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[Nienke]

For all those who would like to know and pay their respect:

Roshan passed away yesterday Sunday April 24th at 11:20 at her house in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

A Buddhist ceremony will be held for her at Wat Paa Deng, Chiang Mai (Near Wat Umong) today Monday 25th, on Tuesday 26th, and Wednesday 27th, in the evening around 7:00 PM

May she rest in peace.

[uptheos]

What a sad event, she had not long returned from Pakistan

It was tragic the way it happened, she was dedicated to dogs right to the end.

RIP Dear Roshan

[Ulysses G.]

I have nothing but respect for those who do good things like taking care of helpless animals. RIP.

[orang37]

God bless Khun Roshan,

Her kindness to animals will never be "lost."

RIP

best, ~o:37;

[Nienke]

Received another mail saying that:

The ceremonies for Roshan's funerals have been postponed for administrative reasons.

The German Consulate is closed on Easter monday, we are unable to get an authorisation to move Roshan's body from Suan Dok hospital to the temple.

Paperwork might take a few days

We have contacted her family both in Germany and in Pakistan. They will be attending the funerals

The ceremonies have been postponed to further notice.

[realthaideal]

A lovely lady, older than she ever looked, and full of life. She did good things.

RIP, K. Roshan

[DavidInSiam]

Roshan's greatest wish would certainly be that you adopt one of her seven dogs. Please do consider it.

[CMMCB]

I just read updated?/corrected? details in today's INTG newsletter, ...

"Rochan Dhunjibhoy was a long time resident of Chiang Mai. She passed away on Sunday April 24th at 11:20 at her house in Chiang Mai. Here is the schedule of the last rituals:All the ceremonies will be held at WAT PA PHAENG, Rattanakosin road, Chiang Mai, CHIANG MAI (Not Wat Pa Daeng!)

- Thursday April 28th 2011 at 7:30 pm: Buddhist Ceremony

- Friday April 29th 2011 at 7:30 pm: Buddhist Ceremony

- Saturday May 7th 2011 at 7:30 pm: Last Buddhist Ceremony

- Sunday May 8th 2011 at 10:30 am: Prayer

- Sunday May 8th 2011 at 12:30 am: Cremation

For more details contact Jean-Pascal Comeau at <private email address removed>"

CMMCB

[DavidInSiam]

This is the updated information, as of 27 April.

I just read updated?/corrected? details in today's INTG newsletter, ...

"Rochan Dhunjibhoy was a long time resident of Chiang Mai. She passed away on Sunday April 24th at 11:20 at her house in Chiang Mai. Here is the schedule of the last rituals:All the ceremonies will be held at WAT PA PHAENG, Rattanakosin road, Chiang Mai, CHIANG MAI (Not Wat Pa Daeng!)

- Thursday April 28th 2011 at 7:30 pm: Buddhist Ceremony

- Friday April 29th 2011 at 7:30 pm: Buddhist Ceremony

- Saturday May 7th 2011 at 7:30 pm: Last Buddhist Ceremony

- Sunday May 8th 2011 at 10:30 am: Prayer

- Sunday May 8th 2011 at 12:30 am: Cremation

For more details contact Jean-Pascal Comeau at <private email address removed>"

CMMCB

[urnotary]

I have been trying to get flowers to the services for Roshan, since Tuesday evening. Ccan anyone give me directions to the wat? I would like to get them there before they are bad. Thank you for your help.

Janet

[DavidInSiam]

I have been trying to get flowers to the services for Roshan, since Tuesday evening. Ccan anyone give me directions to the wat? I would like to get them there before they are bad. Thank you for your help.

Janet

Janet - Please send me an email at davidinsiam (at) gmail.com.

I can then forward a map to you. It is at Wat Pa Paeng, behind Tallat Khamtieng.

Edited April 28, 2011 by sbk
no emails in posts-please do not feed the spammers

[HaleySabai]

Homage to Roshan

Dear Wonderful friends of Roshan,<br style="line-height: 17px; ">Like all of you I am still in the grieving process of losing a dear and close friend. More than a friend, she was a sister to me and an amazing role model of how to age gracefully. To come to terms with her loss, I have pasted below a homage to this unique woman to share with you and a photo of her with friends at a party just a few days ago which is when I saw her for the last time. May she rest in peace in the world hereafter.<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">Hope to see you tonight at Wat Pa Paeng. Shantih, Mo

Lanna Dog Lady of Chiang Mai

That is how hundreds of people in Thailand knew octogenarian Roshan in her last decade, this short Indian woman with white hair and big brown eyes clad in colourful garb from places all around the globe. Her insurmountable energy and avid passion for animals resulted in a humane education awareness program here in Chiang Mai. Every Saturday stray dogs from all over northern Thailand were compassionately sterilized as part of the program. Many a stray dog, who was wounded or lost, is now able to live a decent life because of their champion. Tonight, hypnotized with shell-shocked eyes, they are howling at the sky in memory of their kind saviour.

