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"My Lord, what is Parsi law? Since I have been in Bombay, I have never been able to discover it; and I have never met any man who had... I think I may insist, that the Parsis have no law.” British lawyer arguing in court in 1939, Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia, Parsi Legal Culture 1772-1947 by Dr Mitra Sharafi "There is an old joke about Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanding Kashmir, and Jawaharlal Nehru replying that he could have Kashmir provided he also took Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.” Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar whose late wife was a Parsi, The Economic Times,......



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