Novelist and playwright, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, wrote: “He is the most fortunate man who can bring the end of life round to its beginning again.” My dad, at 93, was physically and mentally active, going for plays, movies, Western music-concerts, reading, writing daily (in his journal), exercising, going for walks and most importantly, having a […]
. Death – the hunter, is out with his hound to kill ruthlessly and recklessly anyone and everyone that meets him on the way. This inexorable enemy of man cuts short many lives full of promise in their prime and takes them away before they have so much as seen the least of life. Many […]
The passing away of a loved one or even an acquaintance is indeed a tough situation to face. This is not an attempt to debate for or against the efficacy of the Dokhmenashini system. However, should we choose to have the last rites at the Doongerwadi, then there is protocol to follow. In recent years, […]
The ‘F.I.T.T.’ principle is an acronym that stands for ‘Frequency, Intensity, Type and Time’. It outlines the directives for getting the maximum out of an exercise program. It also helps overcome plateaus (a phase where you stop seeing gains in your workouts) and prevents overuse injuries (injuries that occur due to repeated use of the […]
Every death is a loss and grief for the ones left behind. If an old person dies, it can be seen as completeness of that life, but the death of any child is untimely, tragic and heartrending. Life had barely begun and seemed to hold so much promise for the child and its family and then […]
Ineffable light art thou, Ahura Mazda. Light is the manifestation of Thee. Thou hast filled the world with a million marvels, fair and bright. With Thy glad-some light, man can scan the marvels that Thou hast wrought. Beauty appeals to the aesthetic nature of man. But the world were not beautiful to behold, were it […]
Daena, the moral and religious conscience of man, accompanies the soul, after his bodily death, to the next world. It leads the soul to the abode of weal or woe, according to the righteous or wicked life led by the soul upon earth. On the dawn of the fourth day after death, the soul of […]
Death the grim harvester is heedless of the seasons of life. Old age and sickness provide a rich harvest for it. As the frosty wind cuts off the buds that have not yet blossomed and flowered, so does death fall as a noiseless shadow upon sprouting human seedlings and blows its withering wind upon […]
The residents of Panthaki Baug organized a jasan at 10:30am on 16th February, 2018, in memory of the Founder of the Baug, Behramsha Panthak, who donated the lands on which Panthaki Baug stands today. The Jashan was performed by Er. Jimmy Dastur and Er. Eric Dastur, followed by a Humbandagi and distribution of chasni.
24મી જૂન 2017ને દિને ડો. કેકુ કાવારાણા 76 વરસના અગ્રણી ઓરથોપેડિક સર્જન બ્રીચ કેન્ડી હોસ્પિટલમાં અવસાન પામ્યા. 22મી જૂન ગુરૂવારે તેમના મલબાર હિલના રહેઠાણ ખાતે તેઓ સુઈ ગયા હતા ત્યારે અચાનક આગ ફાટી નીકળી હતી અને ધુમાડાના ઈન્હેલેશનના લીધે તેઓનું મૃત્યુ થવા પામ્યું હતું. મેડિકલ સોર્સે જણાવ્યું કે ડો. કાવારાણા જ્યારે હોસ્પિટલમાં દાખલ કરાયા હતા […]
On 24th June, 2017, Dr. Kekoo Kavarana, our prominent 76-year-old veteran orthopaedic surgeon, passed away at the Breach Candy Hospital, succumbing to severe smoke inhalation injuries – the result of a fire breaking out at his residence at Malabar Hill, while he was asleep on 22nd June (Thursday). Medical sources explained that Dr. Kavarana was admitted to […]