougher for those with a corrupt agenda or a tainted past to even dream of representing the people of the nation.

Shouldn’t we as a Community strive for the same excellence in quality candidature? Forums like the recently concluded World Zoroastrian Congress

have shown us what quality candidates we could have if only we look beyond a pool of an obviously tainted, egocentric and power-hungry lot.

When Parsi Times covered a by-election two years ago, we saw many smaller candidates enter

and maybe even the right messages to spread, but their candidacy, however short lived showed us a number of things; they knew how important elections were, they knew they wanted to change the stalemate and the bipartisan politics within the Community and they knew that even without the slightest hope of winning they still had a right to stand and speak out. I raise my hat to them all.

The main BPP election is over a year away. Before the loud speakers that troll through the Colony begin to disrupt Sunday morning sleep with promises of food and not much else, (I remember this well from when I stayed in Salsette Colony! I was young and it was very, very irritating!) let us, the people of the Community make some noise.

Before you second guess yourself... no... you needn’t be an expert to make the right kind of noise. You don’t need to be a highly paid judge, a successful businessman, a powerful media baron or even a seasoned journalist to know that the elections deserve a fresh set of faces with no ties, family or

From day one Parsi Times has not focused on glamour launches and high end affairs only. We have

Community truly beat and have celebrated the reality of our folk. The aunties and uncles who live hand to mouth, the sports playing school kids and the hard working new business owners. We are hoping to see new candidates emerge, the kind that will understand the importance of being BPP Trustees.

- Should he be someone who lives within a Colony and understands the struggle of the Common

- Should he be from a legacy family that already knows what it feels like to enjoy subservience of others or should he be a newbie who runs the risk of being carried away by the new found (and completely misplaced, in my opinion) adulation that BPP Trustees seem to gain overnight?

a background of professional expertise and an understanding of how to use other peoples’ money? - Should the candidate be young and enthusiastic or old and wise? Should the candidate be high on

morally competence and social work or a shrewd businessman, each with its own merits? There are a multitude of valid questions that desperately need to be answered before people begin

donating small amounts of funds to Colony events and such, so that they are assured votes later. (We seriously cannot go on being a Community that puts votes into boxes based on favours that were done for our families in the past decades).

So let us ASK these questions. Parsi Times is creating a forum under our popular column Parsi Point where we will explore our options and our varied opinions. Send us what you think and be featured for the rest of the Community to hear by emailing me on [email protected]. It is time

.

Maybe this editorial is written very early on and no one wants to think about the BPP natak just yet. People everywhere are becoming more aware of how powerful and how important it is to be the Aam Aadmi and we must too.

It is time that those seeking to be re-elected to carry on rotting legacies or even those seeking to be freshly elected and hopefully open their new (Parsi) Swiss Bank Accounts (but even Swiss Bank Accounts have lost their elitist sheen!) be threatened by the uncomfortably possibility that maybe, just maybe, we have really… truly… had enough and we want to work together to change the BPP. Mail me soon!

Freyan. POINT TO NOTE: It’s the message, not the messenger you might be mad at! Please Note: The opinions expressed in ‘Letters to the Editor’ are those of Readers and contributors and do not necessarily express the opinion of our Publication. We reserve only the right to ‘edit for quality’

tone or expression. If anyone has any doubts and issues about the content of the letters, they are requested to contact the individual authors if his/ her details are mentioned.

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Community Coverage 03SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014

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This year Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., as a responsible and committed Corporate and having a strong belief in giving back to society has decided to take part for the 7th consecutive year in this, Mumbai’s most vibrant event The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon-2014.

On January 19, 2014, in which 75 Godrej employees will be running Half Marathon (21 Kms.) in support of 3 NGOs.

1) Republican Sports Club (Merzban Patel, Parsi gentleman, identifying, Coaching and Mentoring underprivileged kids play Hockey and lead a better life).

2) War Wounded Foundation (Taking care of 10,000 War Wounded Personnel of Army, Navy and Air Forces).

3) Vasantha Memorial Trust (Taking care of cancer affected patients of weaker sections of society).Godrej is Running The

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Friday was Day One of Persianna and our Parsi Kids were seen running around with much gusto and cheer. The Inauguration was done by Rustom Jeejbhoy and the Managing Committee. The carrom, table-tennis and throw ball events of Day One were a great success.Parsi Times is looking forward to attending two more

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Community Coverage04SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014

Tday of 2014 with its own 155th Salgreh celebration. Sarosh Roj (1st January) was a special day for the famous Agairy

and it was a delight for passersby to see the elaborate chalk,

The celebration itself was no less colourful. The day began with a Jashan organized by the Trustees of the Agiary where

Aspandiar Dadachanji led the audience in a humbandagi prayer.

After the Jashan was held, respected Dasturji Dr. Peshotan H. Mirza spoke to the eager audience about the importance and the

in their content.

the Kadmi and Shehanshahi calendars and their followers, a difference that became clearer with his words.

People left after being blessed and enjoying the Jashan and the talks of the day. A wonderfully pious way to begin 2014.

The Vatcha Gandhi Agiary celebrates their 155th Salgreh

NOTICES

05SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014

The launch of the second phase of Ahura Support in

the form of an OT Center was announced through a Workshop on Sunday morning of 5th January. It was conducted in a typically business like atmosphere, with an emphasis on substance rather than style.

Two therapist with over 15 years of work experience will be associated with the Ahura Centre. They gave a very practical presentation on various concepts and

treatments under OT. OT experts held all present in the Hall in rapt attention, with two crisp and relevant presentations. While Punita Solanki cleared the concepts

and misconceptions about OT, Pooja Mehta gave a talk relating to the developmental disorder spectrum and the

use of OT for the same. Those present had many questions and a demand for appointments at the end of the session, meant that there was enough conviction and belief generated by this presentation.

Ms. Roshan Master who has dedicated over 40 years in

thanked the two therapists for their involvement with Ahura Centre and counselled

them that despite years of sweat and toil of

given a chance she will do it all over again!

Ahura Support is a Charitable Trust in Mumbai for welfare of families with persons

of mental and developmental disorders.

What is Occupational Therapy? Occupational Therapy (OT) treatment focuses on helping people achieve independence in all areas of their lives. It is recognised as the best treatment to make individuals with special needs to become self

OT can help kids to improve their cognitive, physical, and motor skills and enhance their self-esteem and sense of accomplishment.

The Occupational Therapy Centre is a fundamental part of the Day Care Centre

and really should be seen as a building block to enable a person to build on his capabilities and develop in a way that he is able to work on his own.

Cyrus BagwadiaTrustee, Ahura Support

In a move to further better the lives of its children with mental and physical

disabilities, Ahura Support Day Care and Therapy Centre launches its Occupational

Therapy Programme in early January 2014.

Connect with the Occupational Therapists at Ahura Support

Call: Pooja - 90 22 736 479

Parsi Point06SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014

History of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) is a very informative book written by Mr. Sapur F. Desai in which the history for the period 1860-

chapter of the book places the actual birth of BPP to be between the years 1672 and 1675, sometime between 338 to 341 years earlier.

