The Good Parsi: The Fate of a Colonial Elite in a Postcolonial Society by T. M. Luhrmann

The Good Parsi: The Fate of a Colonial Elite in a Postcolonial Society

T. M. Luhrmann

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During the Raj, one group stands out as having prospered and thrived because of British rule: the Parsis. Driven out of Persia into India a thousand years ago, the Zoroastrian people adopted the manners, dress, and aspirations of their British col...

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