Seeing that many Zarathushtris in the West have unfortunately discarded their Sudreh-Kusti, the most powerful spiritual tools that a Zarathushtri possessses, the following article by Rustom C. Chothia on the power and efficacy of our Kusti ritual is an important one, for this unfortunate day and age. Rustom C. Chothia, a powerful Parsi Zoroastrian who frequently lectures on our religion in India, joins the ever-growing list of Zarathushtris who have contributed their articles to this Traditional Zoroastrianism internet site. Looks so funny in front of my friends. It is old fashioned and obsolete. Today, children question all sorts of things and if they do not get satisfactory answers, they tend to revolt.
Parents say that they are helpless.
It is like a person knowing how to drive a car but ignorant of its mechanism. He knows that if he presses the accelerator, the car will zoom forward, if he presses the brakes, it will slow down, if he turns the steering wheel, it will go to the left or the right. But he does not know 'HOW' it works. He is not interested. He takes what is under the bonnet for granted.