Category: Issues

Parizad Cama is breathing a lot easier nowadays. If all goes well, she can again call herself a Parsi. Even a few days back, Cama — born of a Parsi father and Punjabi mother — wasn’t sure if she could anymore. Article by Anand Soondas |The Telegraph Her optimism springs from a recent announcement by… Continue reading Parsis breathe easy on mixed-marriage ban

A complex issue of womanhood The entire 16th pargarad/chapter of the Vendidad is dedicated to the matter of menstruation, and later Pahlavi texts comment on this subject extensively. For those who believed this was an adopted Hindu practice from India please realize this is an integral component of the Mazdayasni Zarathosti religion. As a side note, please realize… Continue reading Menstruation and Zoroastrian Doctrine

Freny Manecksha on fighting the myopic vision of society that denounces single Parsi women for being ‘choosya and ‘selfish’ My progression into singlehood happened, perhaps, because I had started enjoying my independence a little too much. Some relationships had not culminated in marriage. I had consented to ‘seeing’ a few prospective matches more to assuage… Continue reading ‘At 60, I still encounter condescension and pity’

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