Newly appointed trustee of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman of Secunderabad and Hyderabad (PZASH) Ervad Kerfegar Antia believes that the community is "financially strong but spiritually weak (and) is bound towards extinction.” There is a rapid demographic decline, with youngsters marrying outside the fold. "The colonies have turned into old age homes with hardly any children playing… Those who marry within the community do so at a very late age and thus remain childless.”
"The Hyderabad-Secunderabad Parsi community is a big family (with) almost everyone knowing each other, participating in their happiness and sorrow.” The local Parsis are on "a strong financial......