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ZAGBA
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Apt. #12,
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ZAGBA
Apt. #12,
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Zoroastrian Association of The Greater Boston Area
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Saturday, September 16th, 2007
2007
20
ZAGBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
07
Message from the President
Contents
Navroze, Nawruz, Nowroz, Norouz... however you wish to say it, I would
like to take this opportunity to wish all our ZAGBA members and friends
a wonderful beginning of Spring and a happy and healthy new year.
Zoroastrian
Youth of North
During this past year, we have had an incredible team lead ZAGBA
America
toward our collective(ZYNA)
vision for Community Building, Community
Education, Community Service and Community Center. It has been a
laurels. Based on feedback from the community, we will focus on having
2)
Joinevents
Jimmy
ZYNA
is committed
to
twoCome
‘high end’
eachand
yearMe…
that are
fully-catered
and formal
basic
human
social
all.events
Please
in/around
Marchrights
21st andand
August
21st.justice
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of the
will come
be run
and managed
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will befor
more
cost-sensitive.
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join
Jimmy by
Carter
andand
myself
a week
of camaraderie
as
in April
we are
planning
movie night
for the community;
later in
build
houses
fora family
low-income
families
in Los Angeles,
we
the summer
we have a event
picnic,will
a canoeing
trip and
another
biking trip.
CA.
This five-day
not only
provide
housing
for
Please
take
a
look
at
the
new
ZAGBA
website
www.ZAGBA.org
the
families who only dreamt of owning a home, butforwill
most recent schedule of events. With your input, an updated 2007
increase awareness of a very real American housing crisis
Community Directory will be completed shortly and will allow us greater
and
a long-term commitment for action from community
opportunities to connect with each other.
leaders and individuals to resolve it. Details: Los Angeles,
The Community Education events seem to get stronger all the time.
CA;
Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2007; Sponsorship for Food and
Both the Adult and the Children’s classes are flourishing and sincere
Housing will be available.
thanks to Nasswan Dossabhoy for engaging the youth and some adult
peers to get excitement back into this group. The teachers of the
Children’s classes – Hufrish Sirohi, Kaizad Patel, Yezad Nalladaru, and
their leader Farhad Panthaki deserve to be recognized and applauded for
their hard work and dedication.
4th WORLD ZOROASTRIAN
YOUTH CONGRESS, AUSTRALIA
2007
The Community Center – The Zarathushti Center of Boston is moving
forward
withmore
continued
zealthe
under
the leadership
team of the Bhathena
To
learn
about
next
World Zoroastrian
Youth
and Kheradiand
families
and looks
to the
community
You will
of
Congress
be part
of “the
greatest
eventforinsupport.
the history
hear
much
more
about
developments
in
this
effort
in
the
coming
weeks.
Zoroastrianism in Australia,” visit: www.4wzyc.org If you
The Community
Service
group ledfinancial
by Yezad Nalladaru
has toward
been active
are
intersted in
providing
assistance
a
and many thanks
to alltooffund
you for
your support
the recent
scholarship
project
Iranian
youth in
speakers
to clothing
attend
collection
(I firstinhand
saw the gratitude
from twoMeher
of the locations
in
the
congress
Australia,
please contact
Amalsad
Mumbai when the clothes were donated) and the Food Bank volunteering.
who is coordinating a global fundraising effort:
Coming up soon are more volunteering opportunities at the upcoming
www.babameher@prodigy.net
Special Olympics Games and other events.
We thank you all for your continued participation in and volunteering at
9th
WORLD ZOROASTRIAN
activities. We encourage you to renew or become new members of
CONGRESS,
DUBAI
ZAGBA this month as it is the
start of our 2009
ZAGBA membership year.
Your input is essential as we plan and implement events that are of
The
next World Zoroastrian Congress will be held in
interest to you and your family, so the ZAGBA Board welcomes your
UAE from Dec. 28th-31st, 2009. Look for more
Dubai,
suggestions and your offers to help out. Please send an email to
information
soon. or feel free to call me with inputs.
jhdubash@gmail.com
10
Best Wishes, Ushta Te,
Jamshed Dubash, President, ZAGBA
01
02
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Please contact ZYNA Chairman, Nikan Khatibi at
pleasure working with the current board of Firoza Panthaki, Edul Nakra,
nikan2@aol.com
for more information:
Hufrish Sirohi, and Anaheeta Nanavaty. Please join me in recognizing
theirATTENTION:
hard work and alsoMedical,
the dedication
of individuals
who have
led the
1)
Pharmacy,
Dental,
OptomChildren’s
and
Adult
Religious
Education,
Youth/Sports
activities,
etry, and Nursing STUDENTS. Come join ZYNA and
Zarathushti
Center mankind
of Boston (ZCB),
and of those free
who
Service Activities,
dedicate
yourself
to serving
by providing
work with them to plan and execute their activities. In the past year, we
health care to people in remote areas of the United States.
have had a number of very successful ZAGBA Community Building
are looking for 15 students and 3-4 licensed professionWe
events including a well-attended formal Papeti-Navroze event in Natick,
als
to travel
to Tennessee
to over
provide
healthcare
to the
undera Jashan
Gahambar
event with
17 families
cooking
a traditional
served.
This
will
be
a
wonderful
learning
experience
all
Dhansak meal, and a Holiday Dinner Costume Party with fun for
for the
students
and
what
better
way
to
learn
than
to
be
part
of
a
kids and young at heart. In addition, we have a fantastic newsletter
group
youth who
will beever
providing
written of
andZoroastrian
published quarterly,
a first-time
ZAGBA outstandcommunity
calendar,
and a new service!
ZAGBA website.
to Anaheeta
ing
community
Details:Congrats
Crossville,
TN, Mody,
April
Rita Kapadia
delivering
to the ZAGBA
Parastu Dubash
14-15,
2007,and
Housing
and forFood
will these
be provided
by
community.
