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Rationalism in Zoroastrianism: Dedicated to the Revival of Refreshed Zoroastrianism For All Mankind by Kersee Kabraji. Published in 2015 by Partridge, a Penguin Random House Company, email: orders.india@partridgepublishing.com; website: www.partridgepublishing.com/india. Pp: xx + 50. Price: Rs 400.           To commence with a disclaimer sounds ominous! Despite repeated requests to exclude the undersigned from his Acknowledgements, the compiler has gone ahead regardless. There is nothing in Kersee Kabraji’s (pictured) foray into Zoroastrianism to suggest that he has followed any solicited advice and guidance on the proper appraisal of the coherent philosophy underpinning Gathic precepts. So, assuming this task here as stupefied reviewer will......



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I'd like to know who wrote this review. In fact I have read Kersi Kabraji's little book and found it delightful!
To complain that someone who is not a Gathic scholar has made 'indiscriminate selections' is silly. Shouldn't we commend someone for taking the trouble to promote the words of our prophet? Similarly one can take exception to the translation of the Cyrus Cylinder, but isn't it marvelous that it is being given a broader viewership? No, this review reflects a bias toward the 'revival' idea itself. Sadly, Parsiana has printed this review as though endorsing it, instead of attributing it to a conservative scholar alone.
- Ms Hoshi Merchant
- 18-Jun-2020