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This book is largely a celeb­ra­tion of the material and cultural legacy of Parsis

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(Book Cover) The Tatas, Freddie Mercury & Other Bawas: An Intimate History of the Parsis

Suhit Kelkar
The Tatas, Freddie Mercury & Other Bawas: An Intimate History of the Parsis
Author: Coomi Kapoor
Publisher: Westland
Pages: 320
Price: Rs 699

If you travel around the central and southern parts of Mumbai, not a month will go by without you seeing or remembering a reference to a Parsi — the name of a street, the sight of a fire temple, a visit to an institution that benefited from or owes its existence to Parsi philanthropy. It’s no exaggeration to say that Parsis, to a huge extent, made the city formerly known as Bombay what it is. The Parsi legacy is a living part