tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589903931811321364.post8197844719188652220..comments2024-03-26T03:07:28.860-07:00Comments on An Englishman in Mumbai: Fading Glory of the ParsisMark Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708109024225090025noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589903931811321364.post-15153482707614940952007-09-10T18:26:00.000-07:002007-09-10T18:26:00.000-07:00I loved this piece, Mark. I should add it to my 'P...I loved this piece, Mark. I should add it to my 'People of Mumbai - Many Faiths, Many Cultures' tour.Deepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076685280358127119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589903931811321364.post-7250548616323306102007-09-03T09:00:00.000-07:002007-09-03T09:00:00.000-07:00Parsi's are truly a dying breed. It is as if they ...Parsi's are truly a dying breed. It is as if they are living on a death wish. That would also explain the neglect of the said museum. One would think that a community on the brink of extinction would be more open about its membership. <BR/><BR/>P.S. Half of them migrating to china was something new!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303658450579868971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589903931811321364.post-51684981637466946672007-08-31T23:21:00.000-07:002007-08-31T23:21:00.000-07:00You've managed a feat.This is most curious and you...You've managed a feat.<BR/><BR/>This is most curious and your idea about the Parsi exhibit moving to a main Mumbai museum is probably more functional but in order for that to work the Parsi community needs to be far more motivated.<BR/><BR/>Alternatively, you could rummage through your address book, see if you know any historians or curators who might be interested in securing those artefacts for a museum<BR/><BR/>London would be a great place actually especially at the moment where it's going through a big cultural Renaissance. It's just had a huge India and Pakistan festival and Ismaili exhibit is on tour all over Britain.<BR/><BR/>It would be a shame to lose such an impressive legacy and such priceless pieces because that's where all this is heading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com