Aside from having to change calendars and diaries, the end of the year rituals also provide editors an opportunity to fill their columns with past recollections and future fears.
2006 was in many ways a remarkable year for the community. It saw the maximum amount of controversies both in the political and religious fields. As the Federation of Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India and the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) chairman Minoo R. Shroff remarked at the all-India body meet in Bombay last September, “I’ve never seen such tumultuous times.”
His statement was not an exaggeration. Ever since......