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Believe it or not but it's a hard fact that a majority people of our vast country, leave aside do not know about the Parsi Community, but they even have not heard the name of the Parsi Community. The Parsis are the tiniest ethnic race in the world. The percentage of their total population is utterly negligible in comparison with the huge population of India. However, the Parsis are well-known for their mighty contributions in maintaining cordial relationship with all sister communities of India and enriching the cultural heritage of our vast country. Also, their contributions in the all-round developments are significant and ever-lasting. The minuscule Parsi Community has been projected highly by our great national leaders like, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru and Indira Gandhi and many other leaders for the prominent roles they played in the main stream of our national activities and in the upliftment and development of the Pre and post Independent India. Though numerically the Parsis are beneath any reckoning, they were pioneers in various fields viz. Political, Social Cultural, Legal, Medical, Science and Industry, Technology, Fine Arts. Etc. They also made their mark in India's Civil and Defence Services. They are also known for their philanthropy and cosmopolitan charity. The galaxy of the illustrious Parsis who distinguished themselves in their respective fields is fairly high. Thus, we Parsis have endeared ourselves and earned admirations of the other communities. However, it is rather unfortunate that we are losing our reputation due to our entanglement and infighting in the controversial issues of our religious practices and institutions. These issues have been flared up by the eruption of the orthodox and liberal groups. The matters seems to have gone beyond the point of no return. In the absence of authentic religious dictums and due to lack of powerful leadership and effective arbitrations, it seems impossible to arrive at appropriate solutions. The prime factors are peace, harmony, co-existence and mutual respect within the communily. Under these unavoidable circumstances, it appears that the stage has come when, whether one likes it or not, to allow both the warring groups to follow their own path, according to their faith and conscience without interfering in each other's path. Otherwise, there would be no end to the infighting, thereby washing our dirty linen in public and further tarnishing our cosmopolitan image. |
