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Amend constitution for providing nomination to Parsis in LS

Kashmir Times. Dated: 5/26/2017 11:54:45 PM

Dear Editor,
Articles 331 and 333 of Indian constitution provide two nominations in Lok Sabha for Anglo-Indian community which was about 8 lakh strong at time of independence of India. But now with majority of Anglo-Indian community having migrated to other commonwealth-nations, their number has gone down to just one lakh which is much-much less than normal population in each of the Lok Sabha constituency. Parsi community known to have world’s admittedly most intelligent persons in every field of life, is the only and fast decreasing population with just 57264 in numbers rather deserves more to have nomination in Lok Sabha.
According to a reply in Lok Sabha on 06.12.2016, Parsi population in India has now reduced to just 57264 which is just half of 111791 in the year 1951. Every prominent personality in India from time to time has rightly pointed out need to increase population of the community. Parsis topped every field of life may it be, industry, sports, legal or any other field but with hardly any examples of corruption, favouritism or self-interest. It is necessity of the society to preserve genetic features of this great community. United Nations Organisation and Indian government should take steps to save world’s most talented community from being totally finished. Best thing about the community is that they live for society rather than for themselves or for producing children.
Parsis are the only community in the world which is fast decreasing in number due to strict community restrictions. Orthodox Parsis should adjust themselves with changing needs of time to preserve their community. It was against their interests that a ban was once imposed on two community-priests for their conducting Navjote ceremonies of children of women married to non-Parsis, conducting marriages where one partner was a non-Parsi, and for conducting after-death prayers for Parsis who were cremated. It is satisfying to note that some Parsi youth have united by bringing non-Parsi family-members into the Zoroastrian fold. All such reforms are need of time to prevent world’s most talented Parsi community from total disappearing. Such changes would have made Parsis proud by finding one of the most influential Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as their community member by virtue of her marriage with Parsi Feroz Gandhi.
—Madhu Agrawal,
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba Delhi.