As a very proud Parsi, I will say that we as a community will never become extinct. We are proud Indians who fortunately have the good wishes of our countrymen and women, and these wishes will ensure that we will survive and continue to thrive in our very dear motherland.
So scary to think of India without Parsi’s…Please make more babies….India needs them always…their contribution is just too huge…interview was great but they should hv discussed more about great Manekshaw…
I did not hear thr name of Homi Zahangir Bhaba mentioned in this discussion. He was the pioneer of atomic research in independent India and I think he was Parsee as well.
Oh Shekar! You are such an angel brining forth this story about a community that has sweetened the fabric of society. Baroda has a sizeable Parsi population and we grew up with the most loving, humorous, funny, mischievous elders and kids alike.
Wonderful work Coomie . I will try to get a copy of your esteemed book. We are proud of you. I thank Mr. Shekhar for a lively interview, introducing this wonderful work to the world. May Dadarji bless you all. Minoo Parabia, Surat.
Mr Gupta, its not that the Parsis that should worry about their dwindling population but we Indians must be worried how such a peaceful community & a Religion can be wiped out of the face of the earth! Look at their contribution to India, people of Mumbai are anyway indebted to the Parsi community - Ahura Mazda 🙏
Be it the Tatas, the Poonawallas, the Manekshaws the Godrejs or the Wadiasor be the famous pre independence era personalities- Jamsetji Jeejabhoy, Dadabhai Naroiji or Jamshedji Tata, they have proved their mettle in every field. It is an extremely small community of 60,000 people in India but their affluence and success conveys everything about them. They escaped religious persecution from Iran and settled in India in 8th - 10th centuries but they have such indomitable will that they stood up again. Even the British revered their business skills and hence tried everything to stop them. There population dwindling is a problem which is recognised by the people and the Governments. They are trying to increase the population of the community.
I still remember her article about Kerala's obsession with bungalows and jewelry shops. It was her experience of a road trip to Guruvayoor from Ernakulam.
You really do have the most diverse conversations and episodes SG. I truly enjoyed this. Unpolitical yet controversial, controversial yet factual, factual yet personal. Having a background so far removed from journalism and business politics, this stuff is such eye and brain openers. Great work
For such a small community to have given so many amazing personalities in almost all fields of life it is really amazing. Just think of any field... immediately a Parsi name pops up.Hats off to the Parsis who made India great. army...,business...cricket....engineering...films.... hospitality....industry..... journalism...law....medicine...science.....the list is huge !
Madam Cama passed away in 1936 and the person who passed away recently was not her husband. He was Mumbai Samachar the oldest newspaper’s director Mancherji Nusserwanji Cama.
Parsi word comes from REGION OF PARS IN COASTAL IRAN who traded with gujarat since 2-4 AD. PARS Is known as FARS today as ARABIC does not have alphabet 'P'. So they were known in gujarat as Parsi long before 9th century migration.
Actually, this isn't quite correct. It's more in the nature of a myth like other Parsi myths. Are you really saying all the Parsis that came to India did so from Pars? That would be ludicrous. Farsi speaking Persia was a land that exceeded the border of Iran, and therefore Persians/Zoroastrians in those days could have been from anywhere in the Persian empire, not just Pars or present-day Iran. The word "Parsi" is derived from "Farsi". When they arrived in Hindustan (as it was then) the locals called them the Farsi speaking people, which was the reality, and which shortly and easily became "Parsi" as it no doubt might have been attached to those Zoroastrians who did originate from Pars and its surroundings.
@@budsurtees4224 Probably what u say is correct. However, the bulk of immigrants came from the Port trading area of Pars. Hence the later Zoroastrian immigrants are called Irani's in India as they even look different and speak other languages of the mountain areas of Iran, where Zoroastrianism survived better and longer.
You forgot Dr Homi Bhabha. What about Madame Sophia Wadia... I spent some time as The.Manager of Mrs Maltibhai Naoriji..The widow of Jal Naoroji in 1974..at her Devnar Farm Residence. During thus period she introduced me to many scions of The Parsi Community . Lovely people.