Having
said
that,
the
team
has
no
intention
of
resting
on
its
ZYNA
Z A G B A K E Y D AT E S
ZAGBA COMMUNITY EVENTS
02
04
Z A G B A N O R O U Z C E L E B R AT I O N
ZAGBA MEMBERSHIP
ZAGBA CALENDAR
Z A G B A YA H O O G R O U P S
ZAGBA WEBSITE
President - Jamshed Dubash (jhdubash@gmail.com)
Vice President - Firoza Panthaki (fpanthaki@jhancock.com)
Secretary - Hufrish Sirohi (Hufrish_Sirohi@Millipore.com)
Asst. Secretary - Anaheeta Mody (ananavaty@printaspects.com)
Treasurer - Edul Nakra (edul.nakra@gmail.com)
Official email contact: ZAGBA@hotmail.com
Farhad Panthaki - Children’s Education, Religious Services
fpanthaki@yahoo.com
Nasswan Dossabhoy - Adult Education
ndossabh@endicott.edu
Z A G B A PA S T
05
H O L I D AY D I N N E R PA R T Y
Z A G B A C O M M I T T E E U P D AT E S
Z A R AT H U S H T I C E N T E R O F B O S T O N
05
CHILDREN’S RELIGIOUS CLASSES
05
A D U L T E D U C AT I O N
06
YOUTH GROUP
06
C O M M U N I T Y S E RV I C E
07
ZAGBA COMMUNITY NEWS
07
WEDDINGS
07
Daryush Mehta - Youth Liaison
dmehta@mit.edu
BABIES
08
Bijan KHosraviani - Sports
bijanstanford@gmail.com
N AV J O T E S
08
CONDOLENCES
08
ACHIEVEMENTS
08
Yezad Nalladaru - Service Projects
yezad@hotmail.com
Firdaus Bhathena - Zarathushti Center of Boston
firdaus@alum.mit.edu
Jerry Kheradi - Zarathushti Center of Boston
JerryKheradi@aol.com
Parastu Dubash - FEZANA liaison, Newsletter
parastu@townisp.com
Official email contact with the ZAGBA Board:
zagba@hotmail.com
Newsgroup Communications within the community:
zagba@yahoogroups.com
New Official Website
www.zagba.org
F E Z A N A U P D AT E S
09
THE ZOROASTRIAN CONGRESS
09
THE ZOROASTRIAN SPORTS COMMITTEE
09
T H E Z A R AT H U S H T I O R A L H I S T O R Y
09
PROJECT
PA R S E E G E N E R A L H O S P I TA L A N N U A L
09
FUNDRAISER
09
SCHOLARSHIPS
Z N YA A N D U P C O M I N G W O R L D
10
CONGRESS
Posters made by the Children's
Religious
Classes,
ZAGBA
CHILDREN
'S CLASS
POSTERS
11
on Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.
Place an ad in the newsletter:
Full Page $ 100 • Half Page $ 75 • Quater Page $ 50
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20
07
Contents
Zoroastrian
Youth of North
America
(ZYNA)
toward our collective
nikan2@aol.com
their
hard work and also
the dedication
of individuals
who have
led the
1)
ATTENTION:
Medical,
Pharmacy,
Dental,
OptomChildren’s
and
Adult
Religious
Education,
Youth/Sports
activities,
Service Activities, Zarathushti Center of Boston (ZCB), and of those who
dedicate
yourself to serving mankind by providing free
als
to
travel
to Tennessee
to provide
healthcare
to the
undera Jashan
Gahambar
event with
over 17 families
cooking
a traditional
served.
a wonderful
learningParty
experience
DhansakThis
meal,will
and be
a Holiday
Dinner Costume
with funfor
for all
the
students
and what
better
to learn
than
to be part
of a
kids and young
at heart.
In way
addition,
we have
a fantastic
newsletter
writtenof
and
a first-time
group
Zoroastrian
youth who
will beever
providing
calendar,
and a newservice!
ZAGBA website.
to Anaheeta
Mody,
ing
community
Details:Congrats
Crossville,
TN, April
Dubash
and
Rita
Kapadia
for
delivering
these
to
the
ZAGBA
Parastu
14-15, 2007, Housing and Food will be provided by
community. Having said that, the team has no intention of resting on its
ZYNA
2)
Join events
Jimmy
and
ZYNA
is committed
to
twoCome
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each
yearMe…
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fully-catered
and formal
in/around
Marchrights
21st and
August
21st.justice
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of the
willcome
be run
basic
human
and
social
all.events
Please
and managed
our teams
will befor
more
cost-sensitive.
For example,
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Jimmy by
Carter
andand
myself
a week
of camaraderie
as
in
April
we
are
planning
a
family
movie
night
for
the
community;
later
we build houses for low-income families in Los Angeles,in
the summer
we have aevent
picnic,will
a canoeing
trip provide
and another
biking trip.
CA.
This five-day
not only
housing
for
Please take a look at the new ZAGBA website www.ZAGBA.org for the
families who only dreamt of owning a home, but will
and
CA; Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2007; Sponsorship for Food and
Housing
will be available.
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the
congress
Australia,
please contact
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The next World Zoroastrian Congress will be held in
Dubai,
information
jhdubash@gmail.com
10
01
02
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
02
04
ZAGBA MEMBERSHIP
ZAGBA CALENDAR
ZAGBA WEBSITE
fpanthaki@yahoo.com
Z A G B A PA S T
05
05
05
06
YOUTH GROUP
06
07
07
WEDDINGS
07
dmehta@mit.edu
BABIES
08
N AV J O T E S
08
CONDOLENCES
08
ACHIEVEMENTS
08
yezad@hotmail.com
parastu@townisp.com
zagba@hotmail.com
www.zagba.org
09
09
09
09
PROJECT
09
FUNDRAISER
09
SCHOLARSHIPS
10
CONGRESS
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ZAGBA
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POSTERS
11
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Congratulations on
on your
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Date: Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 11 p.m
Place: Byblos Restaurant and Function Hall in
Norwood, MA
Activities: Socializing and celebrating the new year,
children’s presentation of the Norouz Haft Seen
table and singing of the “21st March” song, board
update, group prayer, Middle Eastern dance and
music, dancing to the latest music, and Middle
Eastern cuisine with dessert.
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2007 ZAGBA Annual
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Membership Dues.
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Chikliwala’s
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ZAGBA fiscal
year is from March 21, 2007 to
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on
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compiling
a
new
ZAGBA Directory for 2007 and
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of Mahbi
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will be asking for your updated information shortly.
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and brother
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2007-08 ZAGBA Calendar
A dedicated team has worked energetically to put
together our first official ZAGBA calendar. The
response has been overwhelming and we are very
pleased to be creating a truly unique calendar
celebrating our community. As a community building tool, we hope this helps us think of each other
throughout the year and remember our special days:
birthdays, wedding anniversaries and death anniversaries of loved ones. As a fundraising tool for
ZAGBA, the community gave generously with $25
donations for each reserved date. And many families
took advantage of the “buy 4 dates, get 1 free” offer
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The four
four children
children prayed
prayed extremely
extremely well.
well. The
The dasturji's
dasturji's and
and
The
Parsi
family
members
in
Bombay
were
most
impressed.
the
the Parsi family members in Bombay were most impressed.
(We truly
truly have
have to
to thank
thank Farhad
Farhad Panthaki
Panthaki for
for spending
spending aa lot
lot of
of
(We
prayers.
time with
with
Cyrus
and
Arman,
teaching
them
their
kusti
prayers.
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Cyrus
and
Arman,
teaching
them
their
kusti
which was suggested by one of our members as an
wasincentive.
great evening
evening
with
200 guests
guests
and aa lot
lotregular
of good
good food!
food!
