The term Parsipanu is often a euphuism for racism
Sanaya Dalal
"You knew what you were getting into.”
"A child inherits his father’s name and religion, not his mother’s.”
"Women with non-Parsi spouses will have their kids navjoted only to avail of housing and monetary benefits from our wealthy community trusts.”
"Our religion does not allow intermarriage or conversion.”
"Recognising the children of intermarried Parsi men was a mistake, and recognising those of women will be another one. Two wrongs don’t make a right.”
These are the refrains I am often subjected to when I debate with orthodox Parsis about the gender divide that we have allowed to persist unchallenged for over a century.
I am a Parsi woman married to the son of......