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prophets followers, made the posi-
ton of our women a dangerous one
Parents shielded their daughters
in their homes. The liberties and
position Of woman Immediately
changed.
"But parents who got tired OF
this responsibility found a way to
shift it.
Marrying off very young girls
became another measure of safe
guard. Persecution of the Parsees
continued by the greater number OF
Mohammedans and when these first
Pilgrims of Persia went into India
they continued to protect their wo-
men.
"The child marriage was a con-
comitant evil of the invasion of Per-
sal and the bitter persecution that
followed.
1T is one, of India's greatest So
cial evils today.
1T should be wiped out and we
should marry now as they do in
your west, from standpoint of suit
ability, mutual liking, and at a
more mature age"
Young Mr.. Pavry has chosen Co
lumbia University as a place to pre-
pare for his future problems. Only
twenty he got his CAB" at
Bombay University, but left India
to take his Masters and Doctors de-
grees in America. He, too, pattern
ing after his father, will become a
High Priest of the Parsees, who are
followers of the Prophet Zoroaster,
"But beside this social evil there
are other drawbacks to the people
of India today" Mr.. Pavry said.
There is the British government s
lack of interest in our educational
problem.
only per cent of our people
are educated. This constitutes one
of midas great grievances against
England.
Upon us is put the stigma of be-
ing an agricultural nation. In an
cient India there were great schools
and universities. One hundred years
ago, after the industrial revolution,
Europe progressed to great extent
commercially. India, on the other
hand, failed to double her indus
tries. She was not encouraged I'M
der British rule to do SO.
There was little or no machinery
in Europe at that time; they got
the richest and finest quality of
goods from my country, which al
ways had had her own arts and
architecture.
India was the warehouse of the
East.
Sat the present time there are
some mills in Bombay. There are
gold, silver and iron mines. And
il India were to go ahead, unham-
pered she could develop enormous
resources. During the war one of
our iron works, the Tata Company,
helped considerably by sending rails
into Mesopotamia and Egypt.
"The boycott on English goods is
no joke. 1t is a serious situation -
Regarding the boycott against
British goods in India, and the
rumor that women are upsetting the
boycott by refusing to wear native
products, Mr.. Pavry emphatically de-
MED it's possibility.
women of India stand by their
men," he declared. "They never
would betray the aims and plans of
their partners. Our problems are
vital right now. / believe in So
cial, not political uplift in India
would like to see established
schools where our own cernaculars
could be used and retained. All
these tongues have their roots in
Sanserit, though Hindustani is the
common language.
"The idea that these thirty native
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wrong. All are able to speak this
one common language.
"But castles do keep people alien
ated from each other. And the
Hindus have so many castles. The
Parsees and the Mohammedans have
none. The Brahmin caste among the
Hindus holds sway over many de-
pressed peoples and they constitute
a great menace to Indian political
They have no sympa-
thy for their own people and do
not regard them as equals, hence
they cannot do much real good.
Il want to break down caste.
'Up until lately the Hindus and
the Mohammedans were united, but
after political troubles and the mas
sacres at Amritsar, they have been
thrown apart.
"The Parsee should be organized
there are so many existing abuses
of the priesthood there. | want