BPP has always enjoyed a position of pre-eminence in the Community. During its existence, it has by and large provided the Community with outstanding leadership & governance, women and men, everyone was proud of, individuals of standing & repute.

If the history of BPP were to be written from 1961 onwards to the present time, one can rest assured that as the years roll on, it would progressively project the institution and the individuals who run it in rather uncomplimentary fashion.

With the 10th World Zoroastrian Congress having now concluded, I am taking the opportunity of sharing a few thoughts and observations, not about the Congress - reams and reams is being written about it by the media and others - but my observations about the current standing of BPP and the need to restore its stature.

Ever since the differences between the present BPP Trustees erupted into the public domain, the entire Community has been witnessing an extremely messy situation the likes of which has never before been experienced.

The 10th World Zoroastrian Congress was the perfect opportunity to enhance the standing of BPP, showcase the capacity and capabilities of present Trustees as individuals that could rise to the occasion and display their competence in taking the Community forward. The opportunity was unfortunately completely wasted.

The Congress was salvaged due to the intervention of many individuals, but it was very sad, akin to a tragedy, to observe all the elected Trustees being relegated to the background during the Congress days. The Trustees had lost the opportunity to enhance the stature of BPP and themselves, of putting their stamp on the Congress for posterity. My sympathies were with the Trustees whenever I heard delegates making unkind comments about them during their internal discussions.

Managing the BPP is an extremely complex matter at the best of times; earlier celebrated Trustees with time, commitment, dedication, vision and experience have

From my experience of having been a Trustee of both BPP (12½ years) and WZO Trusts’ (22 years and continuing) I know how important it is, that for a Trust to

of any Trust should comprise likeminded individuals whose intention is only to serve, not to push their own ideologies.

My own self assessment is that as a Trustee of BPP my performance was mediocre on account of the Board not having been comprised of likeminded individuals, whereas in the instance of WZO Trusts’, it has been publicly acknowledged to be a different story altogether. This is simply because each one of us on the Board of WZO Trust and our band of volunteers work as a team, likeminded in our desire to serve the Community, in-spite of having differing ideological viewpoints.

Everyone talks about the necessity of restoring BPP to its past glory. As a former Trustee of BPP, I believe that is very much possible. However, if we genuinely wish to restore the stature of BPP what will be necessary to attain such a noble objective will require all concerned - leaders and lay Parsis - to display maturity and sagacity of a very high degree.

Three elections to BPP Trusteeship have taken place since the introduction of ‘universal adult franchise’ in 2008. It is a known fact that each of these have been contested very acrimoniously that has done no credit to the institution or to those who offered their candidature. In the run up to all the three elections, the focus was more on attacking opposing candidates, their track records & ideologies and less on projecting plans and strategies to service the Community. The electorate was induced with grand dining & entertainment events. The few assurances and undertakings that were given to the electorate during campaigning have been forgotten.

With the experience of the past three elections behind us, whenever the next bout of election or elections

are announced does anyone seriously believe that individuals with top notch credentials and standing, who genuinely wish to provide their time and talents to the Community will come forth and offer their candidature for Trusteeship? If individuals of outstanding calibre and experience shy away from offering their time and talents to BPP there can be no hope whatsoever to bring it back anywhere near to the esteemed position it once had.

Having been a Trustee of BPP for 12½ years I genuinely believe that it is absolutely imperative that all seven Trustees should be likeminded. I therefore recommend and appeal to all sections of our Community to consider that for the next election or elections, expected to be held in 2015 or earlier, we must consider requesting seven eminent Zoroastrians of Mumbai, acknowledged leaders in their respective professions, who are interested and willing to invest of their time and talent in the welfare of the Community to offer themselves as candidates for BPP Trusteeship.

A small group of individuals, selected from various segments of the Community can be entrusted the assignment to bring together such a group of candidates.

What will however be very important from the entire Community’s perspective is to ensure that these selected seven, women & men of standing, should be allowed to be elected Trustees without having to go through the

To me, such an action at this point of time seems be the only way to bring stability to the BPP Board and be

its past glory and stature.As a Community, whilst we are indeed very well

educated it is now time to establish that we are enlightened as well.

Finally, lest it be misunderstood, I must clarify I have penned the above simply because I care for my Community and its premier institution BPP. I do not have any personal agenda to pursue, and having already served the BPP for 12½ years I am not looking to be a Trustee once again. I do hope that what has been proposed will be considered by the Community in the positive spirit in which it has been written.

Dinshaw K. Tamboli


After a long long time, the residents of Captain Colony

decided to do something different and enjoyable for all. The brainstorming of a few like-minded individuals, gave birth to the idea of The Captain Colony Winter Fest 2013, which took place at The Recreation Centre hall in the colony, on Saturday, December 28, 2013.

This Idea of the residents, by the residents and for the residents received great response and saw people in large numbers from the Colony and various other baugs/colonies in the vicinity, visiting the fun, food and shopping stalls put up by the many entrepreneurs and

professionals. The stalls included delicious Parsi snacks/drinks/eateries as also yummy chocolates, desserts & pastries, art jewellery, garments, fancy envelopes, melamine tableware, religious books & items and a unique travel desk to satisfy the traveller in you!

This was as much a fun event as it was an endeavour to support the spirit of Entrepreneurship & Self-reliance amongst our young and not-so-young Zarathushtis and kindle the spirit of enterprise in them, as could be seen from the various items on display at the above mentioned stalls. A reference was also made of WZCC (World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce) and the role it can play in helping, guiding and mentoring individuals, interested in starting out on their own.

The kids, especially had a gala time, playing fun games like, Bowling, Tailing the Donkey, Light-me-Up, Pick-me-Up and Seven Up Seven Down! There was something for everyone to enjoy and this showed in the cosmopolitan composition of the crowd which was cheering and enjoying themselves at the Fest.

There was also a LUCKY DRAW in which the lucky few took away a unique specially designed Coffee Mug with a Logo of the Fest printed on it.

The event was covered by Mr. Mazdiar Santoke for Facebook and by Mr. Cyrus Pooniwala who clicked some

Captain Colony would like to acknowledge the timely support and sponsorship by

guru, Mr. Mickey Mehta and Mr. Feroze Sethna of Feroze Foods and Flavours, in making this event a Grand Success.

The working and winning team of the Fest comprised of Dara & Roshan Mehta, Maneck & Zarin Mody, Zubin & Jasmine Sahukar, Shahrookh & Kashmira Dumasia and Tanaz Daver.

Lastly, a big THANK YOU to all the residents of Captain Colony for their enthusiastic support and participation and also to those who came forward as Volunteers to help us for the entire day.

All good things come to an end and so did our Event but not before a promise to meet again next year with a bigger and bolder Winter Fest 2014.

Three Cheers for Captain Colony, HIP HIP HURRAY!!!

