The article below raises some interesting points, but it completely misses the reason why the campaign, and the actual program Jiyo Parsi exist. It is to preserve ethnicity. Otherwise it would have been titled Jiyo Zarathushti. The program is about preserving an ethnic group and is not in any way going above its mandate. –… Continue reading Asking Parsis to Have More Kids, in the Most Regressive and Patriarchal Way
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Intermarry and be damned 2 Parsi women challenge bias
India’s Parsis are so respected because they alone have never been involved in communal skirmishes. Ironic then that our own ugly wars are hurtling us to our doom. The most divisive issue is intermarriage, now a malignant obsession. One radical change could robustly alter our critical demography: 57,000, and shrinking by the day. But what… Continue reading Intermarry and be damned 2 Parsi women challenge bias
India’s ‘Parsis’ Renounce Sky Burial as Vultures Go Missing
Parsis are the followers of the ancient Zoroastrian religion, whose ancestors settled in Indian 1,000 years ago to escape persecution in Iran (erstwhile Persia) that had turned Islamic. They brought along their tradition of leaving the dead exposed in the open for scavenging birds to feed on. Of the 138,000 Zoroastrians left in the world,… Continue reading India’s ‘Parsis’ Renounce Sky Burial as Vultures Go Missing
Heritage Walk at Doongerwadi
Dr. Viraf J. Kapadia opines on the subject in the Mumbai Samachar. Since the last few days turmoil has enveloped the orthodox members of the Parsi Community when the proposed 2 hours heritage walk by Asiatic Society with fees of Rs. 100/- and 200/- on Sunday, 11th Dec. 2016 at 10.30 to 12.30 with a… Continue reading Heritage Walk at Doongerwadi
Surrogacy bill bother for Parsis
The country’s Parsi community is in a bind over a proposed law to regulate surrogacy, a little over a year after it had successfully negotiated resistance from within to this assisted reproductive technique. Article in The Telegraph The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 – that the Centre has cleared – seeks to replace commercial surrogacy with… Continue reading Surrogacy bill bother for Parsis
Most divorces among Parsis due to adultery
Jury trials came to India with the British and were abolished after the now infamous 1959 Nanavati murder trial, not many know that matrimonial disputes among the Parsi community is still tried by a five-member jury system in the country. Article by Ayesha Arvind | Hindustan Times This Friday, the Bombay high court concluded a… Continue reading Most divorces among Parsis due to adultery
India’s vanishing people
India’s vanishing people New Delhi: It is a fact that India’s tiny Parsi community is dwindling but the latest census figures show the ethnic group hurtling towards extinction. Parsis are Zoroastrians – one of the world’s oldest religions – from Persia, where it was the official religion for centuries until the advent of Islam. Persecution… Continue reading India’s vanishing people