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aa great
with
200
and
of
This
calendar
includes
holidays,
from April 2007 to March 2008. To purchase a
Achievements
calendar or give feedback, please send email to
parastu@townisp.com
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
New
ZAGBA
Website
Mahbi
Chikliwala
joined Cabot
Cabot
Corporationisas
as aa Sr.
Sr.
Mahbi
Chikliwala
joined
Corporation
on
February
20,
2007.
The
ComCorporate
Accountant
on
February
20,
2007.
The
ComCorporate
Accountant
launched!
pany isis located
located at
at Seaport
Seaport Boulevard,
Boulevard, Boston,
Boston, MA.
MA. Cabot
Cabot
pany
For
many
years
now
ZAGBA
has
not
had
an active
global specialty
specialty chemicals
chemicals and
and perforperforCorporation isis aa global
Corporation
website. That changed this past month with the
mance material
material company headquartered
headquartered in
in Boston.
Boston.
mance
effort of company
our new Webmaster Rita
Kapadia. She is
working with the ZAGBA Board to design and
Condolences
create a website for ZAGBA. We hope that we can
continue
towith
update
Our
thoughts are
are
with
you.and improve the site, enhancing
Our thoughts
you.
features and content regularly. Please visit the site
Navroz
and Hanoz
Hanoz Gandhi's
Gandhi's
grandmother,
Nargis
Mehta,
Navroz
and
grandmother,
Nargis
Mehta,
www.zagba.org
and we
welcome your
comments.
in December
December from
from complications
complications with
with bypass
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passed away
away in
passed
enjoyed aa full
full life
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86 years
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matriarch of
of aa large
large family.
family. Her
Her humility,
humility, warmth,
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service
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rummy
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things
she
will
be
of
of service and rummy addiction are things she will be
She isis survived
survived by
by her
her husband
husband Pesi,
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three
remembered for.
for. She
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children,
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grandchildren,
two members
great- to
children,
seven
grandchildren,
and two
greatcommunicate
with
each
other
circulating
grandchildren.
grandchildren.
Zarathushti-related news, and other Boston com-
munity information. Examples might be informing
Bahram
KHosraviani
passed
away
on December
December
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on
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the KHosraviani
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and
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and his
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Keikhosrow
and
Jamsheed
founded
the
Rasti
Printing
Press
Keikhosrow
and
Jamsheed
founded the Rasti Printing Press
hotmail
email
address.
the pioneer
pioneer and
and prominent
prominent Zoroastrian
Zoroastrian printing
printing shop
shop in
in
-- the
Iran. The
The majority
majority of
of our
our Zoroastrian
Zoroastrian religious
religious books
books were
were
Iran.
ZAGBA
Newsletter
famous Rasti
Rasti Calendar
Calendar has
has been
been
published
by this
this firm.
firm.
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published
by
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item
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every Zoroastrian
Zoroastrian
household
in Iran
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improve
them.
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his
smile
and
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was
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the world with his smile and warmth. He was a model by
completed
in
June/July
ZAGBA
newsletter
will
be
Until his
his very
very last
last years,
years, he
he
his actions,
actions, not
not by
by his
his words.
words. Until
his
Please
to send
your
information
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and involved
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human
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and
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example
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of
the
Zoroastrian
we
all
strive
to
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longer among
among
us, and
and
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miss him
him
dearly, for
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his sweet
sweet
memories,
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optimism towards
towards life,
life, tolerance
tolerance
his
memories,
smile,
and honesty
honesty will
will
and patience
patience with
with difficulties,
difficulties, his
his purity,
purity, and
and
always
remain
in
our
hearts.
May
his
soul
be
joyous
and
always remain in our hearts. May his soul be joyous and
strong in
in the
the warmth
warmth of
of heaven.
heaven.
strong
FEZANA Updates
submitted by
by Parastu
Parastu Dubash
Dubash
–– submitted
The Zoroastrian Congress
The Zoroastrian
Zoroastrian Society
Society of
of Ontario
Ontario (ZSO)
(ZSO) isis hosting
hosting the
the
The
XIV
North
American
Zoroastrian
Congress
“IMPACT
XIV North American Zoroastrian Congress “IMPACT ––
Unleash the
the Spark
Spark Within!”
Within!” An
An innovative
innovative look
look at
at how
how
Unleash
June
Zoroastrianism has
has impacted
impacted our
our world
world from
from Friday,
Friday, June
Zoroastrianism
July 2nd,
2nd, 2007.
2007.
29th through
through Monday,
Monday, July
29th
ZAGBA
Holiday
Dinner
far, over
over 350
350 individuals
individuals from
from all
all over
overParty
the world
world have
have
So far,
the
So
registered
for
IMPACT!
For
information,
please
visit:
registered
for
IMPACT!
For
information,
please
visit:
The ZAGBA community celebrated the Holiday Dinner
www.zoro-impact.com.
Party at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Arlington on DecemTitans
of Our
Our Community
Community
with
innovative
high-end
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of
innovative
Hear
2006.
The event with
included
board high-end
/ committees
2nd,
Mr.
Ratan
Tata,
Lord
Karan
Bilimoria,
Mr.
Fali
technology:
Mr.
Ratan
Tata,
Lord
Karan
Bilimoria,
technology:
updates and a community prayer led by all of Mr.
our Fali
children.
Nariman,
Mr.
Behram
Avari,
and
Mr.
Nadir
Godrej.
Nariman,
Mr.
Behram
Avari,
and
Mr.
Nadir
Godrej.
A number of adults joined the children in costume and the
mentor,
and of
Placefashion
an ad,
ad, donate
donate
used eyeglasses,
eyeglasses,
become
aa mentor,
and
Place
an
used
show/parade
emceed bybecome
Hufrish.
To the delight
play in
in
the
World
Zoroastrian
Symphony
Orchestra!
play
Zoroastrian
Symphony
Orchestra!
allthe
theWorld
children
(except one
who was in
tears!) a festive Santa
ZAGBA Past
ZAGBA, made an appearance and gave out presents.
Yalda
Two
young
festival,
its
origins
and
how
it
is
celebrated.
The 5th
5th Zarathushti
Zarathushti Unity
Unity Cup
Cup Soccer
Soccer Tournament
Tournament
The
children from
the Committee
community (ZSC)
made donations
of several
Sports
invites
athletes,
The
Zoroastrian
The Zoroastrian Sports Committee (ZSC) invites athletes,
the
ZAGBA
center
from
hundred
dollars
towards
spectators, fans
fans and
and friends
friends to
to participate
participate in
in the
the 5th
5th ZaraZara- their
spectators,
“birthday
gift”Soccer
requests
for funds toward
the Center
Tournament
at Aviation
Aviation
Park in
inrather
thushti
Unity Cup
Cup
Soccer Tournament
at
Park
thushti
Unity
than
presents.
