Have you heard of the Parsis?

In the 16th and 17th centuries, these Zoroastrians were fleeing Persia where they were being persecuted by Muslim Persians. These Zoroastrians that would become Parsis fled to India, and Mumbai has a somewhat significant Paris community. Signifigant because they have a way of being successful in their ventures, and sometimes famous. I believe Freddy Mercury was a Parsi.

I don’t exactly understand my guesthouse arrangement. It is my company’s guesthouse, but I guess it’s owned by some Parsi guy. His name is on the front door (but so is my company’s also), and there is some Persian (I’m guess Persian, and not Arabic) script above the front door. Also, there is this picture of this dude in all the rooms, and a huge picture in the living room. This dude looks almost white. My Indian friend told me he is like a godfather to the Parsi people.

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