The book tells us about the Parsi people, who they are, and how they came to live in India, migration of few of them to Singapore. It shares stories about famous Parsis in Singapore and describes different Parsi families living in Singapore and Malaysia.

The book shows how the adopted to Indian culture but still keep up their own tradition.

One of the panels in Zoroastrian museum highlighted this – “In numbers Parsis are beneath contempt, but in contribution, beyond compare!” – M.K. Gandhi. Similarly, within the small society of Singapore, tiny population of Parsis has interesting stories to tell us. Framroz and Pheonix aerated water factory story is something which most of them would be aware. I need to write about it one day.

This coffee-table book explains Parsi culture, how they are involved in the journey of Singapore, and their delicious food in detail.

My first boss used to say, every village will have a story to tell us. Similarly every family has a story to tell either their family or to the society. But the time and money involved in documenting such tales is enormous. From that perspective, the author’s work is commendable.

Written by Suna Kanga and Sabina Khaneja.

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Labour of love started by late wife comes to life as book on local Parsi community launched

To Buy: Kinokuniya | from author/publisher

To Rent: NLB | MBPJlibrary