Children’s
creative
and
colorful
posters
Redondo Beach,
Beach, California,
California, September
September 1-2,
1-2, 2007.
2007. This
This on
Redondo
and
Good
Deeds”
“Good
Thoughts,
Good
Words
be the
the biggest
biggest and
and best
best yet!
yet! For
For were
tournament promises
promises to
to be
tournament
throughout
thewww.zathletics.com
evening. The clothing
drive for
moredisplayed
information,
please visit
visit
and help
help
more
information,
please
www.zathletics.com and
institutions
in
India
and
the
canned
food
drive
for the
spread the
the word.
word. For
For questions,
questions, please
please e-mail
e-mail zsc@fezana.org.
zsc@fezana.org.
spread
Greater Boston food bank organized by the Community
Service group were both extremely successful and we thank
for donating toward
theseHistory
good causes.Project
Thanks to those
TheyouZarathushti
Oral
who helped out in the kitchen, and to set up and clean up.
In an
an effort
effort to
to document
document our
our heritage
heritage as
as Zarathushtis
Zarathushtis and
and
In
Your efforts
are greatly appreciated.
The Thai-food
dinner
stimulate
youth
interest
in
their
heritage
and
culture,
the
stimulate
youth
interest
in
their
heritage
and
culture,
the
and the opportunity to socialize / dance were enjoyed by the
aim of
of the
the project isis for
for youth
youth to
to interview
interview Zarathushtis,
Zarathushtis,
aim
a journalist from
guests.project
Earlier in the evening,
Rich Barlow,
especially seniors,
seniors, and
and record
record their
their oral
oral histories
histories for
for posterposterespecially
the Boston Globe attended our event and spoke
with a
ity.
Excerpts
of
the
interviews
will
appear
in
Fall
2007
issue
ity. Excerpts
of
the
interviews
will
appear
in
Fall
2007
issue
number of our members/friends. His article, “Ancient
you are
are willing
willing to
to help
of the
the FEZANA
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of
Religion May
Face Extinction” appeared
in thehelp
Boston
coordinate interviews
interviews in
in your
your area,
area, share
share your
your recollections
recollections
coordinate
Globe, Spiritual Life section on January 6, 2007 and
of personal
personal and
and historic
historic events,
events, as well
well as
as migration
migration stories,
stories, or
of
of our
included quotes
by manyas members
and a photo or
participate as
as an interviewer,
interviewer, especially
especially ifif you
you are
are aa youth
youth
participate
class coordinator
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may
fulfill
community
offered
within
associations,
and
offered within associations, and may fulfill community
service requirements
requirements in
in some
some schools.),
schools.), please
please reply
reply directly
directly
service
to: Dinyar
Dinyar Patel
Patel (ZAMWI),
(ZAMWI), dinyar.patel@gmail.com;
dinyar.patel@gmail.com;
to:
Nawaz Merchant
Merchant (ZAGNY),
(ZAGNY), nawazmerchant@yahoo.com;
nawazmerchant@yahoo.com;
Nawaz
hkatki@gmail.com Project
Project
Hormuzd Katki
Katki (ZAMWI),
(ZAMWI), hkatki@gmail.com
Hormuzd
contacts will
will mail
mail interviewers
interviewers suggested
suggested topics
topics and
and quesquescontacts
tions and
and notes
notes about
about how
how to
to take
take oral
oral histories.
histories.
tions
TheSpecial
Zoroastrian
Sports
Committee
thanks to Ali
Salimi who
described the
Parsee General Hospital
Annual Fundraiser
ZAGBA
Committee Updates
For the
the last
last 21
21 years,
years, Yasmin
Yasmin and
and Jamshed
Jamshed Ghadiali
Ghadiali of
of
For
Baldwin, NY
NY have
have been
been hosting
hosting fundraisers
fundraisers for
for the
the B.D.
B.D.
Baldwin,
Petit Parsee
Parsee General
General Hospital.
Hospital. Last
Last year
year they
they collected
collected and
and
Petit
sent $27,600
$27,600 to
to be
be used
used specifically
specifically for
for distributing
distributing free
free
sent
$400 to
to
medications to
to poor
poor and
and needy
needy Zoroastrians
Zoroastrians and
and $400
medications
Zarathushti
Center
of
Boston
Parsi
Ambulance
Division
to
be
utilized
for
making
the
the Parsi Ambulance Division to be utilized for making
improvements
the ambulance
ambulance and
and its
its equipment.
equipment. Since
Since
improvements
(ZCB)toto the
Update
1986,–they
they
have
sent
$310,046.
They
sincerely
thank
those
1986,
have
sent
$310,046.
They
sincerely
thank
those
submitted by Firdaus Bhathena
This year
year the
the
who have
have supported
supported and
and donated
donated generously.
generously. This
who
After
a
brief
lull
during
the
winter
holidays,
the
ZCB
June 30,
30, 2007
2007effort
fundraiser will
will be
be at
at their
their home
home on
on Saturday,
Saturday, June
fundraiser
We
are
reaching
out
is
picking
up
steam
again.
pm onwards
onwards starting
starting with
with aa "Jasan"
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to step
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call
(516)
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or
dinner.
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Please
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challenge
that
was
announced
last
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you are
are interested
interested in
in attending.
attending. To
To start
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thinking
about
the
level
of
contribution
you
and
support the
the fundraiser,
fundraiser, please
please make
make your
your check
check payable
payable to
to your
support
familyand
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realization
our collective
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the
needs
of
our
community
for
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always, we welcome any help or suggestions from the
community so please step forward if you feel you have
Scholarships
something to contribute towards our goal. Please contact
Firdaus Bhathena
(firdaus@alum.mit.edu)
or Jerry Kheradi
The FEZANA
FEZANA
2006-2007
Annual Academic
Academic Scholarship
Scholarship
The
2006-2007
Annual
( JerryKheradi@aol.com)
regarding the ZCB.
Program
includes:
Program
includes:
& Morvorid
Morvorid Kheradi
Kheradi Endowment
Endowment
1) The
The Mehraban
Mehraban &
1)
Zarathushti
Children’s
Religious
Scholarship--The FEZANA
FEZANA Scholar.
Scholar.
Scholarship--The
Education Update
2) Banoobai
Banoobai and
and Maneckshaw
Maneckshaw Kapadia
Kapadia Endowment
Endowment
2)
–
submitted
by
Farhad
Panthaki
Scholarship.
Scholarship.
3) FEZANA
FEZANA
Scholarships.
The
FEZANA
Scholarship
3)
Scholarships.
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In the three
months sinceThe
the update
in Dec
‘06 newsletter,
Program
was
started
in
1998
to
recognize
academic
excellence
Program
was
started
in
1998
to
recognize
academic
excellence
the three groups of children have continued to expand on
and provide
provide
Zarathushti
Students
in University
University
Programs
and
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in
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what they
learned inStudents
the first part
of the year.Programs
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organizing activities for all the children to experience
with together
application
procedures
and forms
forms
are available
available
from
with
application
and
are
as aprocedures
single group.
