tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post3613041044982327538..comments2023-10-06T09:28:45.037+01:00Comments on This is a Title: ??!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-29848664760421805782008-12-27T16:48:00.000+00:002008-12-27T16:48:00.000+00:00Cynic:All that too.Kaevan:Many thanks for the upda...Cynic:<BR/>All that too.<BR/><BR/>Kaevan:<BR/>Many thanks for the update, and the related links. Have modified the post accordingly. As to how I ended up blogging about it - well, the ways of the Internet are mysterious indeed.??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-79906305577746384222008-12-20T16:10:00.000+00:002008-12-20T16:10:00.000+00:00Hi, that's my article you have linked to. Don't kn...Hi, that's my article you have linked to. Don't know how it's credited to Maneck Bhujwala or Jehangir, and how it landed up there. Anyway, there's more of my writings on Parsis at these blogs. <BR/>http://invisibleparsis.blogspot.com<BR/>http://lastparsis.blogspot.com<BR/>And the films that emerged out of these researches can be seen here<BR/>http://www.geocities.com/naveak99/films.htmlKaevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275241689045970304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-81800033687474519292008-12-19T07:45:00.000+00:002008-12-19T07:45:00.000+00:00depressing canadian writers indeed. Also dhansak, ...depressing canadian writers indeed. Also dhansak, beak-like noses and some of the most gentle, lovely, sophisticated people in the universe. <BR/><BR/>Read the article, dont know why it should come as a surprise, but i guess it does.Cynic in Wonderlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17544348501114907088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-1608868672954062012008-12-18T11:50:00.000+00:002008-12-18T11:50:00.000+00:00Oddly enough, I've never been to the restaurant, a...Oddly enough, I've never been to the restaurant, although I have spotted him on the odd cookery show. And he did come across as the fun type. Will try and get there sometime - thanks for the reco.??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-72439566829552489202008-12-18T11:47:00.000+00:002008-12-18T11:47:00.000+00:00I hadn't read that post. May be I did not 'know' y...I hadn't read that post. May be I did not 'know' you then :-) But read it now, smiling and nodding knowingly. Amongst my friends are all sorts - Parsi men/ non-Parsi wives is the largest number; Parsi couple because daughter promised to Dad on his deathbed (serious, she is one of my dearest friends too); single Parsi women because of inability to find suitable men. The single common thing is thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-77797604174510479102008-12-18T10:57:00.000+00:002008-12-18T10:57:00.000+00:00Well, houses, and all those artifacts accumulated ...Well, houses, and all those artifacts accumulated over generations of trading with China and Africa and the Gulf. I've always believed that if somebody did a proper survey of old Parsi houses, a la Antiques Roadshow, a lot more of those "lost million-dollar vase found tucked in broom cupboard" stories would come out.<BR/><BR/>And yes, the whole outsider thing is huge, and rather disappointing in ??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-52583267366584835522008-12-18T10:17:00.000+00:002008-12-18T10:17:00.000+00:00Indeed some are poor. But some cash-poor Parsis ar...Indeed some are poor. But some cash-poor Parsis are also sitting on hugely valuable mansions in Mumbai. Poverty is relative and in some cases, absolute. <BR/><BR/>Majlis is a Persian word :-) Even now Persians are quite cautious to separate themselves from run-of-the-mill Iranians. <BR/><BR/>About that centre, well I guess we are unlikely to find much since we are outside. None of the Parsis I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-1638262219051223872008-12-18T09:35:00.000+00:002008-12-18T09:35:00.000+00:00KM:Always welcome. We aim to please.Shefaly:Awwwwi...KM:<BR/>Always welcome. We aim to please.<BR/><BR/>Shefaly:<BR/>Awwwwie, you're such a sweetie. Thankee, we like to entertain and inform.<BR/><BR/>I agree that not all have white-collar jobs, but that's the general outside view of the community. I know from friends that there's a surprising number of poor Parsis in quite destitute conditions even in Bombay and Pune, where most of them are bunched??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-49175851453634123422008-12-18T05:59:00.000+00:002008-12-18T05:59:00.000+00:00Thanks for the links. I would agree with most of y...Thanks for the links. I would agree with most of your post. I grew up in a N Indian town with a large population of Parsis and with several Parsi friends through school and b-school. Oddly in London, I find a disproportionate number of Parsis in my social circle too. I was not surprised by the poverty bit. Not all have white collar jobs although most are industrious so they definitely work. The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-31218071578266371902008-12-17T19:41:00.000+00:002008-12-17T19:41:00.000+00:00Wow, that article is something. Thanks for posting...Wow, that article is <I>something</I>. Thanks for posting it. (Haven't seen the video yet.)kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.com