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The enterprising Zoroastrian Iranis in India seldom feature on the front pages of newspapers. Write-ups on them are often published in the food and entertainment sections. They are associated with the cafes they so popularized that offered no frills, affordable, wholesome food to all sections of society. In their heyday the cafes with their Minton tiled floors, bentwood tables covered with checkered tablecloths, armless chairs and a prominently displayed list of don’ts offered succor to office goers, Victoria hack drivers, cabbies, factory workers, students, struggling artists and poorly paid journalists, amongst a myriad others. Irani bakeries were also popular......



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There are differences in all religions. Christians are divided between Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans, etc. Muslims have divisions between Sunnis, Shias, Sufis, etc. Hindus those following Krishna, Ram or Ashoka. Harmony, peace, co operation is required. Parsis and Iranian Zoroastrians have common problems. Population of Zoroastrians is aging, inter religious marriages have become common, staying single has become the rule, late marriages, child marriages are common, denying children of inter religious marriages the right to have a navjote is common, increase in the number of divorces and separation is on the increase specially among the Iranian Zoroastrians immigrants in the West, parents abandoned by their children is on the increase are the extreme problems faced,if nothing is done the name Zoroastrian will be history in a decade or so. Hope is there in Kurdistan,Tajikistan where increasing numbers are becoming Zoroastrians.
- Shapour B Badri
- 08-Oct-2019

This editorial makes some very excellent points. Artificial boundaries and outdated biases have long prevailed in the Parsi Zoroastrian community of the sub-continent which have also been carried into the diaspora albeit to a limited extent. The community needs leaders who are willing to examine and challenge archaic trust documents and practices that have placed a damper on any progressive action. This has resulted in alienating Parsis who do not conform to these archaic and divisive rules and regulations. If the Parsi Zoroastrian community of the sub-continent were a nation that had sunk to such a level, there would be a call for a Constituent Assembly to revisit the operational mechanics into which the community has become trapped. We need to slice the Gordian Knot! Starting with a clean slate seems to be the only sensible option left today!
- Yezdyar Kaoosji
- 07-Oct-2019

 

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