WHEN Anju Dawar, a Parsi lawyer based in Ahmedabad married a colleague, she was expelled from the community. ”At best her husband will convert but will this not dilute the very essence of the religion?” asks her father, R Dawar. Air hostess Feroza who married a pilot in Mumbai too was expelled from the community… Continue reading Split in the Parsi Parivar
Month: June 2006
‘Builders want temple land’
The World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (Wapiz) on Friday warned that fire temple lands in the city were under threat from unscrupulous developers and said one of its main objectives would be to protect such properties. On the eve of Wapiz’s first anniversary on May 28, founder trustee Yazdi Desai said for the past… Continue reading ‘Builders want temple land’