The Navroz Mela annually held at Karachi’s Beach Luxury Hotel is generally a time for celebration for the community, with the proceeds being donated to the Parsi General Hospital and the Parsi Clinic which provides free medicals to all members of the community.
This year too, the Parsi New Year Celebrations Committee which is an unregistered group of individuals representing various Zoroastrian institutions had made the necessary preparations for the Mela. The torrential rains and floods that followed in the country necessitated postponement of the Navroz function. Celebrations "felt inconsistent with the austerity required for the flood victims,” explained Byram......