B Merwan and Co, outside Grant Road station, completes a 100 years in

2014. The Café has decided to shut down for good in March.

The fast-food specialists, lovingly called Merwans by its

its long reign over the streets

of Dhobi Talao when co-owner Sarosh Irani told the press that any time in March is D day for the baking family.

City historian Deepak Rao, an avid fan of Irani cafes in the city shed some perspective about the cafe’s relevance to the area, “The building that houses the cafe is as old as the cafe; and Grant Road being a bustling place, Merwan has

always served as an important landmark in the city. Its signboard, wooden chairs, marble-top tables all of it, has been intact since it opened its shutters.

Grant Road is one of the oldest stations in the city, and there was a time when there would be a Hack Victoria (horse-driven carriages) and a taxi stand outside the station. Trains were known to stop at the station, just a little bit longer so people could buy

items from Merwan.Parsi Times spoke to with

partner Mr. Sarosh Irani of B. Merwan who explains the decision. He said, “We have no energy left with us for the bakery. We all have daughters who are busy with the work and have married lives. We are shutting shop because we don’t have time to give them and we are all over –aged people handling the bakery, we want to retire. It is a family decision to shut the bakery.”

Rush to enjoy the last few months of delicious treats from Merwans now!

Merwan and Co, outside

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By P.T. Reader Jasmine Sahukar

Perpetuating ‘Parsi’nessSATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014

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The year 2014 is clearly a year of anticipation of all the right things

happening for our nation.While 2013 clearly belongs

to Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP. What he managed to pull off, in such a short time cannot be compared with any other event or occurrence in the independent history of India. On the other hand, it does not take away any credit from the “Aam Aadmi” of Dilli, who, fed up of the practices of the ruling parties over the past decades saw a glimmer of HOPE and

in the saddle. Not surprisingly he has knocked the wind out of the competition’s sails and his each move is being scrutinized carefully by the media, the competition… and the Aam Aadmi. Let’s all join in wishing him and his band of boys, all success in 2014 and going forward. What’s the most unthinkable thing that could actually happen

in this New Year??? Arvind Kejriwal could become the Prime Minister of India!!! You may laugh incredulously at the very suggestion, but the revolutionary success of the AAP in the Delhi elections shows it’s time to abandon conventional political logic and think… the once-unthinkable. Conventional analysis suggests that the next national government. will be headed by the BJP. But if the AAP can scale up nationally, conventional analysis will become just a HUGE heap of crap….

And now some “Rocket Science” speak - Finally India can proudly claim membership to a very exclusive group of 6 countries after successfully launching the (Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) or GSLV D5 satellite. Our scientists at ISRO have successfully used an indigenous cryogenic engine for this launch. Interestingly, the team working on this project had nicknamed it “The Naughty Boy”. That’s because of its dismal record – of the seven GSLV missions since April 18th of 2001, only two were completely successful, one partially successful and four failures. The joke doing the rounds at ISRO was that “this rocket was fonder of the sea than the sky.” All the four failed attempts saw it take off

and then nose dive straight into the sea, rather than head for space which it had been made for. After this success that moniker has changed to “Obedient Boy”.

Good tidings are coming in thick and fast – Malala Yousafzai, the gutsy 16 year old girl

f r o m Pakistan’s Swat Valley, who braved the gunshot of the Taliban for encouraging female education and literacy will be in Pune on the 10th, Friday. She will be speaking about “women’s education, Indian youth and the importance of politics in society amongst youngsters. She aspires to be a politician in the near future, so she wanted to share her views about it with our students” informs Rahul Karad, founder and convener of the event. Due to

security concerns, the entire programme will be controlled by the authorities of the UN and the Government. of India. Even her travel plans are being kept secret.

Tata Group Chairman emeritus Ratan Tata

India will re-emerge as an economic power. “I have always been hopeful and

re-emerge again as an economic power. The

issue of transparency and integrity is an important one and I am glad there is focus given by organizations.”

Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit,

Kapil Sharma and Ranveer Singh are sure to lose some

fans in the immediate future. They were

Saifee, in UP and were seen gyrating to something called the Nagin Dance with the the lyrics “man–se–mulayam” on the 8th of January. Nothing wrong with that … except they were there at the invitation of Mulayam Singh Yadav and his CM son Akhilesh Yadav, who have been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons. Just a few hundred miles away from their hometown Saifee is

Muzaffarnagar. Atleast 4000 riot victims are huddled in relief camps there and people are dying daily due to the cold weather and pathetic conditions, at last count 36 children . Good enough reason for the ruling party to indulge in debauchery. When asked why? MSY said “Nothing wrong with celebrating, this is our annual tradition”. And the same afternoon, 9 ministers from UP left on a junket to exotic locations on a “Study Tour”, estimated cost per person Rs. 4.20 crores of YOUR money. With such behavior being condoned by the “ruling party” the elections round the corner are bound to throw up surprising results. The Aam aadmi of the nation has had ENOUGH!!!

Finally the ex-SC judge A. K. Ganguly has stepped down from heading the WBHRC as well as the Board of other judicial institutions of Bengal under increasing pressure for his crude attempt at violating a law intern. And Tarun Tejpal’s police remand has been extended again. All this is indicative of a rise of zero tolerance in our country

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Are you following the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party in New Delhi and will you be more active with politics

Pouruchisti Dubash, 45 yrs., Tardeo.I am following the Aam Aadmi party and the who’s

non-corrupt party, so I would love to see corruption be drastically reduced.Boman Meherji, 62 yrs., Tardeo.Yes I am following them and I believe all the people who are corrupt are stopping them by causing destruction and harassing them. I feel they are doing really good work and they actually want to bring about change but they are stopped by the wicked people who do not want to see our country progress.Dina Vania, 61 yrs., Bandra.I am not following it because simply put politics is politics. They just sound nice and sweet when they want our votes then they forget us. I don’t really indulge in following politics as such. It is really corrupt.Jimmy Irani, 68 yrs., Igatpuri.I do not exactly follow them but I am in favor of the Aam Aadmi Party I feel they are on the right track which no other party has ever been before. I think this party aims to curb corruption which is really good. If there was less corruption around it would have been way better.

Kamal Vesuna, 35 yrs., Amboli. I am not following it because I do not really like politics. Since the beginning I do not really follow politics as I feel it’s a waste of time. I may follow it if it wasn’t as corrupt as it is today.Khushnum Pestonji, 39 yrs., Charni Road.

No I do not really bother to follow politics. If the media and the politicians would be more honest you would bother to see. Here it is all fake and pre-planned. Watching such stuff is futile according to me.Percy Jamshedwala, 33 yrs., Dahanu.Yes I am following it. They are trying to work from the Aam Aadmis

tasks. I believe they should concentrate on one state and not more because

politics especially at a local level if there was less corruption.Friya Pavri, 21 yrs., Dadar.I am not following a particular party for the current elections. If the Aam

is some hope to evade corruption.

