tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320628892565328183.post2779446837508633827..comments2023-10-07T06:39:55.892-07:00Comments on Brown Pundits: Don't cry for me, ParsiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320628892565328183.post-15974266906721106042014-02-26T21:36:09.669-08:002014-02-26T21:36:09.669-08:00There are also many Parsis in Karachi, and smaller...There are also many Parsis in Karachi, and smaller populations in some other Pakistani cities. Two well-known people: The novelist Bapsi Sidhwa and the Late, much lamented columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee. The engineering university I went to in Karachi, the N.E.D. University, was names after its founder (as a college), Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw, who was a Parsi. I had several Parsi friends growing up in Karachi, and visited the city's main Parsi enclave, where our family doctor lived. I think Parsis bring a lot to any society they are part of. They are among the most civic-minded, philanthropic communities in Pakistan and India. From a broader perspective, the history of the Zoroasterian faith is an extremely important part of world history, though little remembered outside of small groups. It has even been argued, rather speculatively, that Zoroasterianism is the intellectual parent of all three Abrahamic religions - remember, the Jewish exile in Babylon, ended by the Zoroastrian Cyrus, was ome of the crucial periods in the development of Jewish theology. Whether true or not, it certainly influenced all three faiths, especially in the esoteric forms.Ali Minaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364109441184435016noreply@blogger.com