In his letter ("The opportunist,” Readers’ Forum, Parsiana, January 7, 2018) Ardeshir Damania of California writes, "Whether declining to ask for reservations for the Parsis turned out to be beneficial for the community, I cannot say…”
It is easy for Damania to highlight the contribution of the Parsi delegates at the 1931 Round Table Conference and the myopic perception of the Parsi Rajkiya Sabha. The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has done nothing to prevail upon the National Commission for Minorities to reserve a specific percentage of seats for our students for management, medical and engineering education. Two years back, I appeared before its board on this very issue, but the BPP is in a deep slumber! BEHRAM T. DASTUR
The editors reply
Over the years the Federation of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India has endeavored to get seats reserved in Parsi founded institutions but more often these are not occupied as students do not want to leave Bombay.
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