The first responders

At times of death, kind Samaritans offered assistance and comfort
Rusi R. Sorabji

Once in a while a person or persons touch our lives or the community with words or deeds so special that they change us forever. These are people who extend our vision and inspire us to higher levels of community service. I see them as heroes committed to life’s noble values. With today’s creeping cynicism and irreverence, the model of the hero becomes more important than ever. I know of three Parsi heroes of Delhi whom the community has inadvertently forgotten — Faramroze Patel, Phiroze Vania and my father Ruttonshaw Sorabji.  Whenever a Parsi passed away, these three were the first......



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