Zarathushtrian Association

From this year onwards, the ZANZ committee has decided that we will celebrate our seniors' birthdays each month. This past Sunday we celebrated Ms. Mani Mowji and Mr. Noshir Elavia's birthday. We arranged for a birthday cake and amidst the birthday song and smiling faces the cake was shared by all.

Mr Parvez Irani won most of the housie games and the seniors were delighted to get chocolates each time they won. Thanks to Benifer Irani for donating Sanjeev Kapoor's pickles and spices as prizes for Housie. She was also a volunteer on that day.

Finally it was time to wrap up the innings and our famous Parsee line was to be heard from all "Bye Bye, chalo aapre pacha malsu. Chokos thee aavjo". The merriment, laughter and companionship which our seniors enjoy with each other bears testimony to this wonderful event hosted by ZANZ.

We would like to thank Benifer Irani, Jimmy Mehta and Delsey Daruwalla for driving seniors to and from the coffee group.

We currently don't charge the seniors to attend the coffee groups. In order to continue doing so, this year we're asking for donations to support the Senior Citizens Coffee Group.The cost for each Senior Coffee Group is $35. If you or your company can sponsor a coffee group, we would greatly appreciate your generosity.

A very generous donor, who would like to remain anonymous, sponsored this first coffee group for 2010. We hope that more of you can sponsor future events.

If you know of any Zarthosti seniors who would like to join this group please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

At the beginning of 2010, we decided to celebrate our senior's birthdays as mentioned earlier. This month we celebrated Siloo Taraporewalla's birthday. Unfortunately, she was away that day and we still celebrated and sang 'Happy Birthday'. The cake was enjoyed by all with the theme 'hali mali neh saathe khaiye'.

Katy Irani was not only the winner, but the champion for the day as she won most of the housie games. Chocolates, achars and masala packets (kindly donated by Benifer Irani) were given out as prizes.

We also asked our seniors if they would be keen for an old / new hindi movie sometime in June as winter will start and it will be a good outing for all. The response was very favourable and we've started planning for this.

We all had a fun and enjoyable morning with our seniors as we put a smile on their faces. A big thanks to Daliah Kermani for arranging transportation of some of our seniors from central Auckland.

We would like to thank Navaz Karbhari for kindly sponsoring this Senior Citizen's Coffee Group. The seniors were overwhelmed and appreciate this generosity. Our seniors are already looking forward to the next one which will be held on the 11th of April 2010, same place same time. We hope to see all the seniors there.............

We started the day with tea/ coffee and some light snacks. The seniors then decided that they would like to play housie games with a little bit of variety. After playing two games we then decided it was time for us to celebrate the birthdays of our seniors Ms Perviz Mogrelia and Arnavaz Irani. Unfortunately both of them were not able to attend this event.

As this was our Parsee month "Avan Yezad" we thought it would be appropriate to have dar ni pori for our seniors. A birthday candle was lit on two dar ni poris and the seniors celebrated amidst maja masti and the birthday song. Five delicious dar ni poris were generously supplied for this event at cost by Ms Delna Mistry's in-laws. The seniors couldn't believe that they were having dar ni pori in NZ in "Avan mahino" and were absolutely gobsmacked.

We continued with the housie games thereafter. The winners were given chocolates which obviously they wanted to take home and share with their grandchildren.

We would like to thank Ms Navaz Karbhari for kindly sponsoring this Senior Citizens Coffee group. Jimmy Mehta and Kashmira Kambata were volunteers on that day.

Finally it was time to wrap up the innings. The seniors are eagerly looking forward to attend this event again next month on 9th May.

If you know of any Zarthosti seniors who would like to join this group please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We started the day with tea/ coffee and delicious spring rolls prepared by a committee member. We briefed our seniors on the program for July's get together where a Hindi movie will be showed accompanied by lunch. We also informed them that transportation will be arranged by us and more details of this will be communicated in our forthcoming notice. We played housie games differently from the regular prizes of first, second and third line and this kept the seniors challenged. After playing two games we then decided it was time for us to celebrate the birthdays of our seniors Ms Mana Vajifdar, Nargish Tata and Perin Daruwala. Two candles were lit on a yummy chocolate cake prepared by a committee member. Unfortunately Perin Daruwala and Nergish Tata, could not attend this event. Ms Mani Mowjee seemed to be in an exuberant mood and she sang a couple of old hindi songs to entertain all of us. Some birthday songs and also some classic songs extolling the virtues of Mother to grace Mother's day were enjoyed and chorused by all.

At the April coffee group the seniors were treated to dar ni pori which was sponsored by one of our members who would like to remain anonymous. Thanks to this member for the benevolent contribution. We inadvertently missed out in thanking this person in our last write-up.

We continued with the housie games thereafter. In our next session the seniors would like to play rummy so it is now going to be a different ball game for the next session.

We would like to thank Ms Navaz Karbhari for kindly sponsoring this Senior Citizens Coffee group. This is the third of the six sessions she has sponsored. Binaifer Irani and Kashmira Kambata were volunteers on that day.

Finally it was time to wrap up the innings. The seniors are eagerly looking forward to attend this event again next month on 9th May.

Our next meeting will be held on 13th June 2010. If you know of any Zarthosti seniors who would like to join this group please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We started the day with tea/coffee and light snacks. Our seniors were excited for the show time theme which we have decided to organise on 11th July. Everybody was eager to give their names and wanted to know about the arrangements we had made for that day. Once the seniors had their tea and snacks we decided to have card games. Some were interested to chat and relax with occasional jokes and laughter being shared.

