J.R.D Tata was no Parsi. Not if his community accepts what their pontiffs decree. So what if he's the iconthey're proudest to own? His parentage excludes him. At least if a new diktat of the Parsi priesthood isapplied across the board. Recently, six high priests passed a resolution which declares marriages outside thecommunity irreligious. It also bans the offspring of such marriages from the Zoroastrian faith.