Burning sandalwood thickens the air in a room that’s so exclusive only a vanishingly small number of people are allowed to enter. This is an agiary, a Zoroastrian place of worship for India’s Parsi community, where priests in white robes stoke a sacred flame around the clock and recite ancient Avestan prayers that have survived… Continue reading Rhea Mogul: A century-old rule shuts my daughter out of her own community. A court case could change that
Category: Issues
BPP’s Leave-and-Licence to Tenancy Proposal: A Community Conversation on Housing Security and Trust Stewardship
Mumbai’s Parsi housing community is engaged in an important conversation on a matter that touches many families across Bombay Parsi Punchayet baugs and colonies: the proposed conversion of certain leave-and-licence arrangements into tenancy rights. The issue, long discussed within the community, has returned to public attention after the BPP Board reportedly cleared a process allowing… Continue reading BPP’s Leave-and-Licence to Tenancy Proposal: A Community Conversation on Housing Security and Trust Stewardship
Supreme Court to examine plea against Parsi women losing religious identity after interfaith marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday decided to consider a plea, raising the question of whether a Parsi woman can be deprived of her religious identity after entering into an interfaith marriage. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi agreed to examine the significant constitutional challenge… Continue reading Supreme Court to examine plea against Parsi women losing religious identity after interfaith marriage
Poona Parsee Panchayat seeks minority status for Parsi students in admission forms – Hindustan Times
The Poona Parsee Panchayat on July 22 made a formal appeal to educational authorities, requesting the explicit inclusion of the Zoroastrian-Parsi community under the minority category in admission forms and policies across institutions. Pune: The Poona Parsee Panchayat on July 22 made a formal appeal to educational authorities, requesting the explicit inclusion of the Zoroastrian-Parsi… Continue reading Poona Parsee Panchayat seeks minority status for Parsi students in admission forms – Hindustan Times
On Flattened Priesthoods, Forgotten Rituals, and the Sacredness of Survival
Our dear friend Ervad Adil Minocherhomjee makes a very compelling case about priesthood in the Zoroastrian Faith… Why We Don’t Make Mobeds or Consecrate Fires Like We Used To—And What That Says About Us Let’s stop pretending we’re still making Mobeds. Or Dastoors. Or Atash Behrams. Not in the way our ancestors did. Not in… Continue reading On Flattened Priesthoods, Forgotten Rituals, and the Sacredness of Survival
Why the Parsi community is divided over special prayers for the Ram temple
There is uneasiness over rituals being held for a Hindu temple as well as the message it sends out to another minority group. Article by Tabassum Barnagarwala | Scroll A special prayer for the Ram temple held at the Delhi Parsi fire temple. | Adil Nargolwala/Twitter The Parsi community in India appears to be sharply… Continue reading Why the Parsi community is divided over special prayers for the Ram temple
Hyderabad Parsis meet with National Minorities Commission to Escalate their Greviances
The National Commission for Minorities , Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of india on 8th November 2023 virtually heard the complaints filed by Jehangir Bisney & Nianaaz Darabna (resident) in the Hyderabad Agiary sewerage blockage issue. Led by commission’s Chairperson Iqbal Singh Lalpura , Kersi Deboo (Vice-Chairperson) and others, the NCM had also called representatives… Continue reading Hyderabad Parsis meet with National Minorities Commission to Escalate their Greviances
