Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Fwd: TheParseeVoice Fwd: [ilmeKhshnoom] Petition against holding Utsav in Udvada

From: The Parsee Voice <theparseevoice@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:14 AM
Subject: TheParseeVoice Fwd: [ilmeKhshnoom] Petition against holding Utsav in Udvada
To: the-parsee-voice@googlegroups.com


Dear Readers,

​I 
thank the traditional members of the community for speaking out against the recently held Iranshah Udvada Utsav, which has undoubtedly caused great spiritual damage to Holy Iranshah. To ensure that this kind of outrage never occurs again, it has been decided to petition the Prime Minister of India, with a request to instruct the organisers of the Utsav to hold it elsewhere in future.

We support the Government's efforts to improve infrastructure in Udvada. We are also not against attempts to showcase the community's track record of progress and harmony in India in the last millennium in the form of an Utsav. However, holding of this Utsav in Udvada is damaging the sanctity of Holy Iranshah! Hence the request to the Prime Minister to instruct the organisers to hold future Utsavs at a location OTHER THAN UDVADA and thus prevent further spiritual damage to our holy entity, Iranshah!


An online version of the petition can be accessed via the following link:


Those interested in
​signing 
a hard copy, may intimate
​me 
and
​I'​
ll mail the same to you.

Regards,
H
​ M​
Mistry



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From: Frashogard
Date: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:05 PM
Subject: Frashogard


Frashogard


Sleepless in Udvada

Posted: 17 Jan 2016 07:09 AM PST

Roj Ardibehesht Mah Shehrevar 1385 Yz. So the great Udvada Utsav has ended. The statues have been lifted away, the grand shamiana dismantled, cleaning up has been done, the hordes of tourists and visitors are gone, the vendors are busy counting their earnings, the blaring sirens and wailing VIP security vans have been replaced by the howling stray dogs. While the Internet and Zoroastrian media is ablaze with all sorts of acrimonious debate, back here is Udvada, which I call ...

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