Life was hard but rewarding for the early Irani settlors of Dahanu
Aspi Hormazd Irani
A little over a hundred years ago, somewhere in central Iran, eight Zoroastrians began the journey of a lifetime. My father Hormazd and seven of his colleagues mounted their donkeys and fled their home country. They were bound for India, a land filled with promise, a land of freedom. The eight trekked across high mountains and walked rugged plains. On reaching Karachi they boarded a train which finally brought them to their destination, the city of Bombay. Stepping into this new world, Papa thought his journey had finally ended. But this was not to be, for the young Irani felt......