Community Controversy

Why some Catholics in Mumbai are offended by the 'blasphemous' interiors of a popular pub

The use of religious imagery at Goregaon Social leads to a police complaint, but some believe demanding the arrest of the pub owners is extreme.

Aarefa Johari
· Nov 03, 2016 · 07:30 am
Why were people fighting one another inside this California Gurudwara?

A simmering conflict between rival factions led to a physical battle, resulting in injuries.

Scroll Staff
· Jan 12, 2016 · 04:00 pm
Mumbai's Parsis indignant and baffled as case of 'renegade' priests comes to a controversial end

Six years after two reformist Parsi priests were banned from orthodox-run fire temples, a Supreme Court settlement leaves them shortchanged, say community members.

Aarefa Johari
· Apr 30, 2015 · 07:29 pm

Why Delhi's Parsis don't want non-Parsi spouses in their cemetery

The community is likely to vote against a proposal to allow the husbands and wives of those who marry outside the faith to be buried in the Parsi graveyard.

Aarefa Johari
· Sep 16, 2014 · 09:05 am