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The Holy Cow: A book review
… When confronted with ‘NO NON-PARSIS’ signs at Parsi temples, the author pines for ‘the inclusive, casual nature of Hinduism’ (p. 186). …
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© 2005 Parsi Khabar. 
It’s time the orthodox Parsi’s grew up with the rest of the world and made Parsi Zorastrianism more inclusive. Being the son of a Parsi mother, it’s hard not to notice the bias. But again, in my experience it’s a few crazy bava’s holding the rest of the community hostage.
I agree with you, N.
I have never seen any logic behind having that sign -’Only Parsees Enter’ outside a fire temple, except that it sounds embarrassing and racist to say the least.