"The sagacious scholar” (Parsiana, January 21, 2018) causes readers to despair over the sad and unfortunate death of Farrokh Vajifdar (pictured). Whatever Zoroastrians could gather of the mind of this profound thinker must be traced to his writings that regularly appeared in Parsiana over so many years.
Many of our pseudo-Zoroastrians have never understood the Gathas at a practical level nor shared the understanding to apply Zarathushtra’s teachings to their life. As declared Ervad Jimmy Madon, based in UK, Vajifdar’s approach to interpreting the Gathas "have shaped my own understanding of the religion.”
As an admirer of the deceased, I have penned......