The patriotism of Parsis is in keeping with their character
Berjis Desai
During the Indira Gandhi declared Emergency (1975-77), the income tax authorities raided two Parsi spinsters, bred in the purple, brought up by a German governess and a doting father. The raiding team froze in awe as they walked into the palatial bungalow bristling with a thousand antiquities and artifacts. As they patiently awaited the arrival of the ladies in the (ballroom sized) dining room, they were struck by the life size portraits of Queen Victoria, George V, George VI, the perennial favorite lover boy, abdicating Edward VIII and, of course, Queen Elizabeth II. "Madam,” stuttered one of the raiding officers,......