After an hour we then decided it was time to celebrate the birthday of our senior Mr Sheri Vaghchhipwala. Mrs Anahita Daruwalla graciously donated a gorgeous cake prepared by her for this session. A candle was lit and to our amazement Ms Nargis Tata also joined in, mentioning her birthday was in May and hence she would also like her birthday to be celebrated. Both Hindi and English versions of happy birthday songs brought smiles on everybody's faces. Nobody could resist having a second helping of the delicious cake. We continued with the card games thereafter.

We then briefed our seniors on the transport arrangement we had made for 11th July. The seniors will be picked up from their homes between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. and we will then proceed to Symonds Street where we have booked a mini theatre to watch a Hindi movie. It seems that our seniors have caught up with the latest in Bollywood and are keen to watch "Three Idiots". The popularity of Aamir Khan & especially aapro Boman Irani seems to have spread to this side of the globe. "Bahuv maja aavse, ganuj fine picture cheh" was the message communicated to all by some seniors. We have also made arrangements for their lunch on that day. Tentatively we should finish for that day by 4.00 p.m. and should be back at home by 5.00p.m.

We would like to thank our member Mrs Navaz Karbhari for kindly sponsoring this Senior Citizens Coffee group. This is the fourth of the six sessions she has sponsored. Anahita Aspar was a volunteer on that day. We would also like to thank Anahita Daruwalla for donating a cake on this occasion.

We will be in touch with our seniors in the week leading to July 11th on the timings and the transport arrangement. The Committee members are also equally excited about this forthcoming session.

Regards

ZANZ Management Committee

We started the day with housie games. Our volunteer Mrs. Benifer Irani provided running entertainment while calling out the numbers. Maja masti, jokes, typical bawajee one-liners and laughter were echoing throughout the games. Our senior Godafrid Irani was having one of those lucky days as she kept on winning prizes. After one game we decided to break the monotony and have an antakshri competition. Four teams participated and this was like a journey going back 20 to 30 years as far as hindi songs were concerned. Mani Mowjee and Godafrid Irani were the Lata and Asha of that day. A perfect entertainment for everyone! We then had a second game of housie.

In this session, we celebrated birthdays of Jeroo Palkhiwalla and Gulnar Irani. Two candles for these seniors were lit on a cake. An awesome cake prepared and graciously donated by Mrs. Anahita Daruwalla was cut by Jeroo aunty. One of our member who would like to remain anonymous, had informed us earlier that the family would like to serve lunch on this day in memory of their beloved mother. Mouth watering Dal chawal with prawns patio and pickles was served. Everyone enjoyed the lunch and the seniors were absolutely delighted. Everyone present that day blessed them with their heart and soul. To top it all, wonderful Parsee lagan nu custard was the icing on the cake. It was a great occasion cherished by all.

We would again like to thank our member Mrs. Navaz Karbhari for kindly sponsoring this Senior Citizens Coffee group. This is the sixth session she has sponsored in succession. Benaifer Irani was a volunteer on that day. We would also like to thank Anahita Daruwalla for donating a cake on this occasion as she has been doing for the past couple of months and Perin Daruwalla for preparing sev. A big round of applause for the family who would like to keep their identity under wraps for their wonderful gesture in preparing this lunch and serving our seniors personally.

Our next session will be held on 10th October. If you know of any Zarathosti senior who would like to join this group, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Regards,
ZANZ Management Committee

We started the day with celebrating birthdays of our seniors Kersi Karkaria and Godafrid Irani. Godafrid aunty brought a cake to be shared by all seniors. Two candles were lit and everyone joined to the chorus of "Happy birthday" song. ZANZ also organized for a chocolate and jam/cream loaf so it was a very sweet morning snack for all.

We then moved on to housie games. Our volunteer Mrs. Benifer Irani provided good entertainment for our bawajis. We played two games of housie. Chocolate bars & Day and night cream were given away as prizes.

This senior citizen session was sponsored by one of our member who would like to remain anonymous. Benaifer Irani and Anahita Aspar were volunteers on that day. We would also like to thank Godafrid Irani for donating a cake and Tanaz Patrawala for preparing ravo on this occasion.

Our next session will be held on 14th November. If you know of any seniors who would like to attend please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We started the day with celebrating the birthday of our senior Bepsey Hansotia and the roj birthday of Tehmurasp Vazifdar. Two candles were lit and everyone joined to the chorus of the "Happy birthday" song. Our veteran Tehmurasp Vazifdar was the joi de vivre of the session. He played two excellent songs with the mouth organ and displayed his exemplary hidden talent.
We then moved on to housie games once again. We played three games of housie and chocolate bars surfaced again as prizes were given to the seniors. Our volunteer Benifer Irani was the housie maestro. She introduced a variety of games each time and kept the seniors entertained.

In our next session to be held on 5th December, ZANZ committee members have organised a dhansakh lunch with kebabs and kachumber. Our seniors wanted to have a Xmas theme for the next session so it will be all red and green costumes with masks and Xmas hats. Watch for this space in our next write-up.
This senior citizen session was sponsored by one of our member who would like to remain anonymous. This was the second of the ten sessions this gentleman has sponsored. Benaifer Irani, Anahita Aspar and Paeterasp Vevaina were volunteers on that day. Thanks to Anahita Aspar for taking care of the snacks.

If you know of any seniors who would like to join this group then please contact us.

With best regards,
ZANZ Management Committee