Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India - A Photographic Journey (Hardcover)

Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India offers a rare insiders' view of how the Parsis, a religious and ethnic minority of India and the South Asian diaspora who follow the religion of Zarathustra, endure today. UNESCO recently celebrated 3000 years of Zoroastrian culture. Today, the Parsis are a proud but often misunderstood religious minority, small in number but significant in influence--the community has produced many well-known leaders and artists, including conductor Zubin Mehta; the late rock singer Freddie Mercury, of Queen; and the international award-winning author, Rohinton Mistry. The words and images in Taraporevala's unique book chronicle, for the first time, the faces, voices, and culture of the Parsis--a community of intense contradictions.