The Holy Cow: A book review

Date

October 9, 2005

Post by

arZan

Category

Books

… 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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4 Comments

  1. N

    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.

  2. N

    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.

  3. Farzana

    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.

  4. Farzana

    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.