Most Parsis recoil at drinking nirang, the consecrated urine of a bull, during the ritual bath before a marriage or navjote. Some priests look the other way when a child or a bride pretends to have swallowed it; however, a few stern ones insist on certifying its mandatory consumption. Merely brushing ones lips with the vessel is deemed noncompliance; a few drops must be drunk. Added to the nirang is bhashma or sacred ash from a first grade holy fire, followed by the munching of a couple of pomegranate leaves. Not exactly as tasty as avocado. Though, like caviar, it......