Category: Issues

Parsi body defends ‘right’ to keep people out of fire temple The bench was hearing a PIL which alleged that persons belonging to other races and religions were being discriminated against as they were being denied entry into the fire temple. Article by Pritam Pal Singh | Indian Express The Delhi Parsi Anjuman (DPA) told… Continue reading Delhi Parsi Anjuman Defends Right of Entry to Fire Temple

A special leave petition was filed challenging the HC order, which was mentioned before Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. Article by Yesha Kotak | Hindustan Times Three days after the Bombay high court (HC) rejected their petition, members of the Parsi community moved the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, seeking the realignment of a tunnel for… Continue reading Parsis in Mumbai move SC to realign Metro-3 tunnel below Atash Behrams

Our dear friend and mentor Dr. Shernaz Cama write in the Jame Jamshed newspaper The Jiyo Parsi Scheme was set up to arrest the decline in our community’s population. However, over time, it has been realised that there’s no one direct method to solve our problem. In recent years, changes and additions have been made… Continue reading JIYO PARSI: CARE OF ELDERLY DEPENDANTS

Since last year, the community has been trying to stop the rapid decline in the number of Zoroastrian priests through Jiyo Parsi and Jiyo Mobed Workshop Article by Yesha Kotak | Hindustan Times   While there are speculations around the suspension of Ervad Merwan Nalladaru, a priest from Banaji Atash Behram, Charni Road, some members… Continue reading Suspension of Banaji Atashbehram priest questioned amid dwindling Parsi population

Encouraged by Muslim women’s successful fight against triple talaq, a Parsi woman has moved the Supreme Court questioning the validity of many provisions of Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, alleging that these made estranged couples of her community go through a torturous exercise to get divorce. Article by Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN Naomi Sam Irani… Continue reading Parsi woman contests Raj-era personal law

Recently a lawyer from Mumbai wrote to various government authorities as well as the CEO of Medanta raising false alarms and insinuating issues that do not exist regarding Medanta’s handling of the new medical facility at the Parsi General Hospital. This is despite the fact that everything that Pervin and Jal Shroff (principal donors) write… Continue reading Jal and Pervin Shroff Clear The Air on the Parsi General Hospital Medanta Issue

Should a Parsi woman be deprived of her religious identity and community rights if she marries outside her own religion? The Supreme Court has referred the matter to a 5-judge constitution bench and said the recent verdict on instant triple talaq may have a bearing on this case too as it boils down to a… Continue reading Parsi Women Fight For Equality And Religious Identity

The Goolrukh Gupta case has reached the Supreme Court, where a 5 judge bench will deliberate on it. Below is a video segment on a local TV channel in Mumbai.

Strict inbreeding is often blamed for the dwindling population of the Parsi community in India. New research by Indian and other scientists now suggests that this might not always have been the case. DNA samples from centuries-old skeletal remains of Parsis from Sanjan in Valsad, Gujarat, show close genetic links of Parsi women with local… Continue reading In Parsi genes, new clues on old cultures