Many think Paris are a model minority. Are they? https://m.timesofindia.com/india/many-think-parsis-are-a-model-minority-are-they/amp_articleshow/60759044.cms --
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ FN * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 _/ RADIO GOANA: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, 21:55 Roland Francis, <roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote: > In a previous message I said: > > “Most of those who unreasonably accommodate people from strange cultures > and habits in the name of diversity, forget that those people had > undertaken during their immigration interviews to integrate with the people > and culture of the country they were seeking to enter.” > > However, I remind myself that the lands now known as India, gave shelter > to those who fled other kingdoms due to persecution or who merely came for > its riches and allowed them to live in peace and prosper. > > Take the Parsis for example. They fled persecution from the militant > Muslim rule of Persian kings and found a haven in Gujarat. Eventually while > maintaining their identity, they became as Indian as anyone else. > > One caveat though. They did not push their culture in an ‘in your face > manner’ as do current immigrants to the west. I am sure their future > generations will become as American, European, Canadian, Australian as > resident populations but it is extremely irritating that their first > generation chooses to behave in the manner they do. Who knows, perhaps they > are putting up a resistance to the change they know their sons and > daughters will inevitably embrace. > > Roland. > > >