I have read with interest the well written article on Zareer Masani by Venkat Iyer ("A maverick dissenter,” Parsiana, September 7-20, 2024).
Iyer refers to the "intolerance” with which Masani viewed dissenting views expressed by others and his sometimes rather rude and "arrogant” manner of his rebuttal.
I also read about Masani’s childhood with parents who were not on the same page about how children should be brought up or nurtured. This is a universal experience of millions of families when parents play out roles quite unconsciously and perhaps repeat the parenting styles they had themselves experienced. Pain begets more pain and......