Meaningful adulation

Noble Indian citizens like Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy and Jamsetji Tata have played at least as pivotal a role in the shaping and development of our country as any other, and have made personal contribution towards establishment of numerous institutions for the benefit of all communities. And yet, the Parsi community has never demanded — leave alone usurped — acres of land to commemorate any one of them.
Meaningful adulation of heroes within one’s community lies not in building memorials for them through dubious means, but in the exposition of worthy character in one’s self.

PHIROZE B. JAVERI
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