The Inner Fire: Faith, Choice, and Modern-day Living in Zoroastrianism by Rohinton F. Nariman. Published in 2016 by Hay House Publishers (India) Private Limited, Muskaan Complex, Plot No. 3, B-2 Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070. Pp: 239. Price: 399.
It cannot be repeated often enough that the Gathas are an ethically structured code for moral right-living whose accent is always on the good Life.
Justice Rohinton Nariman’s (pictured) brave effort at interpreting all five Gathas falls between translation and paraphrase; it is no less valuable for all that. His occasionally arbitrary definitions take one aback — they are formulated around certain preconceptions......