Little is known about the miniscule community of the Parsis in spite of their considerable and significant contribution to various facets of national life in the Indian subcontinent. The opening section of the present book fills this void by providing authentic and scholarly insights into the Zoroastrian faith and some of its tenets. Further, it attempts to explore the distinctive character of the Parsi novels of the current era—in India and in Pakistan—as is ...
The Parsis, Madyan to Sanjan: An Appraisal of Ethnic Anxieties Reflected in Literature