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Contd. on Pg. 16


Spend a pawesome tomorrow with The Dog A’Fair at Eden Jogging park, Hirandandi gardens, Powaii from 3 to 9 pm. Pamper

for goodies,spa and grooming sessions and most interestingly snap awesome pictures or get a dog portrait done. For the naughty ones there is also free behavioral counseling

Tcelebrate the reopening of its N.H.N. Mody Hall.

residents, was blessed with a Jashan conducted by senior priests of the colony, Ervad Hoshang

amiable and straight forward nature. The Association also expressed thanks to the Trustees of the

URGENT APPEALTaronish Patva, a grade VIII student from Singhania School at

Tournament, Sweden. Taronish does not want to lose out on this golden opportunity and hence appeals to all Parsi Entrepreneurs, Sponsors, Donors and Trusts to come forward and help him cover

Rs.1, 11,000/-

+91-9869256092 [email protected] AND ENCOURAGE THIS YOUNG ZOROASTRIAN CHILD

MEET TARONISH PATVA, 13 years and studying in Grade VIII at Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School.

Taronish is a young Zarthosti from Thane who has made a BIG name for himself in the world of sports. Starting from a very young age, Taronish has active participations and accolades in Gymnastics, Basketball at State Level. Amongst his prime achievements are Mallakhamb in Gymnastics for the last two years. An active member of the U-14 Basketball team and also the DSO Championship Team of the year 2013-14, an excellent player at NBA tournament held at Domnic Savio School, Winning member of the

Kabaddi team which secured

School competition.Taronish being an all rounder

in sports, Basketball has always been his prime attraction and the year 2014 has given him

he has been selected amongst 6500 students to participate and represent his school at the Gottenberg Basketball Tournament to be held at Sweden from 28th May 2014 to 2nd June 2014. This opening will be a big boost for Taronish to develop his skills further in

PARSI TIMES wishes this young Bawa champ well.

Taronish Patva


World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC) organized a glittering Event during their Global Meet on Thursday, 26th December, 2013 at Hotel Taj Lands End. It witnessed a wide range of dignitaries from all over the world and from different fields. Basically it served as a platform for interaction between its Chapters spread worldwide to exchange ideas, experiences, as also professional and business expertise. Representatives of various Chapters from UK, USA, Canada, Dubai, Iran Mumbai, Pune etc. participated enthusiastically, mainly with the prime objective of proliferation of Trade, Commerce, Industry, Entrepreneurship and professionalism.

The meet took off with the welcome address by the Global president Mr. Minoo R. Shroff who specially welcomed the overseas members who

had come to Mumbai to attend this meet. The meet started with the observance of a minutes silence in memory of WZCC’s past president Mr. Bomy Boyce who passed away in Toronto on December 25th, 2013.

Mr. Shroff in his opening address mentioned that in today’s scenario there is a deceleration of employment and job opportunities are not many and many employees are being laid off. Hence the key to Success, especially for the youth is “Entrepreneurship”. He advised the youth not to sit in the comfort zone of their jobs, but forge ahead, and take on the new opportunities that are forth coming, mainly in India.

He advised the parents to motivate their children to venture into business and grab the available

their belly and take the plunge. Our community has a legacy of Entrepreneurs and the spirit of Entrepreneurship has to be rekindled.

He mentioned that although ”funding” was available from various sectors eg: “Venture Capital Scheme” of BPP; unfortunately there are very few takers.

The world economy is still in a tepid state. India is supercharged with excitement about the possible change of guard after the 2014 elections leading to change in economic policies.

Yet there is a new burst for entrepreneurship globally due to shrinkage of jobs in the organized sector. In India Entrepreneur courses are increasingly preferred even by engineering and technical graduates with greater participation by women.

Globally entrepreneurship, business and professions, is rising in smaller town and cities. This is especially so in emerging countries where urbanization is creating a new class of young aspirants. He then added that “WE” Women Entrepreneurs Wing was launched by WZCC about two years ago has got off to a very good start. It organizes programmes from time to time to involve participation of women entrepreneurs. It has evoked enormous interest both in Mumbai and Pune.

WZCC has also worked out a collaborative arrangement with “TIE”, the internationally renowned organization for arranging joint programmes and affording opportunities for our member to participate in their very instructive programmes. We also have collaboration with IMC, the leading body of businessmen in Mumbai and we get regular invites for our members to attend their programmes and network.

He further emphasized that WZCC has tried its best to inspire our youth to be more daring and step out. However they are still very hesitant, opting for secured jobs. One can only facilitate and empower. In this endeavour WZCC earnestly seek the cooperation and willing support of all those who have made successful careers in business and profession to join us by offering to train, counsel, mentor. Their willing

He stressed that the environment is exciting but getting more competitive. The younger generation will have to be smarter and faster than we were,

derived from a successful enterprise. Sense of independence, giving space to express our creativity.

Lastly technology is changing at a mind boggling pace. Those who plan to venture will have to be

After the Global AGM, which was very well attended, there was a youth panel discussion the topic being “Challenges of being an Entrepreneur”. This panel was able chaired by Mr. Yazdi Tantra, Managing Director, On-Lyne Comptech (India) Pvt. Ltd, Vice Chairman of Zoroastrian Co-op Bank Ltd (ZCBL) and the Chair of WZCC Technical Committee.

Mr. Maher Dhamodiwalla

of “Financial Artists”. The Company founded to venture into the practice of Financial Planning. His presentation was on “Funding of Business”Mr. Burzin Engineer

MD of Elemental Crafts and Founder CEO of Dwellar Elemental Crafts combines design technology and marketing teams to turn around innovative solution to help business achieve growth.

Dwellar is cloud based software as a service platform for real estate. His presentation was ”Being globally Competitive”Mr. Kobad Bhavnagri

An Environmentalist and Energy Consultant. He is currently Head of Australia for Bloomberg, New Energy Finance.

His presentation was “Growth of Green Energy Sources.”

All the aforesaid three panel members gave a very interesting and informative presentation considering the current global scenario.

After these presentations there was vibrant interaction between the Panel Chair, the Panelist and the audience.

Post Lunch was the Economic Forum Session which was also very stimulating. Mr. M. R. Shroff addressed the audience on the “Overview of Global/Indian Economy.” He said that he came across a very

“An Economic slowdown is when your neighbor loses his job. When you lose your job it is a recession. But when a journalist or an economist loses his job, it is a depression.”

Subsequently the Economic Forum Panel discussed the topic “Innovation- Key to Success”. This Panel was chaired by Mr. Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director of Madison World, who is ranked as one of the 50 most powerful person in Indian Marketing, Advertising and Media Business.

Mr. Edul Daver (USA)An Entrepreneur who bought over powder

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From L to R Adi Siganporia – Chairman Mumbai Chapter , Minoo R. Shroff - Global President ,

Aspi Antia - CAO Mumbai Chapter & Xerxes Dastur Vice-Chairman – Mumbai Chamber – The WZCC

Organizing Team .

From L to R Edul Daver, Rohinton Karanjia , Sam Balsara (who Chaired the Panel)

& Kanchan Kumar


Analysis – Its growing importance”.Mr. Kanchan Kumar

Executive Director of The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) Mumbai. He has over two decades of experience in the software product Industry and over 10 years as an Entrepreneur – He is founder and CEO of FLUOUS – Leader in Enterprise HR Solution. His session was “Innovation – Changes over the last decade”.

