Jamshed Tokenwala says: February 23, 2017 at 9:31 pm Hi Diya
My name is Jamshed and I wanted you to know, my father is Hindu and my mother is Parsi. We grew up in the US, and my mother encourages us to celebrate both Hindu and Parsi festivals, as does my father. In fact, I even got both my Parsi navjote ceremony done as well as my Hindu thread ceremony (technically I’ve been initiated into BOTH religions ? )
There will always be many people who oppose this, but at the same time, know that there will also be many people who support it.
I love both Parsi zoroastrian religion and the hindu religion and I love being able to have both in my lives.
If it is something that you and your husband desire, I see no reason why you should not go through with it ?
All the best! -Jamshed
Jamshed Tokenwala says: February 23, 2017 at 9:26 pm
I disagree, as a Parsi myself, I think its absurd to say we should ONLY marry within the community. The argument is essentially that we need to preserve our ethnic stock in the community, and that marrying out of the community “dilutes” it. The last time this happened in the world, it was when Hitler spoke of the great Aryan race needing to be preserved. Perhaps this is too drastic of an example to use.
I understand completely that our community is fading and that it may soon go extinct. But at the same time, who are we to stand in the way of love? The problem in my Parsi community isnt just that people are marrying out of the community, there is also a large number of parsis who never marry at all. Of the ones that DO marry, many never have children. This will equally if not lower our community numbers even MORE than simply marrying out of the community. But do we blame people who marry parsis and dont have children for it? No, they married a parsi, so it is fine. But as soon as you marry a Hindu, then its an outrage?
We are going to such lengths to kick people out of the community and break apart the community, now we will even stand in the way of love and two adults wanting to be with one another, all in the name of “preserving our community”. It is very sad in my opinion. People should be able to marry whomever they choose if they love them and care for them deeply, and I simply cannot stand when people try and use our community to against this.
Just my opinions on the issue, I realize others views may differ. All the best!
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