As
a result,
the last from
couple of
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www.fezana.org
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months have
been devoted
group activities performed by the children at the ZAGBA
Norouz Celebration on March 24th: the 21st March song
(sung to the tune of Clementine) and the Haft Seen Table
Presentation. The kids have had a lot of fun practicing these
activities.
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to join the
biking.
Pomona, NY, as part of an overnight family field trip
organized
to coordinate
ZAGNY’s Children’s Class.
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andwithGhambhar
The children from both associations will participate in a
ZAGBA class.
celebrated
Annualfrom
Ghambhar
combined
The its
children
ZAGBA and
will Jashan
have anon
14th at Edwards
Church
Framingham.
Saturday, Oct.
opportunity
to experience
the Darbe
Mehrinand
have fun
Our
priests
Ervads
Farhad
Panthaki
and
Yezad
Nalladaru
bonding with each other. More details on this “field
trip”
performed
a
beautiful
Jashan
ceremony,
led
the
community
will be coming shortly. Please note the dates of the next 3
Jashan
and the significance
in a group
prayer,
and explained
classes
– there
are some
changes the
from
the original
schedule.
the
Ayathrem
Ghambhar.
The
congregation
also
of
The most up-to-date schedule can always be foundappreciated
on the
their handout
describing the ‘Jashan ceremony.’ The
ZAGBA
website www.zagba.org.
Ghambhar dinner was prepared by seventeen different
ZAGBA
families!
The dinner included kababs, lagan stew,
Spring
2007
Class Dates
rice,
dhansak
dal,
and
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm; katchumbar.
Shuman
Center,
Apologies
in advance if we left out your name - a special
675
Sawmill
Newton,
MA. Bhaghat, Aban
thanks goes Brook
out to Parkway,
Viloo Banerjee,
Zarine
Kayo Dotiwala, Jamshed Dubash, Aspi
Dhondy,
April
8, 2007 (1stand
Sunday)
Engineer, Nazneen Engineer, Anaheet Gazder, Rita Kapadia,
May
6, 2007
Sunday)
Rashna
Lam,(1st
Jayanti
Mistry, Beroz Mody, Roxanne Mody,
will be held in Pomona, NY at ZAGNY Darbe Mehr
Firoza Panthaki, Kashmira Patel, Dilnavaz Shroff, Binaita
Sidhwa,
Hufrish
Sirohi, Perinaaz Wadia, and Tanaz Yadav
June
3, 2007
(1st Sunday)
for cooking
delicious
food for the event and to those helped
Please
note this
date change!
with the set up, warming and serving of the food, and clean
There are no classes in July and August.
up. Thanks also to Firoza and Hufrish for organizing the
Regular classes will begin in Sept 2007.
event, Edul N. for his treasurer duties, Yezad N. and
ArmeenInformation
N. for great dance music. Other activities of the
Contact
evening
a ZAGBA
updatefor
bythe
President
more included
information
or to register
classes, Jamshed
please
For
a fewPanthaki
spiritedorgames
bingo,
icebreaker
Dubash,
contact
Farhad
any ofofthe
otheran
teachers
listedto
meet new friends, and of course, socializing and dancing.
below.
Many in attendance including kids were wearing ethnic
Hufrish Sirohi
attire270-5428,
including Hufrish_Sirohi@Millipore.com
sarees, shalvar kemise, duglees, shervanis,
(781)
and kurtas adding to the sense of Ghambhar.
Yezad Nalladaru
At the
event, Kristen Greico, a journalism graduate student
(617)
834-5989,yezad@hotmail.com
at BU spoke with a number of our members/friends. She is
Farhad Panthaki
working on a feature story for the BU Comment, a Boston
(781) 769-5309, fpanthaki@yahoo.com
University magazine. The theme of the issue is ‘Heritage.’
Kaizad
Patel an article in the NY Times about the ZoroasAfter seeing
(508)
845-9897,
trian populationkaizad@townisp.com
decline she wanted to examine if/how the
“decline” was affecting Zoroastrians and their views regarding intermarriage. Her article will also be educational and
describe how traditions are passed down and perpetuated in
the U.S. She was joined by Chad Stuart a professional
photographer and a BU graduate student in photojournal-
06
Adult Education Update:
ZAGBA’s Gatha Studies
Group at Harvard
– submitted by Nasswan Dossabhoy
The Gatha Studies group has been meeting every month
regularly and for those interested mark your calendars for
Sat. April 7 at the Phillips Brooks House in the heart of
Harvard Yard (not Square). It is a pleasure to report that
our group has been reenergized by enquiring younger
minds who juggle their hectic social lives to attend and
even drive all the way from Brown U (RI) and Yale U
(CT). For those of you even minimally involved in keeping up with current cultural trends, God is back in
business. There are a bunch of good books out by scientists and non-scientists, and The NY Times Sunday magazine had a cover story last week on Why Do We Believe?:
How evolutionary science explains faith in God. If anyone
wants to experience firsthand how such a faith began you
are welcome to join us as we probe into Zarathustra’s
mind—word by word. We may only grasp, and that too
dimly, at most three ideas over two hours, but in the
process it energizes all our minds. So if you want to beat A
(Alzheimer’s or Anxiety or Apathy) with Z, come on
over!
Youth Group Update
– submitted by Daryush Mehta
The Zoroastrian Students of Boston has had a great start
to the New Year, slowly bridging that gap to the 21st
century (or are we already there yet?). Our members have
actively participated in the monthly meetings of the
Gatha Study Group, which has been rejuvenated the past
couple of years. Farokh, Roshni, Nazneen, Parendi,
Shireen, and I meet with the "founding fathers:" Cyrus
Mehta, Firoze Jungalwala, and Nasswan Dossabhoy.
Analyzing and translating the Gathas word-by-word is not
just a mere academic endeavor, but a quest to reach the
answers to life's most basic questions. These hymns of
praise and questioning are not esoteric lines of poetry, but
pertinent axioms that apply to any time, situation, and
being. If you are intrigued and would simply like to sit in,
please contact Cyrus Mehta at mehta@cytel.com.
On February 18, we took advantage of some of the cold
offered by the New England weather angels and traveled
west to Wachusett Mountain for a fun-filled (and sunfilled!) day of skiing. Mother Nature was having a good
day so the snow was perfect for learning and practicing
our snow plow. Wachusett is close by, offers good rates,
and is very family-friendly, making it an attractive
location. Neville, Roshni, Perinaaz, and I hopefully can
attest to that! Roshni, who is a natural, and I stuck to the
bunny slopes, while Neville and Perinaaz braved the blues
and double-black diamonds of the mountain. Let us know
if you would like to join a future ski trip with us.
