Who Is A Parsi? FEAT. Prochy N. Mehta
Cyrus Says
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We Have Our First Personal Law of Our Own
In 1872, we passed our first policy marriage and divorce act. Bhagami was sex with a woman other than a prostitute. So men were officially allowed to visit prostitutes. And one of the reasons for this is that at that time, illegitimate children... There are plenty of illegitimate children now in our community. Both the men and the women. In 1830, community passed a resolution that they will not accept the illegitimate children of pasty men and women. That's like a moral issue. This is what I'm telling, Silvery, who's going to be on the show soon. Of course, he's Punjabi from Pawai, so it's not very parcy,
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