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There are Parsees and Parsees and Parsees and Parsees. There are few who are "bangla-wari, ghoda-gari walla, chaloo velat java walla, motta kutra palva walla, janas-bhave sookhi, livery ma driver sathe motti gari ma farvawalla, Taj, Oberoi ma khavawalla, sattar naukar-chakkar rakhwa walla, moghi eeskol na Oxford, Cambridge athva Brown ma seekhela. There are quite a few that are "katha-peeta gher walla, seekhela-bhanella, well-settled baddhi reetae.
Then unfortunately there are MANY who are "Sarkhoo gher-baar vagarna, dorya vagarna, nai naukri-chakri na thekana, Bus nee que ma tatia ni kadi and train ma dhakka-mooki, koi vakhatae bechara ratae chai ne pao naito keroo khai ne sooi jai. EACH one of the above categories is cooked in one magic medium and that is the Zarthosti state of mind and at all steps of life one category needs the other. When one Parsi sees the other or even the Parsi stickers on a car, his eyes dance to an optical embrace. Yet these categories remain distinct because unlike among parjats paisawalla, Parsio paisawalla Parsi gher mach panva magay. Ney garib Parsio paisawalla Parsio thi beyae, panvani to vaat door rakho. As a result of this selectivity our comnunity is not prospering, growing or realizing. Lower - middle class girls who are nice persons, pleasant-looking and domesticated are finding better and wider options with parjats because their life would be equally or more miserable with someone from their own economic background,"Ne paisawallao sathe orkhan-peechan nai "besides some parents believe "loochao ramari ne feki de to"? Most teenagers aspire the moon until GIGGLING DREAMS SETTLE TO GLUM REALITY AND WATERFALLS OF HOPE SETTLE INTO A STAGNANT PUDDLE. In their late thirties they stop gambling further and then jamna pagae they enter the Jeejeebhoy Dadabhoy Agiary in their early forties to tie the knot. Another major player of the delay game is the "Sojjo Roj", "Tapko" and "Manglik" factor. Eventual result - very few children in the community. Ironically, very rich couples sometimes don't have any. They bide their life away with other worldly distractions gagging their parental instincts. Then the amassed wealth has no inheritor. So they "khechi-taninae" dump it on an ungrateful relative. Instead, during their youth and middle - age years why can't they narrow down a little attention, a little kindness, a little affection and concern and a lot of money on some not-so-blessed couple's angelic little Hosi or Perin or Jangoo or Mehroo. Light up their lives with nice clothes, toys, an occasion or birthday well celebrated, a memorable Navjote. The rich have heaps of unwanted clutter never to be utilized in the form of clothes, linen, crockery, furniture, old bags, rainwear, extra irons,watches all of which could be used by someone. People feel only the old need a walking-stick. There are so many young financially handicapped who need bare neccesities which could play the role of a walking-stick so they can get a better grip of life. Adoption may not be altogether legally allowed, but there is no law disallowing elevation of a poor child's life so he may grow up with a prayer on his lip which has a mention of your name in it. People withdraw from conducting noble gestures with the attitude "ava to ketla bhi hosay, ka badha ney sambhalva jai" or "kaun sodhva jai". I am particularly narrowing my suggestion to lonesome couples with abundant wealth who live in a cacooned paradise, unaware of the happiness that awaits them brought about both by Iranshah and the toddler. They merely have to dip their finger into the Parsi poverty pickle and pull out a candidate. Let him have his parents and home life. Let him have his life your role is to laquer it. Most of the shine will rub back on you in your old age. Habitual contact will have boiled into mutual affection, even love and concern. You will have someone young running around sorting out your worries, reciprocating your thoughtfullness. You will find good company when you need it the most. So what if he calls you "Uncle" and you hear it as "Daddy". |
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are MANY that are content at making ends meet. They think "Marere jetli wadhare
daulat tetli sathe afat, sarkar ardhi to laile, mavalio doro rakhe te joodo, apre
apri jaga ae barabar chaiye". Their favourite jaunts are Dahnu, Devka, Poona and
Navsari. Suggest them a once in a lifetime foreign trip and they say "Ta koi ne
orakhye nai, janyae nai umthoo jaine fassi javay". As long as the "aproo heera
jevoo Bajaj noo seooter" is shining, there are Raymond's fabric (imported thi
better) trousers in the cupboard, a Sandoz or West End on the wrist and a "safed
doodh jevoo Godrej fridge"(mostly in the hall) "Kitchen ma meloo thai jai" and
a handful 1 of RBI bonds, UTI and Tata shares, life is complete.