Shekhar ji you must do excellent sessions like this with prominent members of other lesser known communities as well. This conversation ignites a lot of interest in them and goodwill as well ...
Always thought her as a punjabi and felt proud of her journalism and courage right from time I was 14 -15 ...but still proud ...have worked with cyrus so still feel the same for her .thank you mam
51 mins of time we'll spent. It was a pleasure hearing the conversation. I am sure the book will be as much interesting as this discussion. Also looking forward for the next "Off the Cuff"
@@chaitanyaranade4549 Bharucha can be a Parsi surname as it simply denotes someone's origin as being from Bharuch. There are many Parsis with Bharucha as their surname. But Nusrat is a Muslim name.
Nowadays ppl make you feel guilt for following traditions and ethos of your community. But everyone is proud of Paris. Lesson is if you rich and do good for nation even nonsensical won’t target you.
The irony is that for a migrant group the Parsis are the most patriotic and philanthropic community in India. Their contributions have easily exceeded those of the other native communities who merely give lip service to their country of birth but at the first opportunity migrate to other developed countries for a better life.
Thank you Guptaji for a wonderful podcast. Coming from South Mumbai I've so many fond memories of Parsi friends. Rustom's at Panchgani is my all time favourite restaurant followed by Jimmy Boy near the Bombay Stock exchange. India will be incomplete without the Parsis.
Parsi community has enriched our culture specially in Gujarat lot. Shekhar ji bava is not at all derogatory word in gujarat we all call them bavaji and parsi call us 'vaniya' irrespecive of our cast. You can watch a movie called 'wings on fire' documentary on their history. Their contributions to gujarati language is huge. Mumbai samachar oldest daily in india completed 200 years on 1st july was started by parsi. Great pepole we have very few left in gujarat. Barjorji patel was the last MLA from their community eleceted in early 90s
Aren't Gandhis also Parsis given that Feroze Gandy was a Parsi and have heard Menaka Gandhi taking about her son Varun Gandhi religiously following Parsi Traditions.
Great watch. Undoubtedly, the Parsis have made an immeasurable contribution to India. Keen to buy the book to learn more about what makes them so successful. Freddie Mercury is not only the most famous Parsi but might well be the most famous Rock singer of all time. Bohemian Rhapsody is the most streamed Rock song of all time on Spotify, of course helped by the movie, but undeniably a great song by one of the greatest Rock bands of all time fronted by a Parsi man! Kudos to the Parsis.
Few additions to points made by coomi . Non conversion has always been about identity of culture ethics and genes. Zoroastrians or most Asian region follow the fathers side and is patriarchal. As a religion in india the first official conversion was of JRD TATA's French mother which was apposed in court's which ruled that children of mne with non parsi wives could be zoroastians by patriarchal rule. Hence JRD n his siblings was declared parsi eligible to be ordained as zoroastrians. No such court ruling exist for women. Further trouble of these charitable housing in Bombay makes distribution under a 12 member body of parsi politicians under a trust called Bombay parsi panchayat . It is these 12 members coterie 's interest to give precedence to full blooded parsi
I tend to agree with you, Mr Wadia. I have always been concerned about this rigidity around the 'purity' aspect of the genes that prevents parsi women who marry outside to integrate their children. This would not only better the population but also create a more diverse and included society for Indian parsis. Who are these decision makers who have opposed this, is it just the BPP or are there other bodies who are involved in this discrimination.
Very good topic, Parsi community are someone most of us are unaware about, so with the help of this book definitely we will have better understanding of the spirit of Parsi community and no doubt Tata have done tremendous amount of work for our country but at the same time we have to remember that this capitalist model also has many flaws for humans as well as environment so a check upon all these MNC's is necessary
@@rext8949 and what about exploitation of poor people don't by these rich businessman? They make them do work and pay them less and in some companies even a nice meal is also not provided
@@Vizorfam it's not generally imply to all the big companies since one of my cousin has been working in TATA plants where he get well pays as well as getting facility of traveling and get meal which is good at least I ve never heard him complaining over food quality.
