Parsis retain their affection for traditional attire
Berjis Desai
The Karani brothers, who published many editions of the Khordeh Avesta, also published a dhobi ni chopri (washerman’s book), mostly for the use of Parsi households. Those were the days when laundries were few and mostly unaffordable. The dhobi would pay a weekly or fortnightly visit to most Parsi homes. Like a Japanese tea ceremony, it was an interesting ritual. On the appointed day, the dhobi would walk straight into the bedroom and arrange the washed clothes neatly on the bed. He would then open a small cabinet, cutely called mèla kapraa nu pinjru (dirty clothes cabinet) and empty its......