A question of survival

There are indications that the religion, which is taking root in far-off places, will flourish
Khorshed Javeri

Unless a miracle happens, we will die as a community,” said Dr Farokh Udwadia while presiding over the launch of Berjis Desai’s book, The Bawaji: Chronicles of a Vanishing Community (see "The dead cannot be defamed,” Parsiana, December 21, 2019). The pages of Parsiana echo the same sentiment in letters from readers as well as in thought-provoking articles such as "Race and reason” (Parsiana, October 7, 2019). On the lawns of the Willingdon Club where I often unwind with a group of Parsi friends, we discuss whether the community will survive. All members of the group have a child or grandchild......



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The ancestors of Parsis were Zoroastrians who fled Iran due to persecution after the Islamic takeover of Iran. Zoroastrians who could not flee Islamic Iran either converted or survived under miserable conditions their population once in the millions reduced to around 6,000 or less miserably living in the desert regions of Yazd and Kerman until Maneckji a Parsi came to their rescue. In India the Parsis kept the flame burning. After the Islamic revolution in Iran,Zoroastrians migrated to USA,Canada,Europe and Australia where they are doing fine and once their children grow up they will make the same impact on the economies of the host country as the Parsis have done in India. The liberal Zoroastrians settled in the West who accept children of inter marriages will still be there long after the Parsis are no longer there. Same with the Kurdish Zoroastrians and those in other countries whose populations are on the increase.
- Sh Bd
- 19-Mar-2020