ENGL 229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Rohinton Mistry, Zoroaster, Parsi
3 Sep 2018
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Came to canada in 1975 (23 years old) Had been living in canada for ten years (like sarosh) Published tales from the firozsha bog in 1989. Mistry"s stories often focus on the problems of cultural integration. Massive wealth disparity between the wealthiest and the poorest. Parsi, or parsee, are a group of followers in india of the iranian prophet zoroaster. The parsis, whose name means persians, are descended from persian zoroastrians who emigrated to india to avoid religious persecution by the muslims. Often live in parsi communities called baugs or baags. One of the world"s oldest monotheistic religions. Founded by the prophet zoroaster in ancient iran ~3500 years ago. It is now one of the world"s smallest religions. In 2006 the new york times reported there were probably fewer than 190,000 followers worldwide. Since zoroastrians arrived in india the parsis have integrated themselves into. Indian society while simultaneously maintaining their own distinct identity.