Once again there was enthusiastic interaction between the panel chair, the panelist and the audience.

Then commenced the most awaited event of the day – The Outstanding Awards, The Ball room of the Taj Lands End was glittering with a large audience of members and guests. The Chief guest Mrs. Meera Sanyal gave a powerpoint presentation which depicted how Indian ingenuity works in converting opportunities to very fruitful business entities. With factual and concrete examples she showed how small scale business can develop in far-

were simply written off. She stressed the importance of “intellectuals in Public Life – Need of the Hour”. She wanted Good Governance Encompassing Law, Safety, Justice and Enabling Infrastructure. She then mentioned about the need of Leadership, involving Ethical, Progressive and Decisive qualities and then emphasized the need for capacity building which should include Ideas, technology and access to markets. However the most touching and pertinent point in her entire talk was when she brought in the wisdom of Zoroastrian Religion in terms of the Avesta Prayer. The audience truly

appreciated her talk with thunderous applause.

Dr. Beheruz Sethna from USA as the Outstanding Zarathushti Professional of the year 2013 Mr. Kobad Bhavnagri from Australia as the Outstanding Young Zarathushti Professional of the year 2013.

WZCC global corporate secretary, Ms. Behroze Daruwalla then honoured

Ms. Zarine Khan for their outstanding contribution in organizing this event.

Mr. Bomi Patel Global Vice President than proposed a vote of thanks particularly with reference to the untiring efforts of Mr. P. P. Kharas – Director of the International Board, Mr. Adi Siganporia and his team of Mumbai Chapter and Mr. Viraf Deboo and his team of Pune Chapter. Along with the team led by Mr. Farhad Cooper of SamSons for providing excellent sound system and photography. The entire Event was ably lead by Mr. Burzis Taraporevala as the Compere with intermittent and relevant anecdotes. The proceedings under his overall stewardship went on smoothly with a high degree of interest and motivation. The Event concluded with the audience enjoying the cocktails and the sumptuous food served by Taj Lands End. All those present appreciated the excellent arrangements made for this Event.

Chief Guest Ms Meera Sanyal presenting the Award for “Outstanding Zarathushti Professional

of the Year 2013” to Dr Beheruz Sethna .

Chief guest Ms Meera Sanyal presenting the “Outstanding Young Zarathushti Professional of

the year 2013” to Kobad Bhavnagri

Division of the Company that he worked for and as CEO/President of the new company ACu Powder International, LLC implemented an “Open Book Management” technique with all employees having a stake in the business and sharing

His presentation was “Transition from Professional Manager to Entrepreneur”.Dr. Rohinton Karanjia (USA)

A Senior Banking Executive who has worked in large US Banking including JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America. He specializes in Credit Risk, Market Risk and Counter Party Credit Risk Management. His session was “Risk


C.J. Colony Shines! “SIR COWASJEE JEHANGIR COLONY RECREATION CENTRE CELEBRATES 14 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN PROMOTION & EXECUTION OF SPORTS AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES – MAKING SOMEONE’S LIFE COLOURFUL”

P.T. Contributor HOMI D. BHAGWAGAR (Tiger)Tata Projects Employee & Tournament In-Charge

The 13th All Parsees Floodlit Throw-ball Tournament for Women and Volleyball Tournament (Direct as well as Indirect) for Men were organized in a spectacular manner by Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Colony Recreation Centre (SCJRC), Tardeo. This prestigious Annual Sports and Welfare Community Mega Event was held for a period of two weeks from 26/12/2013 to 5/1/2014 from 7.30 PM to 11.30 PM.As the Tournament In-charge, it gives me immense pleasure to inform that the tournaments were a huge grand success, wherein forty two (42) teams amounting to approximate three hundred & thirty six (336) participants from Marzban Colony, Nirlon Colony, Kashinath Colony, A H Wadia Baug, Godrej Baug, Gamadia Hostel, Bandra Tata Blocks, Malcolm Baug, Salsette Colony, Navroze Baug, Wadia Sports Club, Spikers, Dhunbai Wadi, and Host Sir C J Colony represented by nominating their competitive teams to stake a claim in this keenly contested, ever likeable and immensely popular Mega Annual Community Sports Event.

praise from one and all. CJ glowed and glittered. Sporting crowds were present applauding and cheering their respective team members and rival participants, sharing the fun, thrills and excitement in true spirit, as well as spreading love, warmth, togetherness and camaraderie. The crowds loved and enjoyed the beauty of the respective games through the lively performances of so many equally talented players.

All Parsees Floodlit Throwball Tournament for Women

The rotating cup in loving memory of late Mrs. Perviz T Panthaky for the Winning Team was won by Malcolm Baug, majestically led by Vahishta Bharucha,

The rotating cup in loving memory of late Mr Minoo N Daruwalla for the Runners-up Team was won by Marzban Colony, captained by Friyana Katgara,

The rotating trophy in loving memory of late Mrs. Villoo Adi Mohta for the Best Player of the Tournament was won by Roshneesh K. Maneck from Malcolm Baug

The rotating trophy in loving memory of late Mr Beji Agha for the Best Promising Player was won by Roxanne Jehangir from Marzban Colony

All Parsees Floodlit Volleyball (Indirect) Tournament for MenThe rotating trophy in loving memory of Late Mr. Kersi Dalal for the Winning Team was won by Navroze Baug - ‘A’

setter, at game point all, Navroze Baug dethroned the mighty Spikers. It was Navroze Baug’s 1st ever win at “CJ” grounds. Cheers to them for their superlative, memorable, worthy performance.The rotating cup in loving memory of Late Mr. Framji Hormusji Sethna for the Runners-up Team was won by Spikers, captained by Farhad Irani

The rotating trophy in loving memory of Late Mrs. Roshan F. Elavia for the Best Player of the Tournament was won by Pashin Sanga, from Navroze Baug “A”

The rotating trophy in loving memory of Late Meherzad K Dalal for the Best Promising Player was won by Yohan Bharucha, from Spikers

All Parsees Floodlit Volleyball (Direct) Tournament for MenThe rotating shield in loving memory of Late Mrs. Coomi Dara Karbhari for the Winning Team was won by Sir C J Colony Recreation Centre ‘A’ spectacularly led by Zubin Shroff

their championship title.The rotating shield in loving memory of Late Mr. Feroz F Elavia for the Runners-up Team was won by Marzban Colony ‘A’, captained by Firdosh Mehta

The rotating trophy in loving memory of Late Mr. Dhanjisha Rustomji Bhagwagar for the Best Player of the Tournament was won by Ruzbeh Gandhi from Sir C J Colony Recreation Centre “A”

The rotating shield in loving memory of Late Mr. Behramshaw Elavia for the Best Promising Player of the Tournament was won by Aadil N. Mithaiwalla, from Marzban Colony ‘A’

Promising Player Volleyball (Direct) – Aadil N Mithaiwala, Promising Player Volleyball (Indirect) – Yohan Bharucha,

Best Player Volleyball(Direct) – Ruzbeh Gandhi, Best Player Volleyball (Indirect) – Pashin Sanga.

