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Mistry, a Bombay-born Zoroastrian, or Parsi, who moved to Toronto in 1975, has long distinguished himself as a rigorous humanitarian who can re-create from afar every last rending detail of his clamorous hometown. His books are living rooms that open up onto whole worlds. And with characteristic deliberation, he has steadily moved from a first collection of stories (Swimming Lessons) to a prizewinning mid-length novel (Such a Long Journey) to this new epic, which is worthy of the 19th century masters of tragic realism, from Hardy to Balzac. In response, perhaps, to a world that...
...first-years. The Ministry encourages students to explore some of the 36 groups that it currently recognizes. Among them are a multiplicity of Christian organizations, Hillel for Jewish worship, the Baha'i Association, the Buddhist Community, a Humanist Chaplaincy, the religious Society of Friends, as well as Hindu and Zoroastrian associations...
Sidhwa, however, does manage to avoid falling into one-dimensional stereotypes with the character of Feroza. Feroza is the `new' immigrant: female, young and Zoroastrian. Feroza discovers love and her sexuality at the University of Colorado, moving in with David Press, the Jewish student who sold her his Chevette. When she intimates the seriousness of her relationship to her parents, her mother is shuttled off to Denver to rescue her from marrying a `non'; if Feroza married her beau, not only would David not be able to convert, but Feroza could no longer remain a Parsi. Variations on Feroza...
Russell has published a book on Zoroastrian elements in Armenian and well over 100 articles in both scholarly and more popular venues, Skjaervo said...
Cyrus R. Mehta, an adjunct associate professor of biostatistics who is the United Ministry representative for the Hindu and Zoroastrian religions, agrees that religious interest at Harvard seems healthy...