Programme Proposal for the Parzor-TISS Certificate in Parsi Zoroastrian Culture & Heritage Studies Background The Parsi-Zoroastrian community, its history, assimilation in India and multicultural heritage makes for a highly significant area of contemporary socio-politico-cultural study and discourse. The story of the community’s resilience and cultural survival is a case-study in tradition and continuity, adaptation and assimilation, multiculturalism and philanthropy;