FEZANA JOURNAL FEZANA SPRING BAHAR 1378 AY 3747 ZRE VOL. 23, NO. 1 SPRING/MARCH 2009 G SPRING/MARCH 2009 FravadinJOURJO – Ardibehesht – Khordad 1378 AY (Fasli) G Avan – Adar – Dae 1378 AY (Shenshai)N G AdarAL – Dae – Behman 1378 AY (Kadimi) NAUROOZ PIROOZ-BAAD NAUROOZ MUBARAK 60TH ANNIVERSARY The Universal Declaration of Human Rights December 10, 1948, Geneva Also Inside: 2008 WZCC AGM in Houston A monument to Love: Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Taraporevala’s Little Zizou: World Premieres FEZANA delegates at UN/DPI Conference PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERATION OF ZOROASTRIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERATION OF ZOROASTRIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA Vol 23 No 1 Spring / March 2009 Bahar 1378 AY - 3747 ZRE President Bomi Patel www.fezana.org Editor in Chief: Dolly Dastoor 2 Editorial
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