Book review | Women need the facts on how to identify a Parsi
Deccan ChronicleKolkata girl Prochy Mehta’s latest book Who Is a Parsi? Mehta and her daughter, Sanaya Mehta Vyas, are currently fighting in Calcutta High Court for the inclusion of Mehta’s three maternal grandchildren born out of an interfaith marriage in the community. Forwarded by none less eminent than the irrepressible Fali S. Nariman, Mehta’s painstakingly curated scholarly volume is a passionate, if somewhat prolix, argument set out against the customary excommunication of the progeny of Parsi intermarried women but not the descendants of Parsi intermarried men. Since over a decade ago, there is a case pending in the Supreme Court wherein a woman, Goolrokh Gupta, and her sisters Shiraz Patodia and Kamal Thapar, have challenged their ostracisation by the Parsi community.
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