"We are situated in an area which had a good number of Parsis. Jalbhai Street nearby was full of Zoroastrians. Now 60-70 percent of them have moved out of this area,” says Mehroo Pavri who with husband Sorab runs the sandalwood and religious artefacts shop Manekshaw Naoroji and Company at Charni Road junction in Bombay. "There was a time when the sale of sukhad was so good that the rear portion of the shop would be stacked with sandalwood logs from floor to ceiling and 10-12 men would be occupied chipping the logs to the required sizes of sandalwood sticks.”
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