The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trusts
are working for the welfare of the south Gujarat
city and surrounding areas
Farrokh Jijina
Vansda as a name has a collective memory for the community. The geographical area was the scene of some 77 controversial navjotes that created a rumpus in the 1940s. Reverberations are heard even today. "Vansda na chhé (They are from Vansda)” is a pejorative, hinting that the person being spoken of is the progeny of one of the navjotees, allegedly the offspring of Parsi males who cohabited with local tribal women. The term is also used to describe those who are of a darker complexion. But the area, located in Navsari district, is a fertile ground for sourcing workers for......