Future events are oriented around social gatherings so
students may network with each other and discussions
about Zoroastrianism in society with prominent scholars.
Planned invitees include Bijan KHosraviani, Dr. Nadjmi
from Rhode Island, and Professor Irani from New York.
Upcoming international events are the Zoroastrian
National Congress in Toronto www.zoro-impact.com in
June/July and the World Zoroastrian Youth Congress in
Victoria, Australia in December www.4wzyc.org/
You may be interested in the scholarships and ZYNA
section listed in this newsletter.
Community Service Update
– submitted by Yezad Nalladaru
February 2007 - A group of 14 members from ZAGBA
volunteered for our Winter Community Service project at
the Greater Boston Food Bank on Sat, Feb 24, 2007. Along
with 60 other volunteers for the 4-hour shift, we helped
GBFB Operations at their central warehouse facility in
Boston. Volunteers went through a quick training on
various jobs. Our volunteers did an impressive job, as a
team they inspected, sorted, repacked 11,000 pounds of
food items on the assembly line and lastly they did quality
control and scanned the arranged boxes. These boxes will be
distributed to local hunger relief agencies from GBFB.
Volunteers included Adi and Rutty Guzdar, Jamshed and
Rita Kapadia, Farhad and Firoza Panthaki, Jamshed and
Parastu Dubash, Armeen Nanavaty, Ferzin Engineer, Tara
Raman, Malcolm Kavarana, Minoee Mody, Sanober
Langrana, and Yezad Nalladaru. Those who participated
wanted to know when the next GBFB event would be held
since it was definitely a very satisfying volunteering experience and all walked away with a greater awareness of food
and hunger issues facing the greater Boston area.
December 2006 - The ZAGBA Community Canned Food
and Clothing Drive during 2006 Holiday season was a great
success. ZAGBA delivered two large crates of canned food
and other supplies to the Greater Boston Food Bank. We
have received acknowledgements for the generosity of
ZAGBA members and friends for sending gently-used
clothes to: Dadar Athornan Boy's Boarding School, Bai
Avabai F. Petit Girl's Boarding School, and Happy Home
and School for the Blind all in Mumbai. Special thanks to
the Bhathenas, Dubash’s and Yadavs who carried suitcases
to India for this Clothing Drive.
The next scheduled ZAGBA service activities include
volunteering at the Special Olympics Summer Games in
June and walking again for the Jimmy Fund Walk in
September. If you have any ideas for future service activities,
please send an email to Yezad at yezad@hotmail.com.
ZAGBA
Community News
Thank you for submitting your family’s milestones to
ZAGBA, we have tried to include them as you have submitted them to us. Remember to also send them to the
FEZANA
Journal
to
Mahrukh
Motafram:
mmotafram@msn.com
Weddings
Adil Shroff and Nazneen Talati were married on December 1, 2006 in Mumbai, India. Nazneen is the daughter of
Arnavaz and Rohin Talati of Los Angeles. Adil is the son of
Dilnavaz and Hoshang Shroff of Massachusetts. Adil and
his brother Mehernush were born and grew up in Massachusetts and were the original members of the children's
group when it was started in ZAGBA. As a young adult,
Adil participated in youth activities and has fond memories
of his connection with the local community. Currently he is
located in Minneapolis, MN, but has maintained ties with
his friends in Massachusetts. We wish the bride and groom
‘All the Best’ in their married life.
07
20
07
Our
Maydefinitely
6th class do
willit be
heldnext
at the
Associawould
again
yearZoroastrian
and encourage
more
tion
of Greater
New
York (ZAGNY) Darbe Mehr in
friends
to join the
biking.
Pomona, NY, as part of an overnight family field trip
organized
to coordinate
ZAGNY’s Children’s Class.
Jashan
andwithGhambhar
The children from both associations will participate in a
ZAGBA class.
celebrated
Annualfrom
Ghambhar
combined
The its
children
ZAGBA and
will Jashan
have anon
14th at Edwards
Church
Framingham.
Saturday, Oct.
opportunity
to experience
the Darbe
Mehrinand
have fun
Our
priests
Ervads
Farhad
Panthaki
and
Yezad
Nalladaru
bonding with each other. More details on this “field
trip”
performed
a
beautiful
Jashan
ceremony,
led
the
community
will be coming shortly. Please note the dates of the next 3
Jashan
and the significance
in a group
prayer,
and explained
classes
– there
are some
changes the
from
the original
schedule.
the
Ayathrem
Ghambhar.
The
congregation
also
of
The most up-to-date schedule can always be foundappreciated
on the
their handout
describing the ‘Jashan ceremony.’ The
ZAGBA
website www.zagba.org.
Ghambhar dinner was prepared by seventeen different
ZAGBA
families!
The dinner included kababs, lagan stew,
Spring
2007
Class Dates
rice,
dhansak
dal,
and
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm; katchumbar.
Shuman
Center,
Apologies
in advance if we left out your name - a special
675
Sawmill
Newton,
MA. Bhaghat, Aban
thanks goes Brook
out to Parkway,
Viloo Banerjee,
Zarine
Kayo Dotiwala, Jamshed Dubash, Aspi
Dhondy,
April
8, 2007 (1stand
Sunday)
Engineer, Nazneen Engineer, Anaheet Gazder, Rita Kapadia,
May
6, 2007
Sunday)
Rashna
Lam,(1st
Jayanti
Mistry, Beroz Mody, Roxanne Mody,
will be held in Pomona, NY at ZAGNY Darbe Mehr
Firoza Panthaki, Kashmira Patel, Dilnavaz Shroff, Binaita
Sidhwa,
Hufrish
Sirohi, Perinaaz Wadia, and Tanaz Yadav
June
3, 2007
(1st Sunday)
for cooking
delicious
food for the event and to those helped
Please
note this
date change!
with the set up, warming and serving of the food, and clean
There are no classes in July and August.
up. Thanks also to Firoza and Hufrish for organizing the
Regular classes will begin in Sept 2007.
event, Edul N. for his treasurer duties, Yezad N. and
ArmeenInformation
N. for great dance music. Other activities of the
Contact
evening
a ZAGBA
updatefor
bythe
President
more included
information
or to register
classes, Jamshed
please
For
a fewPanthaki
spiritedorgames
bingo,
icebreaker
Dubash,
contact
Farhad
any ofofthe
otheran
teachers
listedto
meet new friends, and of course, socializing and dancing.
below.
Many in attendance including kids were wearing ethnic
Hufrish Sirohi
attire270-5428,
including Hufrish_Sirohi@Millipore.com
sarees, shalvar kemise, duglees, shervanis,
(781)
and kurtas adding to the sense of Ghambhar.
