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The little house in Dasturwad, Navsari wore a spanking new look. Decorated with chalk and toran, the house had heeded the call to "Parsi founded institutions and homesteads…to decorate their premises with flowers, lights and chalk to celebrate the 250th glorious anniversary of the Navsari Atash Behram.” (See "Nurtured in Navsari,” Parsiana, October 21, 2015). When Parsiana visited the birthplace of Jamsetji Tata, founder of the house of Tatas, on October 3, 2015 it was buzzing with Zoroastrians, many of whom had converged there after attending the historic jashan at the Atash Behram. Walking in through a low wooden doorway,......