Chief Guest Rustom J Vakil presenting the Tournament Championship Trophy to

Sir C J Colony Recreation Centre – ‘A’ for Volleyball(Direct).

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Tournament Champions for Volleyball (Indirect).

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Well ladies and a Gentlemen, please put your hands together and join by honoring in print through some few good words for “THE YESTERYEAR SUPERSTAR – HOMIYAR ADI MOHTA”. Like so many other stalwarts from the colony, one more sporting talent who represented our club “CJ” & made an impact at the indoor games & outdoor sports during the early 90s and 2000s & even now, in a

that of our colleague Homiyar Adi Mohta. Light built, athletic, very skillful with an approach of a true sportsmen, full of team spirit and above all a positive loveable character, Homiyar has been a Champion representing our Colony Team for more than over two decades in the game of Volleyball, Cricket, Football, Table Tennis, Carroms, as well as for various other sports and athletic events. He has won several Open Category & All Parsees Championship Tournament Titles for Table Tennis & Carroms, achieving the level of success what we all can only dream. Homiyar has been a competitive sportsman, who has brought a lot of laurels, tournament titles and glory to himself and more-so to Sir C J Colony Recreation Centre.Also, I must mention that the growth of Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Colony Recreation Centre (CJ) would not have been accomplished without

Homiyar Adi Mohta, Treasurer - CJ, who along-with his Managing Committee Colleagues, for the last 14 long years has served diligently & played a major stellar role towards the Centre’s growth, development and establishment. Homiyar, my colleague, is a role model, a wonderful human being like his late father, most kind & always helpful and is thus admired by many for his

& welfare of others.Homiyar is the son of our beloved Late Mr Adi & Villoo Mohta. I am sure they will bless him further for his kind deeds as our life is what our action makes it. I am most happy that Homiyar was felicitated by Chief Guest Mr. Rustom J. Vakil & also personally by self, on behalf of the Colony/ Recreation Centre with the “LATE ADI J. MOHTA LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT ROTATING TROPHY AWARDED TO A SUPER STAR – HOMIYAR ADI MOHTA”, for his yeomen stellar contributions. Well done my dear friend – HOMIYAR. We all at “CJ“ are proud of you & your wonderful family. Thanks.

A very big thank you to our very generous and kind sponsor Mr Pervez Andhyarujina & Mr Kersi Chindhy – my dear friends from the racing fraternity, who, so very gracefully and magnanimously stepped ahead to help me out in my endeavor, by

Recreation Centre by sponsoring the Championship Cash Prizes, at a total stake value amount of Rs 55,500/- (highest tournament stakes ever) for the three (3) tournaments which have been awarded and distributed amongst the recipients for each of

such the tournaments were dedicated in loving & fond memory of Pervez’s beloved wife & Yohaann’s dear mother Fiona Andhyarujina & Kersi Chindhy’s

We at “CJ” are most thankful & obliged to them for

As you may all be aware, Sir C J Colony Recreation

important Sports Centre which encourages children & youth and promotes all types of indoor & outdoor sports and other social, welfare events with glamour and glitz, practically at zero costsThe Recreation Centre is also most grateful and thankful to all the following Contributors/Well Wishers/Sponsors (display of banners) who have

meeting the various Event Management Costs & Expenses : towards organizing & conducting the three (3) prestigious mega tournaments : towards

procurement of trophies, kits & gears / other

expenses / maintain & sustain round the year monthly recurring expenses / property maintenance & operational costs / towards further structural restoration, repairs, renovation, up-gradation of equipments & sports amenities/facilities, overall development & establishment of “CJ”s growth -

As such, I am most thankful and grateful to the

Byram Jeejeebhoy, Berjis Desai, Parsi Punchayet,

Wibs, MEJMT, Ahmedabad Sports, Kishor Dingra,

Kapadia, Shiven Surendranath, Milan Patel,

role, encouraging & promoting me in my various round the year Sports / CSR / Society Welfare / Community Development Initiatives, etc with a purpose & mission to make a positive difference – Making someone’s life colourful.The suave and very elegant Mr Rustom Vakil,

graceful Ms Michelle Master too joined us to support

(Volleyball - Indirect), Mr Vispi Karbhari – Sound System, Shanker - Floodlights, Nandu, Kailash and

Minoo Tarapore from China Time – Catering, Mr

and above all Percy Minoo Sepoy – CJ’s Caretaker & Administrator (Pride of the Recreation Centre) for

All my wonderful committee members, volunteers, linesmen, scorers, tiny tots and the colony security who through their kind support assisted the Recreation Centre for the various daily tournament

to distribute the glittering rotating trophies/cups/shields along-with handsome cash prizes to the Winners / Runners-up as well as to the Best Player and the Best Promising

SPECIAL RECOGNITIONChief Guest Rustom J Vakil & Guest Of Honour Ms. Michelle Master honouring Throwball Best Player – Roshneesh K’ Maneck.

Promising Player Throwball – Roxanne Jehangir (ExtremeRight).

Amazing Feat – Mementos & Applause to Noshir J. Mithaiwala who stole the show : oldest participant at the ripe age of 72 years. It was a meritorious magical moment for the Mithaiwala family, as all the four, Grand Father Noshir, Son Aadil and Grand Sons Yazad & Pozash represented and played for Marzban Colony. Noshir completes more than 5 decades of playing competitive tournaments and is acknowledged by crowds as Master of the Game – truly stylish, brilliant & class apart.

Chief Guest Rustom J Vakil honouring the Champion Team Members of Malcolm Baug.

LifestyleSATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014

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Not a very good week emotionally. Heartbreak would be felt. Something you wanted in your relationship will not fructify. Career wise it’s an Awesome week. You will achieve your goals with panache. Advice - Avoid conflicts. Give way to your ideas.Lucky dates - 12th, 13th & 15th January 2014.

Things may not churn out the way you visualised it for your relationship. Painful issues will not stop to harass you. Career wise this week will mark the end of a turbulent period and good times will begin. Advice - Have faith in your ideas and charge ahead.Lucky dates - 11th, 12th & 16th January 2014.

A great week emotionally. You and your partner will work together to build a secure and profitable future. Marriage maybe on the cards. Career wise you will have several projects to prove yourself at. You will be busy this week work wise. Advice - Do not let past failures affect your present.Lucky dates - 11th, 13th & 16th January 2014.

Your confused relationship will put on the thinking cap this week. You will do a lot of soul searching and you shall get your answer. Career wise it’s a busy week with a few obstacles that you will face. Advice - Do not cheat. Try not to find out the easy way out of situations.Lucky dates - 13th, 14th & 15th January 2014.

Ego clashes and a few trivial fights with your partner are seen this week. A few of you may find opposition from others towards your relationship. Career wise you will be satisfied and content with the kind of work you are doing. Advice - Keep wishing as your wishes will get fulfilled.Lucky dates - 11th, 13th & 16th January 2014.

