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Saving India's Parsis

24/12/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents, Saving India's Parsis

India's Parsi population is declining. Can Parsis be persuaded to make more babies?

India's Parsi population is in steep decline. Now the government is funding fertility treatment and advocacy to encourage the community to make more Parsi babies.

India's Parsis are one of the subcontinent's most successful communities. But their future looks precarious because their numbers have fallen dramatically. Some Parsis believe the answer could be to accept converts, and re-write the rules on who's deemed a Parsi. Others are resistant to change. Now the Indian government has stepped in to fund fertility treatment for couples who dream of parenthood. For Crossing Continents, Linda Pressly travels to Mumbai to meet them.

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