Yezad Nalladaru
At the
event, Kristen Greico, a journalism graduate student
(617)
834-5989,yezad@hotmail.com
at BU spoke with a number of our members/friends. She is
Farhad Panthaki
working on a feature story for the BU Comment, a Boston
(781) 769-5309, fpanthaki@yahoo.com
University magazine. The theme of the issue is ‘Heritage.’
Kaizad
Patel an article in the NY Times about the ZoroasAfter seeing
(508)
845-9897,
trian populationkaizad@townisp.com
decline she wanted to examine if/how the
“decline” was affecting Zoroastrians and their views regarding intermarriage. Her article will also be educational and
describe how traditions are passed down and perpetuated in
the U.S. She was joined by Chad Stuart a professional
photographer and a BU graduate student in photojournal-
06
Adult Education Update:
ZAGBA’s Gatha Studies
Group at Harvard
– submitted by Nasswan Dossabhoy
The Gatha Studies group has been meeting every month
regularly and for those interested mark your calendars for
Sat. April 7 at the Phillips Brooks House in the heart of
Harvard Yard (not Square). It is a pleasure to report that
our group has been reenergized by enquiring younger
minds who juggle their hectic social lives to attend and
even drive all the way from Brown U (RI) and Yale U
(CT). For those of you even minimally involved in keeping up with current cultural trends, God is back in
business. There are a bunch of good books out by scientists and non-scientists, and The NY Times Sunday magazine had a cover story last week on Why Do We Believe?:
How evolutionary science explains faith in God. If anyone
wants to experience firsthand how such a faith began you
are welcome to join us as we probe into Zarathustra’s
mind—word by word. We may only grasp, and that too
dimly, at most three ideas over two hours, but in the
process it energizes all our minds. So if you want to beat A
(Alzheimer’s or Anxiety or Apathy) with Z, come on
over!
Youth Group Update
– submitted by Daryush Mehta
The Zoroastrian Students of Boston has had a great start
to the New Year, slowly bridging that gap to the 21st
century (or are we already there yet?). Our members have
actively participated in the monthly meetings of the
Gatha Study Group, which has been rejuvenated the past
couple of years. Farokh, Roshni, Nazneen, Parendi,
Shireen, and I meet with the "founding fathers:" Cyrus
Mehta, Firoze Jungalwala, and Nasswan Dossabhoy.
Analyzing and translating the Gathas word-by-word is not
just a mere academic endeavor, but a quest to reach the
answers to life's most basic questions. These hymns of
praise and questioning are not esoteric lines of poetry, but
pertinent axioms that apply to any time, situation, and
being. If you are intrigued and would simply like to sit in,
please contact Cyrus Mehta at mehta@cytel.com.
On February 18, we took advantage of some of the cold
offered by the New England weather angels and traveled
west to Wachusett Mountain for a fun-filled (and sunfilled!) day of skiing. Mother Nature was having a good
day so the snow was perfect for learning and practicing
our snow plow. Wachusett is close by, offers good rates,
and is very family-friendly, making it an attractive
location. Neville, Roshni, Perinaaz, and I hopefully can
attest to that! Roshni, who is a natural, and I stuck to the
bunny slopes, while Neville and Perinaaz braved the blues
and double-black diamonds of the mountain. Let us know
if you would like to join a future ski trip with us.
Future events are oriented around social gatherings so
students may network with each other and discussions
about Zoroastrianism in society with prominent scholars.
Planned invitees include Bijan KHosraviani, Dr. Nadjmi
from Rhode Island, and Professor Irani from New York.
Upcoming international events are the Zoroastrian
National Congress in Toronto www.zoro-impact.com in
June/July and the World Zoroastrian Youth Congress in
Victoria, Australia in December www.4wzyc.org/
You may be interested in the scholarships and ZYNA
section listed in this newsletter.
Community Service Update
– submitted by Yezad Nalladaru
February 2007 - A group of 14 members from ZAGBA
volunteered for our Winter Community Service project at
the Greater Boston Food Bank on Sat, Feb 24, 2007. Along
with 60 other volunteers for the 4-hour shift, we helped
GBFB Operations at their central warehouse facility in
Boston. Volunteers went through a quick training on
various jobs. Our volunteers did an impressive job, as a
team they inspected, sorted, repacked 11,000 pounds of
food items on the assembly line and lastly they did quality
control and scanned the arranged boxes. These boxes will be
distributed to local hunger relief agencies from GBFB.
Volunteers included Adi and Rutty Guzdar, Jamshed and
Rita Kapadia, Farhad and Firoza Panthaki, Jamshed and
Parastu Dubash, Armeen Nanavaty, Ferzin Engineer, Tara
Raman, Malcolm Kavarana, Minoee Mody, Sanober
Langrana, and Yezad Nalladaru. Those who participated
wanted to know when the next GBFB event would be held
since it was definitely a very satisfying volunteering experience and all walked away with a greater awareness of food
and hunger issues facing the greater Boston area.
December 2006 - The ZAGBA Community Canned Food
and Clothing Drive during 2006 Holiday season was a great
success. ZAGBA delivered two large crates of canned food
and other supplies to the Greater Boston Food Bank. We
have received acknowledgements for the generosity of
ZAGBA members and friends for sending gently-used
clothes to: Dadar Athornan Boy's Boarding School, Bai
Avabai F. Petit Girl's Boarding School, and Happy Home
and School for the Blind all in Mumbai. Special thanks to
the Bhathenas, Dubash’s and Yadavs who carried suitcases
to India for this Clothing Drive.
The next scheduled ZAGBA service activities include
volunteering at the Special Olympics Summer Games in
June and walking again for the Jimmy Fund Walk in
September. If you have any ideas for future service activities,
please send an email to Yezad at yezad@hotmail.com.
ZAGBA
Community News
Thank you for submitting your family’s milestones to
ZAGBA, we have tried to include them as you have submitted them to us. Remember to also send them to the
FEZANA
Journal
to
Mahrukh
Motafram:
mmotafram@msn.com
Weddings
Adil Shroff and Nazneen Talati were married on December 1, 2006 in Mumbai, India. Nazneen is the daughter of
Arnavaz and Rohin Talati of Los Angeles. Adil is the son of
Dilnavaz and Hoshang Shroff of Massachusetts. Adil and
his brother Mehernush were born and grew up in Massachusetts and were the original members of the children's
group when it was started in ZAGBA. As a young adult,
Adil participated in youth activities and has fond memories
of his connection with the local community. Currently he is
located in Minneapolis, MN, but has maintained ties with
his friends in Massachusetts. We wish the bride and groom
‘All the Best’ in their married life.
07
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20
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07
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5th Zarathushti
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and friends
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who helped out in the kitchen, and to set up and clean up.
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our heritage
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stimulate
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and the opportunity to socialize / dance were enjoyed by the
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especially seniors,
seniors, and
and record
record their
their oral
oral histories
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for posterposterespecially
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with a
ity.
