"Preach only what you practice; give to the community what you have achieved from this institution,” Udvada High Priest Dastur Khurshed Dastoor told those assembled to mark the annual day of the Dadar Athornan Institute (DAI) for priestly training, and the 100th birth anniversary of its ex-principal, the late Ervad Rustomji Panthaki on December 10, 2017. Tributes were paid to Panthaki by the Athornan Mandal trustee Ervad (Dr) Parvez Bajan, the deceased’s brother Jal and social worker Mithoo Jesia.
The Parsi Zoroastrian member of the National Commission for Minorities, Dastoor lamented that the community had little regard for the priestly class,......