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In the not too distant past, Parsis as a community were looked upon as a shining example of unity and integrity by our sister communities and were held in high esteem. Of late we have witnessed a downslide: We seem to be in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) is not referred to as the apex body for nothing; the downslide started there with the infighting and bickering which spilled out literally onto the streets! The community became a laughing stock. And then came the bombshell from the immensely respected business house of Tata. Whereas the......



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Power struggles in the Bombay Parsi Punchayet are certainly an issue that the community has a right to criticize and participate in changing.But the power struggles in an incorporated private company do not justify a community upheaval. Nor should the community take it as an insult, or even start silly demands on who should lead the company etc. I checked the list of the Tata Sons Board on Internet today. It is comprised of 3 Parsis: Rattan Tata, Cyrus Mistry and Farida Khambatha, who was appointed to fulfill the government mandated requirement to include women on board; Of the remainder there are 8 Hindus, 1 Muslim and 1 British/German (faith community not listed).
There are many pressing community issues for the Parsis that need our attention and participation,. Let us leave the businessmen to run their own businesses. Their reputations as individuals and businessmen is theirs to uphold or ruin, and should have nothing to do with the Parsi community at large.
Let us move on!
- Yezdyar Kaoosji
- 29-Nov-2016

 

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