Modesty is seldom a virtue among those in public life. But even hardened cynics like us were taken aback when our high profile columnists Alamai Putla, Aflatoon Sabi and Letap Bhaukhao walked into our office with an unusual request. Since everyone was building gargantuan statues why not the Parsis? they inquired.
Whose statue did they intend to put up? we inquired patiently. Our office had been flooded with requests/demands for large Parsi statues. "We can’t put up a statue of the Prophet because that would amount to idol worship. As it is our fire temples are full of portraits......