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Leo Varadkar Former Ireland Prime Minister: If you want to be an Irish citizen, you must be the sugar in the milk
If you want to be an Irish citizen, you must be the sugar in the milk
The Parsis are a small but successful minority group who emigrated to India centuries ago. Today, they are associated with success in business and culture — for example, the Tata family and Farrokh Bulsara, aka Freddie Mercury.
They left their home in Persia as they were unwilling to give up their Zoroastrian faith for their nation’s new one, Islam. When they arrived in India, King Jadhav Rana, who welcomed guests, did not want them to stay. He explained that his kingdom was full and sent them a glass of milk full to the brim to demonstrate his dilemma.
Article by Leo Varadkar | The Times Ireland
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Community carnival
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Parsis bitterly divided when they should be multiplying
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A New Dar-E-Mehr is Born in New York !!
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The Story of Air India’s Very First International Flight
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Navroz Mubarak 2016
On behalf of all of us at Parsi Khabar we wish you a very Happy Navroze 2016.
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The Everlasting Flame International Programme
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A peek into Parsi life
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Say it like the bawas
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The Achaemenids At Ankleshwar
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