In praise of Parsis

There has been a catastrophic decline in the numbers of India's vultures, on which the Parsis once depended for the disposal of their dead. Parsi numbers are falling too. Their community represents only 0.0005 per cent of the population of the Indian subcontinent, yet they have made such a mark...

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Main Author: Neale, Michael (Author)
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Published: Royal Soc. 2013
In: Asian affairs
Year: 2013, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 250-271
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