ABSTRACT
Dastur Kutar was the oldest of seven children and his father had two jobs to pay for his children's education. He also served as a priest in the Poona agiary where his son was to work later. Charity, or benevolent giving, is a prime Zoroastrian duty. One ancient text declares that if one practises many duties and meritorious deeds, but does not give anything to the poor, then it is not possible for one's soul to be redeemed. The donors included not only the big families, notably the Jijibhoys and Camas in the nineteenth century, the Petits, Wadias and Tatas in the twentieth century, but also numerous little known individuals. A third Bombay hospital started by the Parsis is the Masina Hospital. This one, like the J. J. hospital, is for people of any religion or race. It was started by Dr H. M. Masina in 1902 on the first floor of his home.
