Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Parsi called Hindu charity wasteful, irrational and idolatrous - Book Review: The Good Parsi

All it takes is one drop of poison


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From: Luhrmann, T.M. "The Good Parsi: The fate of a colonial elite in a postcolonial society". Harvard University Press, 1996

Pages 97-98

"Karaka describes at some length Parsi truthfulness - (it makes them better business men) - and charitableness; he implies that Hindu charity wastes money on irrational, idolatrous religion, whereas Parsis use their money for progressive ends, to improve educational opportunities and health care. He explains that Zoroastrians are religious, but in a rational, secular, western way. They have left behind their rituals and have turned toward science."

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