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of
the
interviews
will
appear
in
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2007
issue
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of
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interviews
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2007
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of personal
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and historic
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of
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included quotes
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please reply
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Patel (ZAMWI),
(ZAMWI), dinyar.patel@gmail.com;
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Merchant (ZAGNY),
Nawaz
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TheSpecial
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ZAGBA
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For the
the last
last 21
21 years,
years, Yasmin
Yasmin and
and Jamshed
Jamshed Ghadiali
Ghadiali of
of
For
Baldwin, NY
NY have
have been
been hosting
hosting fundraisers
fundraisers for
for the
the B.D.
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Petit Parsee
Parsee General
General Hospital.
Hospital. Last
Last year
year they
they collected
collected and
and
Petit
sent $27,600
$27,600 to
to be
be used
used specifically
specifically for
for distributing
distributing free
free
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to
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to poor
poor and
and needy
needy Zoroastrians
Zoroastrians and
and $400
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Zarathushti
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of
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Parsi
Ambulance
Division
to
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the
the Parsi Ambulance Division to be utilized for making
improvements
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and its
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those
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This year
year the
the
who have
have supported
supported and
and donated
donated generously.
generously. This
who
After
a
brief
lull
during
the
winter
holidays,
the
ZCB
June 30,
30, 2007
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at their
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Contents
Zoroastrian
Youth of North
America
(ZYNA)
toward our collective
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their
hard work and also
the dedication
of individuals
who have
led the
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and
Adult
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Education,
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activities,
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dedicate
yourself to serving mankind by providing free
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to
travel
to Tennessee
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over 17 families
cooking
a traditional
served.
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experience
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with funfor
for all
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students
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better
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of a
kids and young
at heart.
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addition,
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a fantastic
newsletter
writtenof
and
a first-time
group
Zoroastrian
youth who
will beever
providing
calendar,
and a newservice!
ZAGBA website.
to Anaheeta
Mody,
ing
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TN, April
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and
Rita
Kapadia
for
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these
to
the
ZAGBA
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14-15, 2007, Housing and Food will be provided by
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April
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family
movie
night
for
the
community;
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a canoeing
trip provide
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for
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families who only dreamt of owning a home, but will
and
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you
for
your
support
in
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recent
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collection
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10
01
02
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
02
04
ZAGBA MEMBERSHIP
ZAGBA CALENDAR
ZAGBA WEBSITE
fpanthaki@yahoo.com
Z A G B A PA S T
05
05
05
06
YOUTH GROUP
06
07
07
WEDDINGS
07
dmehta@mit.edu
BABIES
08
N AV J O T E S
08
CONDOLENCES
08
ACHIEVEMENTS
08
yezad@hotmail.com
parastu@townisp.com
zagba@hotmail.com
www.zagba.org
09
09
09
09
PROJECT
09
FUNDRAISER
09
SCHOLARSHIPS
10
CONGRESS
Religious
Classes,
ZAGBA
CHILDREN
'S CLASS
POSTERS
11
01
3
1
20
07
Contents
Zoroastrian
Youth of North
America
toward our collective(ZYNA)
2)
Joinevents
Jimmy
ZYNA
is committed
to
twoCome
‘high end’
eachand
yearMe…
that are
fully-catered
and formal
basic
human
social
all.events
Please
in/around
Marchrights
21st andand
August
21st.justice
The restfor
of the
will come
be run
and managed
our teams
will befor
more
cost-sensitive.
For example,
join
Jimmy by
Carter
andand
myself
a week
of camaraderie
as
in April
we are
planning
movie night
for the community;
later in
build
houses
fora family
low-income
families
in Los Angeles,
we
the summer
we have a event
picnic,will
a canoeing
trip and
another
biking trip.
CA.
This five-day
not only
provide
housing
for
Please
take
a
look
at
the
new
ZAGBA
website
www.ZAGBA.org
the
families who only dreamt of owning a home, butforwill
and
CA;
Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2007; Sponsorship for Food and
Housing will be available.
2007
forward
withmore
continued
zealthe
under
the leadership
To
learn
about
next
World Zoroastrian
Youth
and Kheradiand
families
and looks
to the
community
You will
of
Congress
be part
of “the
greatest
eventforinsupport.
the history
hear
much
more
about
developments
in
this
effort
in
the
coming
weeks.
Zoroastrianism in Australia,” visit: www.4wzyc.org If you
The Community
Service
group ledfinancial
by Yezad Nalladaru
has toward
been active
are
intersted in
providing
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a
and many thanks
to alltooffund
you for
your support
the recent
scholarship
project
Iranian
youth in
speakers
to clothing
attend
collection
(I firstinhand
saw the gratitude
from twoMeher
of the locations
in
the
congress
Australia,
please contact
Amalsad
9th
WORLD ZOROASTRIAN
CONGRESS,
DUBAI
ZAGBA this month as it is the
start of our 2009
The
next World Zoroastrian Congress will be held in
Dubai,
information
jhdubash@gmail.com
10
01
02
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
nikan2@aol.com
theirATTENTION:
hard work and alsoMedical,
the dedication
of individuals
who have
led the
1)
Pharmacy,
Dental,
OptomChildren’s
and
Adult
Religious
Education,
Youth/Sports
activities,
Zarathushti
Center mankind
of Boston (ZCB),
and of those free
who
Service Activities,
dedicate
yourself
to serving
by providing
als
to travel
to Tennessee
to over
provide
healthcare
to the
undera Jashan
Gahambar
event with
17 families
cooking
a traditional
served.
This
will
be
a
wonderful
learning
experience
all
Dhansak meal, and a Holiday Dinner Costume Party with fun for
for the
students
and
what
better
way
to
learn
than
to
be
part
of
a
kids and young at heart. In addition, we have a fantastic newsletter
group
youth who
will beever
providing
written of
andZoroastrian
a first-time
calendar,
and a new service!
ZAGBA website.
to Anaheeta
ing
community
Details:Congrats
Crossville,
TN, Mody,
April
Rita Kapadia
delivering
to the ZAGBA
Parastu Dubash
14-15,
2007,and
Housing
and forFood
will these
be provided
by
community.
Having
said
that,
the
team
has
no
intention
of
resting
on
its
ZYNA
02
04
ZAGBA MEMBERSHIP
ZAGBA CALENDAR
ZAGBA WEBSITE
fpanthaki@yahoo.com
Z A G B A PA S T
05
05
05
06
YOUTH GROUP
06
07
07
WEDDINGS
07
dmehta@mit.edu
BABIES
08
N AV J O T E S
08
CONDOLENCES
08
ACHIEVEMENTS
08
yezad@hotmail.com
parastu@townisp.com
zagba@hotmail.com
www.zagba.org
09
09
09
09
PROJECT
09
FUNDRAISER
09
SCHOLARSHIPS
10
CONGRESS
Religious
Classes,
ZAGBA
CHILDREN
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POSTERS
11
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