I'm from Bangalore, n there was a place on the present Airport road called Tower of Silence where Parsis wld leave their bodies for vultures. Very colorful people
And SRSLY WHAT WILL INDIA BE WITHOUT THIS LOVABLE COMMUNITY...THEIR ONLY HOPE OF SURVIVAL BEYOND 50-60 YEARS IS IF THEY BEND THEIR RULES OF NO CONVERSION INTO THE PARSI COMMUNITY...
Today is Jamshedji Jijeebhoys 238 anniversary. JJ hospital, JJ School of Arts. One of the most famous Parsis in India. There is also JJ commerce college in Fort. But not very illustration. The wadias were original business who constructed the ships at Mumbai.In 1906 the national flag is said to be designed by Savarkar.
Sir, kindly balance off the cuff episodes between genuinely contemporary in vogue moguls with the one's who intend to promote their pieces. Last few OFF THE CUFFS have been promotional stunts. I know it is important for you to do this, but kindly look into the same. For Eg: Your OTC with Iqbal Singh Chahal, Mr Sanyal was mesmerizing!
What Shekhar Gupta must now Analyse why Parsis who migrated from Persia are so well integrated in the India society without any special demands & why the indigenous converted muslims who even after forming Pakistan are not happy in India & will never be happy anywhere in the world including their very own Islamic countries!! So what makes these communities different Mr Gupta? Something for your off the cuff or by the cuff or cluttering the cut!
Does the book mentions anything about Feroz Gandhi ? There are so many rumours in the present political circles that he was not a parsi but a muslim , Coomi will do a great favour by explaining his community to everybnoeb
@@bhanusudheer493 Check the crime stats for Independent India and see the percentage from the various communities who were involved in criminal activities. Don't forget the stats for philanthropy too.
@@rext8949 yes I did read lots about them they were involved in robbery and Riot, were traders of opium that eventually make them rich community in India but since then a lot of has been change so far and this is some thing that we all can assessment to get ourselves at their level. If we stuck up with history then everyone has its dark phase in history.
I wonder she didn't mention Gandhis, who are descendants of Frozen Gandhi and still is the most political family of the country. Perhaps, the criteria is whether they were pure Parsis , whereas Gandhis married among Hindus, Sikhs, and Christias (Italian)..
They have to just admit the children (may be husband if they are willing) of the parsee women who have married outside their religion. Their numbers will swell. They don't have to convert anyone from another religion. They are such endearing people.
What is the connection between Parsees and the RSS? The guest mentioned that she worked for a RSS Publication back in the 80s. Is there some aspect of the RSS ideology that they share or was it just a sheer coincidence that she worked at the RSS publication. It was as clear back then as well as now what the RSS represented. ??????
May be 1) Rule of law 2) Purpose 3) curiosity with similarities of some rituals between Hindus and Parsees such as worship of fire Some even say that there are similar traits between Paresee and one particular Hindu Brahmins ( Chitpawans - Peshwa , Sawarkar, etc)
As a very proud Parsi, I will say that we as a community will never become extinct. We are proud Indians who fortunately have the good wishes of our countrymen and women, and these wishes will ensure that we will survive and continue to thrive in our very dear motherland.
You make us proud
The concept of real India is enlived by your community
Undoubtedly the most loved community in the country 🙏
Lots of love to you and your community!!
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So scary to think of India without Parsi’s…Please make more babies….India needs them always…their contribution is just too huge…interview was great but they should hv discussed more about great Manekshaw…
I did not hear thr name of Homi Zahangir Bhaba mentioned in this discussion.
He was the pioneer of atomic research in independent India and I think he was Parsee as well.
Always love her Sunday editorials in Indian Express.
Oh Shekar! You are such an angel brining forth this story about a community that has sweetened the fabric of society. Baroda has a sizeable Parsi population and we grew up with the most loving, humorous, funny, mischievous elders and kids alike.
Wonderful work Coomie .
