The Indian government, though faced with a rapidly expanding population, is trying to encourage one community to have more children. Author: Atish Patel | Source: Wall Street Journal The Parsi community, or Zoroastrians as they are known outside India, has been dwindling to such an extent that the government said it will spend $1.6 million… Continue reading India Urges One Community to Reproduce
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Jiyo Parsi: Govt scheme to boost population of Parsis
The Parsi community that boasts of the highest literacy rate and sex ratio in India is staring at extinction. In a population of 1.2 billion in India, there are only about 69,000 Parsis. Author: Rakhi Chakrabarty Source: TNN While the 2001 Census recorded a 21% decadal growth of the country’s population, the number of Parsis… Continue reading Jiyo Parsi: Govt scheme to boost population of Parsis
Parsis to get govt stimulus for raising their numbers
Under the minorities’ bonanza plan, couples to get Rs 5 lakh for infertility treatment Author: Aditi Tandon Source: Tribune News Service Ahead of elections, the Congress-led UPA government is all set to unveil a bonanza for the minorities with the launch of two unique schemes this Monday. The first, “Jiyo Parsi”, will pay the infertility… Continue reading Parsis to get govt stimulus for raising their numbers
Supreme Court to Review Gujarat High Court’s controversial decision: Goolrukh Gupta Case
A Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat High Court’s controversial ruling that a woman who enters into wedlock, even under The Special Marriage Act, 1954, outside her religion is deemed to have changed her religion to that of her husband thereby losing the right to practice her… Continue reading Supreme Court to Review Gujarat High Court’s controversial decision: Goolrukh Gupta Case
Goolrukh Gupta: The panchayat is inconsistent
Interview with Goolrukh Gupta, the Parsi woman who petitioned the court seeking freedom to enter Parsi religious places. By Lyla Bavadam | Source: Frontline AN ISSUE THAT HAD ITS ORIGINS IN THE SOUTH Gujarat town of Valsad has now moved to the Supreme Court and is all set to become a landmark case on the… Continue reading Goolrukh Gupta: The panchayat is inconsistent
Plan to boost Parsi numbers falters
IMRAN AHMED SIDDIQUI New Delhi, Aug. 9: A central scheme for sponsored fertility treatment among Parsis to arrest their dwindling numbers has found no takers, prompting plans for a new strategy that includes taking the help of community leaders. Author: Imran Ahmed Siddiqui Source: The TELEGRAPH INDIA According to the 2001 census, India… Continue reading Plan to boost Parsi numbers falters
Parsi punchayet greens see red
Zoroastrian scholar Khojeste Mistree, who was in charge of forestation at Doongerwadi, quits citing undue interference from Bombay Parsi Punchayet chairman Dinshaw Mehta. Author: Tinaz Nooshian Source: Mumbai Mirror Controversy refuses to leave the verdant environs of Doongerwadi or the Tower of Silence housed on a 55-acre plot in the tony neighbourhood of Malabar Hill.… Continue reading Parsi punchayet greens see red
India's dwindling Parsi population to be boosted with fertility clinics
The Indian government is to fund new fertility clinics to help save its dwindling Parsi population which is now under threat of extinction. Author: Dean Nelson Source: The Telegraph UK India’s Parsis first came to the subcontinent more than 1,000 years ago from Persia where they faced persecution from the country’s Muslim majority for their… Continue reading India's dwindling Parsi population to be boosted with fertility clinics
Iranian Anjuman Trust Ousts President and is Opposed to Palghar Land Deal with Bhai Thakur
Mehrwan Irani was against selling the community’s 963-acre plot to a company owned by the family of the Vasai-Virar strongman with a long criminal record The Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman, whose proposed Rs 722-crore land deal with a construction company owned by Vasai-Virar strongman Bhai Thakur’s family is opposed by a section of the community,… Continue reading Iranian Anjuman Trust Ousts President and is Opposed to Palghar Land Deal with Bhai Thakur
