How Parsis are adding to their dwindling numbers

From dating apps to events, the shrinking Parsi-Zoroastrian community is innovating ways to encourage the young to marry within the faith

In the Aapro app, or “Tinder for Parsis” as it is better known, users can express interest by breaking an eedu (egg) on each other or sending across some gaar (abuse and insults). The bawa community has so many unique characteristics and needs that it merits its own social network, say the creators of the platform, actor-model Viraf Phiroz Patel and Pune-based app developer Umeed Kothawala. Its beta version has some 2,000 users, and Patel often hears of young people using it to go on dates. “The connections do not always work out, but nonetheless, connections are being made.” 

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