A uniting force
People from other small communities also have their differences, but they have a person heading the community whose diktat they will follow and hence are able to maintain their homogeneity. Parsis have no single person whose authority will be accepted and respected by all.
In the past perhaps the uniting force was the loyalty and belonging to the community which generated a feeling of oneness. However, now with over 38% of youngsters marrying outside, this force has weakened considerably and is no longer effective.
Wise persons must ponder over who can be the uniting force in the present times. If we can find that and are able to use it, we can become once again united and face all issues besetting the community without needing to approach the courts of law. KERSEE KABRAJI
Poona
kerseekabraji@gmail.com
The editors reply:
We are fortunate in not having a "single person” deciding on our fate
O Ahura, the all knowledgeable, all knowing, divine and very kind My prayer to You always was, to us lovingly, with a thread bind; but today pray I, let the two factions, their own business mind. fight they each other, making allegations very rude, hurting and unkind. Learn we must the consequences; the scars that history has left behind. Now, amicably let us divide; and our own ways of worshipping, let's find. Armin Dutia Motashaw.
O Ahura, the all knowledgeable, all knowing, divine and very kind My prayer to You always was, to us lovingly, with a thread bind; but today pray I, let the two factions, their own business mind. fight they each other, making allegations very rude, hurting and unkind. Learn we must the consequences; the scars that history has left behind. Now, amicably let us divide; and our own ways of worshipping, let's find. Armin Dutia Motashaw.