I will try to get a copy of your esteemed book.
We are proud of you.
I thank Mr. Shekhar for a lively interview, introducing this wonderful work to the world.
May Dadarji bless you all.
Minoo Parabia, Surat.
Mr Gupta, its not that the Parsis that should worry about their dwindling population but we Indians must be worried how such a peaceful community & a Religion can be wiped out of the face of the earth! Look at their contribution to India, people of Mumbai are anyway indebted to the Parsi community - Ahura Mazda 🙏
Accidentally I am reading Coomi Kapoor's excellent book on emergency right now ... And yes SG Sir, I also thought she was a Punjabi ...
How insightful. Thank you so much.
Fun Fact: She is sister in law of Subramanian Swamy!
Ooooohhhh... this video is full of surprises, or should I say lots of trivias.
Wonder what she thinks of him. That we will never know. 😀
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Be it the Tatas, the Poonawallas, the Manekshaws the Godrejs or the Wadiasor be the famous pre independence era personalities- Jamsetji Jeejabhoy, Dadabhai Naroiji or Jamshedji Tata, they have proved their mettle in every field. It is an extremely small community of 60,000 people in India but their affluence and success conveys everything about them.
They escaped religious persecution from Iran and settled in India in 8th - 10th centuries but they have such indomitable will that they stood up again. Even the British revered their business skills and hence tried everything to stop them.
There population dwindling is a problem which is recognised by the people and the Governments. They are trying to increase the population of the community.
I still remember her article about Kerala's obsession with bungalows and jewelry shops. It was her experience of a road trip to Guruvayoor from Ernakulam.
Being from Navsari - this brought me more than smile to me. Thank you !!!
You really do have the most diverse conversations and episodes SG. I truly enjoyed this. Unpolitical yet controversial, controversial yet factual, factual yet personal. Having a background so far removed from journalism and business politics, this stuff is such eye and brain openers. Great work
Trivia: Nusli Wadia is son of Jinnah's estranged daughter.
For such a small community to have given so many amazing personalities in almost all fields of life it is really amazing. Just think of any field... immediately a Parsi name pops up.Hats off to the Parsis who made India great.
army...,business...cricket....engineering...films.... hospitality....industry..... journalism...law....medicine...science.....the list is huge !
Madam Cama passed away in 1936 and the person who passed away recently was not her husband.
He was Mumbai Samachar the oldest newspaper’s director Mancherji Nusserwanji Cama.
Nothing is more adorable than hearing 2senior most respectful journalist relishing their memories 🤗🤗❤️one of the bestest.
Very lovely conversation on the Parsis of India. Brilliant background. Thank you.
Truly the best interview of yours.. With a hugely bubly Coomi Kapoor.. Enjoyed learning about the Parsis.
Parsi word comes from REGION OF PARS IN COASTAL IRAN who traded with gujarat since 2-4 AD. PARS Is known as FARS today as ARABIC does not have alphabet 'P'. So they were known in gujarat as Parsi long before 9th century migration.
Actually, this isn't quite correct. It's more in the nature of a myth like other Parsi myths. Are you really saying all the Parsis that came to India did so from Pars? That would be ludicrous. Farsi speaking Persia was a land that exceeded the border of Iran, and therefore Persians/Zoroastrians in those days could have been from anywhere in the Persian empire, not just Pars or present-day Iran. The word "Parsi" is derived from "Farsi". When they arrived in Hindustan (as it was then) the locals called them the Farsi speaking people, which was the reality, and which shortly and easily became "Parsi" as it no doubt might have been attached to those Zoroastrians who did originate from Pars and its surroundings.
@@budsurtees4224 Probably what u say is correct. However, the bulk of immigrants came from the Port trading area of Pars. Hence the later Zoroastrian immigrants are called Irani's in India as they even look different and speak other languages of the mountain areas of Iran, where Zoroastrianism survived better and longer.
You forgot Dr Homi Bhabha.
What about Madame Sophia Wadia...
