Banning Priests Controversey: Dinshaw Tamboly Further Clarifies

From Dinshaw Tamboly to Parsi Times with c.c. to BPP July 28. 2014 Editor, Parsi Times, 102, Vikas Building, 11, Bank Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 001. Madam, This is in response to the write up by Messer’s Khojeste Mistree and Yezdi Desai published in your issue dated 26th July 2014. Their response to my letter… Continue reading Banning Priests Controversey: Dinshaw Tamboly Further Clarifies

Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia

The Parsis, or Zoroastrians, are an ethnoreligious community unusually invested in the colonial legal system of British India and Burma. In this interactive slideshow, Mitra Sharafi, the author of Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia, introduces readers to the history of Parsi culture and identity in colonial South Asia. Transcript of Law and Identity… Continue reading Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia

Parsis confront threat to existence at Mumbai gathering

The world’s tiny but hugely successful Zoroastrian community will confront a demographic crisis which threatens its very existence when it gathers en masse in its spiritual home of Mumbai this week. The four-day World Zoroastrian Congress, beginning Friday, brings together followers of one of the world’s oldest religions, many of whom are descended from Persians… Continue reading Parsis confront threat to existence at Mumbai gathering

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