Two Parsis were resurrected after the Parsi media inadvertently termed them dead. One publication’s Facebook page had stated that Dastur (Dr) Peshotan Mirza (pictured) had died following "a tenacious battle with cancer” while a newborn child, Ayaan Kaiwan Gonda from Hyderabad-Secunderabad, featured in the death column of another newspaper though the announcement was for his birth. A correction was immediately carried on their Facebook page.
Prior to major surgery on May 5, Mirza’s family had sent out an appeal for O positive blood, to which some well-wisher included the words "only Parsi donors needed.” This requirement was termed the "height of......