I spent some time as The.Manager of Mrs Maltibhai Naoriji..The widow of Jal Naoroji in 1974..at her Devnar Farm Residence.
During thus period she introduced me to many scions of The Parsi Community .
Lovely people.
Shekhar ji you must do excellent sessions like this with prominent members of other lesser known communities as well. This conversation ignites a lot of interest in them and goodwill as well ...
Starter was made.... Can continue with Indian jews, siddi community etc etc..
Always thought her as a punjabi and felt proud of her journalism and courage right from time I was 14 -15 ...but still proud ...have worked with cyrus so still feel the same for her .thank you mam
Interesting and insightful, thank you Shekhar and Coomi for this wonderful talk... 👍
If ever there was a nation of Parsi's, except for the patriarchal bias ...it would be a beautiful nation . Well done Print for this vlog..
24:03 Nushrat Bharucha is not Parsi
She is a Bohri Muslim and from a small town in Gujarat called Bharuch. Hence the surname
51 mins of time we'll spent. It was a pleasure hearing the conversation. I am sure the book will be as much interesting as this discussion. Also looking forward for the next "Off the Cuff"
Enjoyed this chat.. good work Shekhar for not interrupting your guest. I always had that grouse on your Walk the Talk.
Thanks a lot for bringing the topic up. Love you
Thankyou for this wonderful interview. Definitely will buy the book.Am sharing
Nusrat Bharucha isn't Parsi, she's from the Dawoodi Bohra community
No she is Parsi. Has said it herself.
@@chaitanyaranade4549 no.. Dawoodi Bohra. Plz recheck.
@@chaitanyaranade4549 Bharucha can be a Parsi surname as it simply denotes someone's origin as being from Bharuch. There are many Parsis with Bharucha as their surname. But Nusrat is a Muslim name.
Even I had assumed she was a Parsi based on the last name. She is a Muslim from the Bohri community.
Nowadays ppl make you feel guilt for following traditions and ethos of your community. But everyone is proud of Paris. Lesson is if you rich and do good for nation even nonsensical won’t target you.
Thank you SG for introducing coomi kapoor to us ..she is very sweet 😊❣️.. happiest parsi
The irony is that for a migrant group the Parsis are the most patriotic and philanthropic community in India. Their contributions have easily exceeded those of the other native communities who merely give lip service to their country of birth but at the first opportunity migrate to other developed countries for a better life.
Thank you Guptaji for a wonderful podcast. Coming from South Mumbai I've so many fond memories of Parsi friends. Rustom's at Panchgani is my all time favourite restaurant followed by Jimmy Boy near the Bombay Stock exchange.
India will be incomplete without the Parsis.
Parsi community has enriched our culture specially in Gujarat lot. Shekhar ji bava is not at all derogatory word in gujarat we all call them bavaji and parsi call us 'vaniya' irrespecive of our cast. You can watch a movie called 'wings on fire' documentary on their history. Their contributions to gujarati language is huge. Mumbai samachar oldest daily in india completed 200 years on 1st july was started by parsi. Great pepole we have very few left in gujarat. Barjorji patel was the last MLA from their community eleceted in early 90s
Very lively and enriching conversation. Parsis have really become the sugar in India
Glad as a viewer to see such an awesome conversation..!!!
I never missed reading her column in Indian express.. very nice
Lovely!
As always, quality content from The Print
Aren't Gandhis also Parsis given that Feroze Gandy was a Parsi and have heard Menaka Gandhi taking about her son Varun Gandhi religiously following Parsi Traditions.
Varun Gandhi absolutely does not follow any Parsi traditions and prefers to be called a Hindu, much like his father Sanjay.
Great watch. Undoubtedly, the Parsis have made an immeasurable contribution to India. Keen to buy the book to learn more about what makes them so successful. Freddie Mercury is not only the most famous Parsi but might well be the most famous Rock singer of all time. Bohemian Rhapsody is the most streamed Rock song of all time on Spotify, of course helped by the movie, but undeniably a great song by one of the greatest Rock bands of all time fronted by a Parsi man! Kudos to the Parsis.
