“A colorful, wilting bloom”

In the review of the Gujarati language play Bombay Flower, on Ruttie Petit and her marriage to Muhammad Ali Jinnah ("A colorful, wilting bloom,” Parsiana, April 21-May 6, 2023), the only question asked by the critic to the producer was regarding whether an uthamna had been performed for Ruttie after her elopement. Coming from Parsiana, this was not surprising. The producer Manoj Shah’s response to the relevance of their love story today also did not elicit any further reaction. The same edition of the magazine contained a quotation from the Gathas which had already appeared in the issue of February 21-......



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