Parsis In Pakistan: A Fading Community And The Silence Of Survival

Parsis In Pakistan: A Fading Community And The Silence Of Survival

For a few weeks each year, in parts of Karachi and Quetta, you can hear Avestan prayers in the Parsi fire temples rising above traffic and generator hum. It is a small sound now, almost silent as the years go by, but it carries two thousand years inside it.Article by...

Parsi community divided over sale of historic Sanjan Sanatorium

Parsi community divided over sale of historic Sanjan Sanatorium

The proposed sale of a 2.5-acre sanatorium in Sanjan — a site of immense historical significance to the Parsi-Irani Zoroastrian community — has triggered an emotional debate within the community, reported Nauzar Bharucha of TOI.Situated around 150 kilometres from...