Dear Editor, In the Parsi Times dated 4th June, 2016, Indian Test Cricketer Farrokh Engineer has praised my village, Nargol. He had come to Nargol in 1964 with Nari Contractor, Rusi Surti, Behram Irani, Manohar Hardikar, etc. to play a friendly match. I also played in the match and had taken Farrokh’s wicket and scored […]
Dear Editor, It is common knowledge that with the dwindling population of our community, our ancestral properties attract the attention of land sharks and even statutory authorities, who issue Public Notices for acquiring them in obscure newspapers and magazines. It was really shocking to read the Public Notice dated the 14th June, 2016 issued by […]
Dear Editor, In PT’s May 28th issue, Kersee Kabrajee worries about the dwindling number of our community and suggests we call ourselves Indian Zoroastrians because we came to India as Zoroastrians and not as Parsis. I wonder in what way it is going to help us increase our population. I also wonder if anybody heard […]
Dear Editor, Your article dated Saturday, 04th June, 2016 in the Parsi Times, “HOMAJI NI BAAJ” was well-timed. Many elders are aware of the sacrifice made by Homaji, yet how many of the young could even have heard of this saintly personage’s name! Be it as it may! There is yet another Homaji very few, […]
Dear Editor and Parsi Times team, I can’t begin to express how grateful I am for the lovely write up you published highlighting the recent past. I am so honoured to be part of such a trend setting newspaper! So many Parsi youngsters have come up to me and congratulated me about this and have […]
Dear Community members, You are probably well aware that our community is heading straight towards extinction in India -according to demographic studies, our number will be down to 20,000 by 2050, if not earlier. So, if you wish to wake up from ‘Khavasni, Pivasni and Suvasni’ (good food, good drinks and good sleep), here’s two […]
Why do small-minded, God-men, claiming to have lived in caves with invisible magavs, and self-styled scholars/priests with arbitrary blogs, do so well in our community? Why are they able to command such a large following? We can’t really blame it on lack of education or poverty, as large numbers of their supporters/followers are literate and […]
Dear Editor, I’ve been an avid reader of the Parsi Times since its inception five years ago and would like to congratulate the PT team for the fab new look. Parsi Times is evolving for sure – in terms of both, looks as well as content – it has indeed shaped up very well. The […]
Dear Editor, Us Parsis are an educated community but has anyone ever thought of how many kilos of wood is required every day to keep the fires burning in our Agiaries and Atash Behrams? I am not aware if any scheme is in effect for growing more trees to replace the ones cut, as also […]
Dear Editor, It indeed is a landmark in the annals of BPP, that in a short phase, after having shouldered the onerous responsibility as trustees, the superb team led by Shri Yazdi Desai, has pulled off a hat-trick of sorts. Just marvelous! Admirably, week after week there happens to be a constant flow of allotment […]
Dear Editor, In response to Mr. P. D. Paul’s letter suggesting that a crematorium be established at Doongarwadi, I believe it’s difficult getting permission, and even if granted, it won’t be exclusive for our community. Just as we have no option but to dispose off a dead body, today we have no option but to […]