Parsiana sources information for the Milestones column from various anjumans, hospitals, individuals, newsletters and publications. While much of the material is sketchy, the Bombay marriages and death lists are quite exhaustive.
Data on marriages within the community in Bombay is culled four times in a year from the office of the Registrar of Marriages at the Bombay High Court. Earlier we used to gather data on interfaith unions from the Registrar of Marriages offices at Fort and Khar. Due to newly introduced bureaucratic procedures, Parsiana has been unable to access the intercommunity figures since over a year.
The list of the deceased......