Very enjoyable, thank you SG
Few additions to points made by coomi . Non conversion has always been about identity of culture ethics and genes. Zoroastrians or most Asian region follow the fathers side and is patriarchal. As a religion in india the first official conversion was of JRD TATA's French mother which was apposed in court's which ruled that children of mne with non parsi wives could be zoroastians by patriarchal rule. Hence JRD n his siblings was declared parsi eligible to be ordained as zoroastrians. No such court ruling exist for women. Further trouble of these charitable housing in Bombay makes distribution under a 12 member body of parsi politicians under a trust called Bombay parsi panchayat . It is these 12 members coterie 's interest to give precedence to full blooded parsi
I tend to agree with you, Mr Wadia. I have always been concerned about this rigidity around the 'purity' aspect of the genes that prevents parsi women who marry outside to integrate their children. This would not only better the population but also create a more diverse and included society for Indian parsis. Who are these decision makers who have opposed this, is it just the BPP or are there other bodies who are involved in this discrimination.
Fredi Mercuri had a style of playing the piano no one does.he is great love his style.he remindes me of my youngest brother.
During my growing up years I had read her,I remember reading her cover stories in the Illustrated Weekly of India and Indian Express .
Very good topic, Parsi community are someone most of us are unaware about, so with the help of this book definitely we will have better understanding of the spirit of Parsi community and no doubt Tata have done tremendous amount of work for our country but at the same time we have to remember that this capitalist model also has many flaws for humans as well as environment so a check upon all these MNC's is necessary
If Tata isn't good enough for you I guess you need to migrate to Utopia.
@@rext8949 and what about exploitation of poor people don't by these rich businessman? They make them do work and pay them less and in some companies even a nice meal is also not provided
@@Vizorfam it's not generally imply to all the big companies since one of my cousin has been working in TATA plants where he get well pays as well as getting facility of traveling and get meal which is good at least I ve never heard him complaining over food quality.
Parsis have no comparison.Great community my childhood has lot of interaction with them.my father was by heart Parsi only.
Didn't think at the start of the episode that it'll be one of the best print interviews I've seen.
True.Had no idea when I started viewing, could not move without finishing .
Freddy mercury was such a great musician
I have always admired and loved Coomi Kapoor and her work. I hope you can have a freewheeling chat with her soon, purely about politics.
I could see the popularity of this interview from the moving strip of advertisement at the bottom! How Firoz Ghandy became Gandhi ?
I'm from Bangalore, n there was a place on the present Airport road called Tower of Silence where Parsis wld leave their bodies for vultures. Very colorful people
Not to miss out my favourite journalist, Ms Suhasini Haidar.
Thank You … reading her book
Nation builders at the cost of their community growth. They are not selfish but prosperty by real value stands for centuries.Sad they aredeplishing
Thank you print...
Thank you
Late M N Dastur who founded the company in his name in the 1950’s consulting engineers from Kolkata you may have missed out.
Excellent. Delightful. Informative
Eagerly Wait for Her Sunday Indian Express Column.
Great conversation between great minds
And SRSLY WHAT WILL INDIA BE WITHOUT THIS LOVABLE COMMUNITY...THEIR ONLY HOPE OF SURVIVAL BEYOND 50-60 YEARS IS IF THEY BEND THEIR RULES OF NO CONVERSION INTO THE PARSI COMMUNITY...
Surprised to that no mention of Godrej family which equally important
A very nice talk I just bought her book. Sad to see just one review on Amazon.
Parsis have made enormous contribution to society
Apro Coomiben 🙏
I read her book on emergency. Remarkable as it was.
Iran has lost its sugar. India gained from it. That's the power of diversity.
I usually read her Sunday's columns.
Shekhar Sir reminiscing his exploits from the young days
I thought Sohrab Modi's and Parsi theatre would have been discussed.
Current views 48k - So the entire Parsi community has seen the video already.
Ms. Coomi Kapoor is a genius .
