Taking a leaf out of Bejan Daruwalla, the renowned astrologer, Bombay Samachar takes a shot at predictions for Parsis in 2011 A BPP trustee will resign and elections will be held. Efforts to find a ‘Consensus’ candidate will fail. Mehta-WAPIZ will put up Pheroze Amroliwalla as their candidate. He will lose. 104 flat allotment matter… Continue reading 10 Predictions for Parsis for 2011
Category: Issues
Planning Commission says No to boosting Parsi numbers
The government’s plan to boost the dwindling population of Parsi community received a severe jolt with the Planning Commission rejecting a scheme proposed by the minority affairs ministry to improve the fertility rate and address health issues of the minority group. By Subodh Ghildiyal, TNN The commission has objected to the scheme, telling the government… Continue reading Planning Commission says No to boosting Parsi numbers
Have they been barred from entering the temple?
A notice at a fire temple prohibiting inter-married Parsi-Zoroastrian women from bringing their children has them wondering whether their religious rights are at stake All fire temples in the city have a board outside announcing that only Parsis can enter them. But a fire temple at Marine Lines has added another notice prohibiting Parsi women… Continue reading Have they been barred from entering the temple?
Bangalore Dakhma Dysfunctional
Bangalore’s explosive growth, while triggering a huge demand for living spaces, has caused an acute shortage of land for the dead. The pressure on graveyards is mounting. Here’s a searing look at the problem, made worse by the poorly maintained burial grounds. In a city where thousands of people struggle for a place to live,… Continue reading Bangalore Dakhma Dysfunctional
Planning Commission Still to OK Scheme for Parsi Population Decline
The Planning Commission has not given "in-principle" nod to a Central government scheme aimed at containing the population decline of Parsi community, the government told the Lok Sabha today. The National Family Health Survey reported that the fertility rate of the community for India is only 0.94. "A scheme for containing population decline of small… Continue reading Planning Commission Still to OK Scheme for Parsi Population Decline
Sanjan Day Celebrated amidst controversey
Below are two article on the recent Sanjan Day Celebrations. Conversion issue mars Sanjan Day celebrations Published by DNA India / Manoj R Nair The issue of religious conversions raging in the Parsi-Zoroastrian community almost stalled the annual Sanjan Day celebrations that commemorate their arrival from Persia about 1,300 years ago. Over a thousand… Continue reading Sanjan Day Celebrated amidst controversey
Udvada: The Land Controversey
It’s a change of different sort, a not-so-nice one, where one of the world’s most ancient religions finds its nook of worship threatened. Parsi-Irani Zoroastrians in India and around the world have been a worried lot after 200 acres of lush agricultural land in the backyard of Udvada’s sacred fire temple were handed over to… Continue reading Udvada: The Land Controversey
