Appreciating Religious Excerpts
Dear Editor,
The excerpts from ‘Homage unto Ahura Mazda’ by Dasturji Dhalla carried in the Parsi Times are very good. Can you please tell me where the book is available for sale?
Hormuz Maloo
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