A slightly turbulent week emotionally as you will try to balance out your emotions. You may be confused about something in your relationship. Career wise it’s a great week. Plans will fall through and you will see good results. Advice - Find the courage to face your fears. For that shall set you free.Lucky dates - 12th, 13th & 17th January 2014.

A week to look forward to. You and your partner will find great happiness in each other’s company. Marriage may be on the cards. Career wise this week signals the end of a wavy past and the promise of a bright new future ahead. Advice - Do what stems from your heart.Lucky dates - 13th, 14th & 17th January 2014.

Arguments and idea clashes between you and your loved one are seen this week. You maybe having difficulty explaining your point to your partner. Career wise you will have the opportunity to begin something new which you really love. Advice - Fight hard for what you believe in.Lucky dates - 13th to 15th January 2014.

Your relationship will get divine guidance. You will finally be able to make a call on the same. You will see and do what’s right. Career wise you will have a sudden burst of several ideas in your head. You may want to start something of your own. Advice - Take help from the wise and learned.Lucky dates - 11th, 12th, 14th & 17th January 2014.

Stars, Angels & Spirituality are all part of being Kermeez Shroff. Here she shares what the week ahead looks like for you with regard to your root number. To arrive at your root number add the digits

of your birth date (not including month and year.), till you arrive at a single digit number. eg. 25-3-1988. Take 25 only- add 2 and 5 = [email protected]

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I have a recurring problem and it doesn’t seem to get resolved. The main

problem I have is that while older restaurants offering good food, they are inconsistent with their dishes and the newer ones are extremely lackluster and charge an arm and a leg for a meal.

After a long time I came across a restaurant tucked away in Bombay Central that pleasantly surprised me. Rivaaz- the Indian cuisine restaurant in the newly

going back to very soon. It’s a lovely restaurant with simple wooden interiors and extremely polite staff. The best part is their food. I’m told the hotel has been around for many years but has recently been

revamped so this restaurant is a new addition. The mutton sheekh kebabs are excellent served with a green chutney but it’s best eaten with one of their in-house spicy yet

tangy chili pickle. It’s their own concoction of sugar,

tamaranind, spice and a lot more and its reminds me

of an Indian version of the sweet and spicy dipping sauce that accompany most Thai dishes. Their Paya soup is warm and thick and light option for those

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is it delicious. Rivaaz is also extremely generous with their butter, garlic and their prawns! The lassooni Tandoori pomfret is equally tasty but in case you want something tangier or spicier than they have a chutney version as well.

The mains list various gravies and rice dishes and even a special for every day of the week but we picked 3 dishes for our main course and spent a fair amount

of time assessing which one was our favourite. The Firozpur Jingha, which is prawn in a tomato onion gravy base, is a brilliant dish and I’m so glad my server recommended it. There is no great secret

appeal to me and one of my favourite ingredients prawn. It’s got a lovely crunch to the gravy

as well from the chopped onion and garlic and though one would mop this bowl of deliciousness with a naan or roti I just ate it plain and enjoyed it even more. The Dal Rivaaz, which is their version of black daal is surprisingly not as heavy as I expected it to be and very tasty.

The one dish this restaurant seems to take very seriously is their Biryani and as I’m told by my extremely enthusiastic waiter, they prepare fresh dum biryani everyday. Their dum ghost biryani is wonderful with fragrant rice and soft tender meat but since I’m a prawn lover next time here I’m going to try their jingha biryani.

so rasmalai, gulab jamun and a signature dish of ice-cream, fruit, jelly called ‘Rivaaz Sundae’ made a special appearance.

Apart from a great meal, I realise that this restaurant is very competitively priced. In fact their

combination of good food, pleasant ambience and affordable pricing is extremely attractive and makes it an ideal destination for an occasion meal like taking the family out for your birthday or even e n t e r t a i n i n g some clients during a w o r k i n g lunch. The hotel has more than 80 rooms and some sleek banquet halls making it another great location for functions and if the catering will be anything like the meal I had, I’ll be glad to attend any function here.

Rivaaz, is not the best Indian restaurant in the

I have enjoyed. It gives me some hope that there are restaurants who still believe in a good meal at a decent price and if this is any indication then I’m certainly coming back, not just for more but to try out their other restaurants as well.

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We read earlier in the introduction to the Sassanian Dynasty

that Ardeshir Papekan who was married to Ardawan’s daughter had defeated and killed Ardawan in the battle at Hormazdgan near Susiana. Ardeshir Papekan, Artaxerxes I, became the lawful possessor

of last of the Parthian King Ardawan’s throne and his crown (in AD 212 according to Sir Denison Ross, but Noldke and many others give the date as AD 224) and proclaimed himself King of Kings and Shahanshah-i-Eran.

Rawlinson feels that Ardeshir, a vassal of Ardawan had commenced his career by annexing Carmania and some outlaying provinces of Media. It was only then that Ardawan had roused himself into action against his revolting vassal, but it was too late.

When victorious Ardeshir

was returning to Pars he founded the city which he named Khurrah-e-Ardeshir with its beautiful palaces and gardens. It is the modern Firuzabad. Like all the other Zoroastrian rulers, he too encouraged agriculture by having canals dug from a broad river, to irrigate the land and make it fertile and green. A Fire-Temple was erected on the banks of the river. The feast of Jashne Sadeh and Jashne Meherangan was celebrated once again.

Soon, after Ardeshir became the king, he led an expedition against the Kurds of Mount

Masius. The Kurds greatly outnumbered the Persians who were routed, but Ardeshir gathered a forces of three thousand horsemen and a thousand archers he made a surprise attack at night and defeated the Kurds.

His next adventure was in the province of Kerman. Karman was not an easy target but after a considerable loss of

men-power and use of ruse and stratagem, he emerged victorious. Chief Haftanbokht (Haftwad of Shahnameh) was hanged and the treasure found there was dispatched to the city of Khurra-e-Ardeshir where a new Fire Temple was erected atop a mountain. Feasts of Sadeh and Meherangan were restored.

Whilst Ardeshir was busy in Kerman, one Mithroke-anosh-padan (Meherak of Shahnameh) of Jharom, took the advantage of his absence and gathering his troops he entered the capital city and plundered the palace. When Ardeshir approached the city the usurper, without offering any resistance, hid himself, but he was caught and executed.

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In AD 226, at his coronation at Ctesiphon, (now Bagdad), Ardeshir sat on the imperial ivory throne and assumed the imperial crown and gorz (mace/scepter) in hand. His adopted the title “King of Kings”. Gibbons explains “These pompous the titles, instead of gratify the vanity of the Persian, served only to admonish him of

soul the ambition of restoring, in their full splendor the religion and Empire of Cyrus.

Over the years, Ardeshir undertook several campaigns and expanded his new Empire to the East and the Northwest. He conquered Sistan, Gorgan (Khosrasan), Margiana, (in Turkmenistan), Balkh, Chorasmia, and Mosul. The kings of Turan Makran, and Kushan sent their envoys to declare their allegiance to Ardeshir and accepted him as their overlord. Ardeshir’s rise saw the fall and the decay of the Kushan and the Andhra powers in India. Indians have not viewed this kindly and rightly so.

