The census report makes a special mention of Parsis, more specifically the signs of definite decline in their population in the country. I don’t think there can be any foolproof solution to this problem. However, there can be some improvement in lengthening the life of the community as a whole, if we permitted all children of mixed marriages, irrespective of whether the father or mother were Parsi, to be initiated into the religion, if the parents so choose.
But it is Bombay Parsis alone who will either preserve or destroy the Zoroastrian religion. In spite of their herculean efforts, the second......