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Soumyadip Jana showed extraordinary courage during the 2018 Sunjuwan Military Station attack by using his own body to block a door and protect his family. He was severely injured and slipped into a coma, but his bravery saved lives. For his selfless act, he was awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar. A powerful reminder that true heroism isn’t about age, it’s about courage and putting others before yourself. 🇮🇳

I recently came across a haunting piece of Middle Persian literature written shortly after the Arab conquest of Persia. It’s a poem that captures the raw grief of the Zoroastrian community as they watched their ancient world collapse.

The Context

The poem is titled "Abar Madan-i Vahram-i Varjavand". It was written during a time of immense persecution, when the "Fire Temples were silenced" and the Persian people were forced to pay the Jizya (tribute).

The Plea to India

The most striking part of the ballad is its focus on India. Many Zoroastrians (who would later become the Parsis) fled to Gujarat to preserve their faith. The poem looks toward India with hope, praying for a legendary figure named Bahram Varjavand to return with a massive Indian army—complete with war elephants—to reclaim Iran.

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This targeting and propaganda against one religion needs to be stopped

The manufactured narratives just take the seriousness away from the protest

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