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At her spacious teak house, adorned with souvenirs from Asia, Africa, and Europe, Roshan's six dogs ran wild and free in her teeming tropical garden. Kim and Kwan, the two crippled ones, always hobbled along to keep up with the others, so as to be part of the tail-wagging committee that greeted the many guests that would arrive on Roshan's doorstep. Every once in a while though, they would hover around a burial spot in the same garden, sniffing and moaning for Simba, their pack leader whose lion's bark followed Roshan from Pakistan to Germany to Thailand until old age finally necessitated that she lay him down and bury him in the garden where he lies in eternal peace. <br style="line-height: 17px; ">

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Yet this outspoken polyglot woman with persuasive powers was so much more than an animal lover…

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On the veranda facing the garden, this gracious lady hosted numerous social evenings for fellow nomads keen to discuss with her the world's latest events over a glass of wine and a mouthful of couscous or some exotic vegetarian curry served with steaming hot chapattis. Late into the night, as the frogs and cicadas croaked their nighttime ballads, she held court with friends of all nationalities—Israelis, Indians, Thais, Germans, Ugandans, Norwegians, British, Americans, and Pakistanis—lamenting the latest political boo-boo of our crazy contemporary world. Helping to serve the guests food and drink, Mao and Gop, her loyal adopted Thai family, would often eavesdrop on the conversations to learn about the outside world, as their two young daughters watched in earnest the multicultural scene unfolding before their eyes. <br style="line-height: 17px; ">

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This global teacher made sure that everyone present was made to feel right at home. <br style="line-height: 17px; ">

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Born in Ranji in pre-independence India to an Indian psychologist and a German mother of Indian origin, Roshan studied theatre at university in Boston and political science at the Sorbonne before settling in Cologne. With her German husband Gert, she learnt her seventh language and soon became Germany's first Indian TV anchorwoman. Together they roamed the world making documentaries on Mao Tse Tung, Kim Jong Ill, the Shah of Iran, Jonas Savimbi of Angola, Global Drum Makers, and yes, even Bob Marley, who was their neighbour in Jamaica. In later years, when widowed, she championed the plight of poor and exploited women in Baluchistan, Pakistan and then, with a German NGO, all over Asia.

Brought up a Parsi, she became an avowed Marxist during her filmmaking years and, in her last decade, embraced Buddhism to find her own Bodhisattva salvation. A feminist at heart, an empowerer of the underdog, she counseled numerous cross-cultural couples on love while teaching Thai monks in English how to apply doctrines of the Middle Path. <br style="line-height: 17px; ">

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As I look back on our friendship over these last seven years, flashbacks of special moments keep reappearing…

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Roshan strolling with six dogs at early dawn on Canal Road to keep mind and body in tune with Nature… Dancing to African beats of King Sunny Ade while doing ballerina hoops on New Year's Eve…Spouting an impromptu epitaph for Simba as she placed a juicy bone and a jasmine flower on his grave…Laughing at Bollywood movies or British comedy shows while listening to Edith Piaf on the stereo…Selling Lanna Dog Rescue T-shirts at City Life and Nimman's walking street winter fairs...

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Just last week at a Songkran party, with guests listening intently, you sat serenely on a rattan chair, and elaborated on the Middle East revolutions this year and their impact on our lives…

<br class="ecxwebkit-block-placeholder" style="line-height: 17px; ">Sweet gypsy woman,

Who collapsed mysteriously just days after breaking up a dog fight in that precious garden of yours, know that hundreds of messages of shock and love keep pouring into your e-mail box, as the world hears of your inspiring life, your work, and your generous, compassionate nature.

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At our farewell ceremonies at Wat Pa Paeng, as the Buddhist monks chant for a peaceful passage of your soul into your next karmic life, we hold and hug you one last time before you go on your long journey home. <br style="line-height: 17px; ">

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Dhanyabad, meri bhen … Aap ko shanti bilkul milehgee.

<br class="ecxwebkit-block-placeholder" style="line-height: 17px; ">Mohezin (Mo) Tejani, April 28, 2011

Edited April 29, 2011 by HaleySabai

[mallmagician]

She sounds a very interesting lady. I wish I'd met her. May she rest in peace, from a fellow animal lover.

[Sao Jiang Mai]

Am so saddened to hear about Roshan. I found her, in my many dealings and meetings with her, to have been an incredibly wonderful woman. Full of heart, passion, grace and life. I am gutted that I never got round to interviewing her, was planning to, but never got round to it. I wish I had found out more about her. What an incredible woman and I do hope that her legacy here and elsewhere carries on. Pim

[DavidInSiam]

There are a number of links to Roshan's life and works on Facebook. There are at least 3 sites about Roshan Dhunjiboy and also one about Lanna Dog Rescue.

Am so saddened to hear about Roshan. I found her, in my many dealings and meetings with her, to have been an incredibly wonderful woman. Full of heart, passion, grace and life. I am gutted that I never got round to interviewing her, was planning to, but never got round to it. I wish I had found out more about her. What an incredible woman and I do hope that her legacy here and elsewhere carries on. Pim

[Sao Jiang Mai]

Thanks!

[DavidInSiam]

Thailand Forum will not allow posting email addresses. But if you are the Pim from Chiangmai Mail, please look in your online subscriptions for "DavidInSiam", email address, send me a note, and I can send you loads of fascinating info and links re. Khun Roshan.

Thanks!