Parsi Facebook Takes Off

Parsi Facebook Takes Off, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_own-facebook-to-spur-parsis-to-marry-their-own_1279293

Own ‘Facebook’ to spur Parsis to marry their own…
Ashutosh Shukla / DNA
Mumbai: Worried about outside-the-community marriages, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has come upon a proactive solution. It plans to launch its own youth club and a social networking website to promote interaction among the community’s youth. The initiative, says the Punchayet, will encourage youngsters to marry within the community.

MY POEM..

the khada parsi
the most neglected parsi
of byculla bridge
gave me a smirk
wondering
a parsi social network
like facebook
will it ever work
dikra burjor pataoing
freny the reception clerk
or dinshaw making out
with armaity from colaba
who does social work
but bawa babes think
bawa guys
have too many quirks
motor bikes on their heads
mostly out of work
rohinton wants to marry
a transgender
his family
pulling their hair
going bersek
freddy wants
to marry a bohra girl
that gave both his family
her family
a cultural jerk
jimmy seeing
no light at the end of the tunnel
wants to be a bachelor
and become rich own a
house at Cusrow Baugh
and buy a Merck
dorabshah 70 year old
retired wants to
marry sneha
do detective work
so parsi panchayat
is in a dilemma
whether this facebook
networking for parsis
will work or not work
they have hired the services
of an American activist
called Teresa Burke

dedicated to my only Parsi friend Ray Framroze a 50 year old friendship..