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Parsis are religious followers of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster. Parsis in India largely descend from Iranian Zoroastrians who fled religious persecution. Bombay (now Mumbai), India is home to the largest community of Parsis in India.
Parsi Quotes in Of White Hairs and Cricket
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Of White Hairs and Cricket
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My guilty conscience, squirming uncontrollably, could not witness the quarrels. For though I was an eager partner in the conspiracy with Mamaiji, and acquiesced to the necessity for secrecy, very often I spilled the beans—quite literally—with diarrhoea and vomiting, which Mamaiji upheld as undeniable proof that lack of proper regular nourishment had enfeebled my bowels. In the throes of these bouts of effluence, I promised Mummy and Daddy never again to eat what Mamaiji offered, and confessed all my past sins. In Mamaiji’s eyes I was a traitor, but sometimes it was also fun to listen to her scatological reproaches: ‘Mua ugheeparoo! Eating my food, then shitting and tattling all over the place. Next time I’ll cork you up with a big bootch before feeding you.’
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Of White Hairs and Cricket
...kitchen, many other old calendars from the Cement Corporation, Lifebuoy Soap, and an English and Parsi calendar cover crumbling wall plaster, the “broken promises” of the building management company. Mummy and...
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...Dr Sidhwa at some point because his house is nearby. Dr Sidhwa is a pious Parsi and always drives to his house calls—everything anyone could want in a doctor, the narrator...
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