I am reading about the History of Cricket in Asia, and it seems that the came was first idtroduced to the natives by the Parsi community in British India, as they were first to ape the British.
Moving on, there are apparently 5000 odd Parsis in modern Pakistan, Karachi apparently. Can any one tell me how they are received by the majority Muslim population?
And who is the Parsi MP in Pakistan?
Thanks,
Me
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Parsis are very active community in Pakistan. They have several temples in different cities including Karachi and Lahore. They mind their business and nobody (so far) have created any trouble for them. Culturally most of the Parsis (personal experience) are very polite and polished. It is nice to have them in Pakistan.
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Cool.
And Mr Bhandara MP is the Parsi member of parliament.
Any prominent Pakistani Parsis other then him?
Have you met one?
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The Parsi community in Pakistan is one of the most educated communities in Pakistan. They run several good academic schools primarily in Karachi(Mama-Parsi, BVS etc). The community is very peaceful indeed, and has prodecued very noted intellectuals(Cowasjee being one them). As far as I know, they dont have any elected representatives in the Lower or Upper House.
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I read that Bhandara was a Parsi.
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Why are there so few parsies now when I was in school in the early 90s I remember that most of our teachers were parsies now there are hardly any left....What happened?
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As far as I know, those Parsies are still in Karachi, leading a peaceful lives.
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Bapsi Sidhwa is a well known Pakistani Parsi women(writer)...born in Quetta.....Behram D Avari,his wife & son are also famous...i think Bhandara is Parsi MP in assembly...he owns the Murree Brewery...
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BVS & Mama Parsi are 2 famous Parsi schools in karachi:
http://www.alainco.org/bvs/history.htm
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I met a prominent Parsi. Well rather, I walked past him at my brother’s wedding. Ardeshir Cowasjee is a prominent Parsi journalist who one of the leading columnists for Dawn.
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He went to Saint Patricks…
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^^^
I can sleep peacefully knowing that.
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^^good for u....
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I read somewhere Qaud-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jannah became Parsi to marry Rutan Patit daughter of Dinsha Patit...before that he was Agha Khani...
Parsis are from Iran..
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Parsis usually dont let people convert to their religion. Pakistan actually has a population of 20 000. It is declining though, most of the Pakistani Parsis left after partition. Many of them are converting and marrying out of the community.
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Jinnah's wife was a Parsi, she nominally converted to Islam to marry J.
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Never met a parsi in Pakistan that I know of, but I do know one who converted to Islam (only by name) in US. Not a very nice person. Lies alot.
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The parsis in karachi are a very highly educated (and somewhat aged) and close knit community whom are mostly academics or entrepreneurs or professionals. Many of them are very highly regarded and respected members of the society. They have made many philanthropical contributions to karachi as well. They are very well integrated into pakistan and alot of them have had a significant impact on Karachi. Some well known parsis and institutes connected with parsis are:
The Avaris ( avari hotels) The Minwalas ( Hotel Metropole) , MP Bhandara ( Murree Brewery and member of Parliament), The Cowasjee Family ( ex-shipping and currently Dawn Columnist) Nadir Edulji Dinshaw (NED university, Lady Dufferin Hospital) , Bapsi Sidhwa (Author), Jamshed Marker(Diplomat) Aban Marker Kabraji (Head of IUCN ASIA), Jehangir Kothari (Of the Jehanagir Kothari Parade opposite Park Towers), Parsi General Hospital in Saddar, BVS and Mama Parsi Schools, Karachi Parsi Institute (KPI), Spencer Eye Hospital.
There are many more parsis spread throughout the world, mainly in India, where they are also very successful in business(Tatas, Godrejs, Wadias, Mistry's, Readymoneys, Petits). Another famous parsi is Freddy Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) of the band Queen.
In Hong Kong:
"The Parsis were especially prominent in business in Hong Kong. Twelve of the 62 founding members of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce were Parsis, with the remainder being British. A Parsi developed large parts of Kowloon and another Parsi founded the Star Ferry services. The privately held Ruttonjee Estates is a big commercial property company in Hong Kong, owned by the Parsi Shroff and Ruttonjee families; stalwart of the Ruttonjee family, Jehangir Ruttonjee, founded Hong Kong's Ruttonjee Hospital. These families still maintain close links with the Parsi community in Mumbai. Today, though, there are thought to be just 200 left in Hong Kong"
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The good thing about Parsis is that they very easily integrate into society and do not push their religion into everybody's face or claim themselves as victims. Muslim immigrants to the West can learn many things from them.