User talk:Geve06

Hi,

The article is about Zotoastrianism, not about prominent figures from the Parsee community. It is only possible to include a list because there are so few Zoroastrians. If the list gets too long, the policy is to create a new article to include them. At the moment the list is becoming too long. Paul B 10:44, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Parsees.
Hi Paul,

please don't mind my asking, I am new to Wiki, are you a moderator on this site? geve06

I am a Parsee and have 'lived' all my 61 years in the thick of things Parsee.....so I thought I could be able to contribute on Parsee achievements by my attempt to add these distinguished Zoroastrians who I felt should be included in the List of Noted Zoroastrians because in any case the list is quite exhaustive and then only fair that the few left out should get a mention.

Adi Marzban was a satirist and in his plays on Parsees he used to poke fun at our shortcomings and eccentric twirks. You might be surprised how Parsees have plenty plenty eccentric leanings, like filling their homes with portraits of the Georges and Victoria of the Hanover's of the British Empire, or show off their 'western upbringing' by wearing upturned Victorian collars and tail coats, and a grand piano in their living room (although every member of the family would be mediocre at the keyboard!!) And, Parsees, at least most of them, have a great sense of humour, every occasion would be turned into telling jokes, poking fun at themselves and so on. Adi Marzban used to bring this out in a remarkably able way! He is definitely way above in stature than some others included in the 'noted Zoroastrians' list....I know I am a Zoroastrian and you can ask Boman Irani or Bapsy Sidhwa(who are on the list), and they will say Adi Marzban was their "guru!"

Sir Pochkhanawala was a very respected figure in Bombays/Mumbai's business world...in India a banker is held in very high regard because that is where you go for the money.....no businessman in India will use his own wealth in business, always from a bank! There are more businessmen per square mile in India than anywhere else in the world-untill recently every shopping mall in the West with one owner(!)would have as a counterpart, in India, around 20 individuals running their own shops-from the local hardware tools, to grocery, to sari and other apparels, to the tea vendor, and snacks counter etc etc. And then how very proud an Indian felt that he could walk into a bank that has Indian origins and who would understand their needs better then the then foreign origin banks. So Sir Pochkhanawala is seen as that great Indian who provided Indians with an Indian Bank! And two(!) of these-The Central Bank of India and The Bank of India!!

Dr Irach Taraporewala ranks one of the great scholar of Zoroastrianism, he studied under Prof Bartholemew in Germany and obtained his doctorate in Zoroastrian Studies from Wurzburg University and a Tripos in Sanskrit from Cambridge.(refer The Religion of Zarathushtra published by B.I.Taraporewala, India House Mumbai.) His Gathas of Zarathushtra are a benchmark for translators, and with his emphasis that western scholars not familiar with Eastern traditions could not make full sense of verses in translation....for example, the Gathas opens with the following verse, a cry and plea for God to send a Saviour.... most western translations:             "Unto You (i.e.God) the Ox-Soul complained......" Taraporevala translation:             "Unto You the Soul of Mother Earth complained...." this is because Urva-Gaus can mean OX-Soul as well as Soul of Mother Earth. geve06 Geve Eruch Narielwalla NZ.