According to Gibbon, “Ardeshir won some easy victories over the Scythians and the ‘effeminate’ Indians.” Rawlinson disagrees with him but in Shahnameh, Firdausi does mentions that Rum, Turkistan, Hind and Chinese Tartary, became (soft) as Rumi silk before Ardeshir. All accepted his sovereignty; none dared to oppose or challenge him and so tax and toll continued to pour into his coffers from every land. The allusion to the “Rumi silk” seems to come from a speech Ardeshir had delivered to his nobles that from Rum and Hind he took tribute and the world had grown like Rumi silk to him. Mr. F. D. J. Patuck, writing on the Sassanian coins mentions that the Byzantine and oriental historians assert that Ardeshir’s kingdom extended to Indus and Oxus.

The late Parthians king had two sons who had taken refuge under the king of Cabul. They sent a letter secretly to their sister who who was married to Ardeshir to kill her husband with a deadly Indian poison which they had sent along with the letter.

The queen waited for the chance to execute her evil designs. She got her chance one day when Ardeshir returned

home from a hunt very tired. The queen offered him water in a topaz cup, some sugar, and

mixed the Indian poison. The king, after reciting the baj, was about to eat. The queen was very nervous. suspecting something was amiss Ardeshir called for four fowls and fed them with morsels of the served meal. The fowls all died. According to Karnamak-i Ardeshir-i Papakan, just as Ardeshir was about to drink, the sacred Fire Adar descended on the cup as a red hawk and the cup fell from the king’s hand.

Ardeshir summoned the head priest and asked him, “What punishment is meet for a woman who contrives her husband’s death. The wise head priest whose name was Tabari replied, “She who attempts to kill her husband is worthy of death and must be beheaded. Ardeshir ordered the woman to be executed.

This would have been the end of the conniving queen had she not informed wise head priest that she was pregnant. Tabari went to the king to inform him of the condemned queen’s condition and requested him to postpone the execution until her child was born. The angry king replied, “Don’t stay for a moment; kill her!” The far-sighted Priest realized that the king was without an heir, and though full of wrath at the moment, he may regret his decision later.

The priest kept the queen in in an isolated place. None knew of her existence. After several months the queen delivered a son. Tabari named him Shapur, son of Shah. He brought him up in his care for seven years.

One day the high priest found his king in a depressed state. He inquired of the king the reason for his solicitude. He said, “O King! May thy soul triumph over thy care and grief! Now it is time for joy and wine and not for sadness. All the seven regions of the Earth are under thy sway.” Ardeshir replied, “ My holy and faithful minister, I have rid my land of

but now my years amount to

black hair have turned camphor white, my cheeks have lost their roses. A son I ought to have to comfort my heart, strength to my arms and a guide. Now was the time to speak.

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Contd. from Pg. 14Many girls complain about

their parting that it never falls the way they want it to and always falls back to a strong parting that has probably gone

sits to that side. When your hair is wet put

it to the side you want it to sit and put a clip. This will tame the hair to stay to a side. It will take a while to change to the parting you desire, maybe days, weeks or even a couple of months depending on how strong the parting is but

parting to change and fall to a side.

been crying lack of funds donate generously to the public since a decade has put in a useless cost of more than 1 lakh to install CCTV cameras totalling 8 in number at various crucial spots but I fail to understand for what. What are the Trustees looking at an empty Agiary. Can a Holy place like an Agiary have cameras installed in

doubt and even if yes why does big Agiaries of Mumbai which have full day clientile like Rustam Faramna Dadar, Sethna Tardeo, Tata Bandra, Aslaji Grant Road. Not have these cameras. In my opinion these cameras would be to much better use there than here. This futile and high expenditure which is against tradition and totally unorthodox is questionable and should be known to the public.Faredun Guzder.

Dear Editor,Humanity itself has many

meanings like Kindness or Mercy or attribute or benevolence but the main

someone in need. We Humans in today’s world have no time to go ahead and help someone. All we think of is of ourselves only like what are we going to eat, where are we partying tonight, what clothes should we buy but we never think of someone who needs our help.

Life is a very short cycle so we should live each day as it comes and live it to the fullest. But where is the kindness or the approach to help others gone? It is all lost in vain in today’s fast world.

A few days back at Fountain, I saw this young girl stand at the signal with a bag in one hand, an umbrella in the other and a walking stick which she was managing to hold on. It was pouring heavily and when I looked closely I realized that the girl was Blind. I made my way across through her and in that time I saw multiple number of people pass by her, staring at her but not one of them stopped to assist her. She kept standing quiety in the rain with a thought in her mind for someone to help her but all hope lost. I went upto her and asked her where her destination was. She told me that she wanted to cross the road and go in the Bank on the opposite side. I held her hand and waited for the signal to turn RED. As it turned RED, I took her with me slowly making our way across the Zebra crossing to the other side but the rains

She kept asking me “Madam you must be getting wet”. And in turn I told her “It is not only me getting wet but you too.” We reached the opposite side and I dropped her at the entrance of the Bank. The minute she entered the Bank, the security picked up her bag and umbrella and helped her

to walk in. She turned around and

told me “Thank You, May God Bless You.” Those words made me feel bad and good. Bad because when people like her need our’help, there is no one to give them a helping hand and part away a few precious minutes but those same people might spend hours together wasting their time on BBM or Whats App. The Good part was that her “Thank You” made my day as it had just started and I felt on the top, of the world because I knew that I had done a good deed today.

Our time on earth is limited and every day counts and we should make the most of it and as Dalai Lama talks about the difference between pleasure and happiness. Pleasure is usually temporary and brought about by something external. Happiness is usually longer lasting. It begins by looking inward and is eventually brought out in to the world and shared with others. As human beings, we can focus on bringing about happiness in the world. Doing simple deeds like this will help us feel good within ourselves and will also make the world a better place.

And as we Bawas say we believe in 3 things. Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds. So let us keep

and another in order to bring peace to ourselves and to the ones who need it.Naznin Edulkaka.

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towards crimes against women. More women are charging their superiors of rape and molestation after the laws were revised recently. It will take some time but the wheels have been set in motion. There is a good chance of reversal of the recent enforcement of the ancient and archaic Article 377 against the LGBT Community too.

And now something to make you smile in this new year straight from the TOI… “For most of us the word ‘jerk’ is a simple expletive, usually applied to someone behaving unreasonably. But Eric Schwitzgebel, a

philosophy professor at the University of California, goes

word. According to him, a jerk is “someone who fails to appropriately respect the individual perspectives of the people around him, treating them as tools or objects to be manipulated, or idiots to be dealt with, rather than as moral and epistemic peers with a variety of potentially valuable perspectives.” He also goes into great detail as to why a jerk is a jerk … phew!!! I wonder if he can

“Indicus Politicus”, the Indian Politician and he his welcome

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