I grew up with parsis .. one idiosyncrasy unique to parsi is the choicest use of abuses and temper
Homi Bhaba, Nani Palkiwala, Dadabhai Naroji, Tatas, Godrej, Wadias, Dinshaws, Poonawala, Boman Irani, Nariman, Cyrus to name a few
King Jade Rana took promise, that parisi will not do conversion before giving shelter. Parasis are following the promise after 12 1300 years.
Today is Jamshedji Jijeebhoys 238 anniversary. JJ hospital, JJ School of Arts. One of the most famous Parsis in India. There is also JJ commerce college in Fort. But not very illustration. The wadias were original business who constructed the ships at Mumbai.In 1906 the national flag is said to be designed by Savarkar.
Sir, kindly balance off the cuff episodes between genuinely contemporary in vogue moguls with the one's who intend to promote their pieces.
Last few OFF THE CUFFS have been promotional stunts. I know it is important for you to do this, but kindly look into the same. For Eg: Your OTC with Iqbal Singh Chahal, Mr Sanyal was mesmerizing!
A link to purchase the book online would have been quite helpful.
Sir I waited for listening about Firoz Gandhi.
What Shekhar Gupta must now Analyse why Parsis who migrated from Persia are so well integrated in the India society without any special demands & why the indigenous converted muslims who even after forming Pakistan are not happy in India & will never be happy anywhere in the world including their very own Islamic countries!! So what makes these communities different Mr Gupta? Something for your off the cuff or by the cuff or cluttering the cut!
SG and people like him will never do that fat chance !
Ahh... Good one... Missed the mention of Sam... Manekshaw
Does the book mentions anything about Feroz Gandhi ? There are so many rumours in the present political circles that he was not a parsi but a muslim , Coomi will do a great favour by explaining his community to everybnoeb
She's the BEST ...
Parsis are honest people 💐👌👍🎂
Ohh to British empire upto some point to cheat Indians , please read history
@@bhanusudheer493 Check the crime stats for Independent India and see the percentage from the various communities who were involved in criminal activities. Don't forget the stats for philanthropy too.
@@rext8949 yes I did read lots about them they were involved in robbery and Riot, were traders of opium that eventually make them rich community in India but since then a lot of has been change so far and this is some thing that we all can assessment to get ourselves at their level. If we stuck up with history then everyone has its dark phase in history.
Wonderful book
Shekhar mentioned Nushrat Bharucha as Parsi, she is a Dawoodi Bohra Shia Muslim.
Parsis are successful because of their integrity.
I wonder she didn't mention Gandhis, who are descendants of Frozen Gandhi and still is the most political family of the country. Perhaps, the criteria is whether they were pure Parsis , whereas Gandhis married among Hindus, Sikhs, and Christias (Italian)..
What Parsis must go for conversions! However, the originality of Persian descent will be lost. But to quote Shashi Tharoor, "they became us"😃
They have to just admit the children (may be husband if they are willing) of the parsee women who have married outside their religion. Their numbers will swell. They don't have to convert anyone from another religion. They are such endearing people.
I never ever subscribed to Indian Express
If you are a Parsi, you are totally trustworthy.
What about Rusi Karanjia of the Blitz?
Kainaz Messman is Boss of Theobroma. Zarin Daruwala is CEO of Standard Chargered Bank.
She sounds like a lovely English granny,quite chatty though
What is the connection between Parsees and the RSS? The guest mentioned that she worked for a RSS Publication back in the 80s. Is there some aspect of the RSS ideology that they share or was it just a sheer coincidence that she worked at the RSS publication. It was as clear back then as well as now what the RSS represented. ??????
May be 1) Rule of law 2) Purpose 3) curiosity with similarities of some rituals between Hindus and Parsees such as worship of fire
Some even say that there are similar traits between Paresee and one particular Hindu Brahmins ( Chitpawans - Peshwa , Sawarkar, etc)
I hope Architect Nari Gandhi has found place in this book.
Kainaz Messman Harchandra - She who was not named.
Lovely
The smallest minority which never played it's minority card.