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Parsis

The photographers said they were actively seeking old Parsis and would put their portraits in a book. Gosh, I thought, at last fame is just one phone call away. (Representational image)

Selfies will archive ordinary Indians

Parsis came to India in numbers around the eighth century from Persia, after that homeland was invaded by the Arabs in 641.

25 Jan 2020 5:58 AM

On the way home we discussed the fact that there was a Parsi graveyard at all. Brits would not have looked kindly on Parsis setting up a Tower of Silence where vultures could eat the corpses of their dead.

A grave Sunday visit

Of course, the surnames on the Parsi graves are familiar.

14 Aug 2018 1:38 AM


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