Home›Sources›Dawar, "On Wings of Fire: Cyrus H. Bharucha's Film on Zoroastrianism Generates Heat Among Orthodoxy," India Today, 1986SourcesDawar, "On Wings of Fire: Cyrus H. Bharucha's Film on Zoroastrianism Generates Heat Among Orthodoxy," India Today, 1986Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Dawar, "On Wings of Fire: Cyrus H. Bharucha's Film on Zoroastrianism Generates Heat Among Orthodoxy," India Today, 1986." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/dawar-on-wings-of-fire-india-today-1986.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Dawar, "On Wings of Fire: Cyrus H. Bharucha's Film on Zoroastrianism Generates Heat Among Orthodoxy," India Today, 1986. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/dawar-on-wings-of-fire-india-today-1986Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-dawar-on-wings-of-fire-cyrus-h-bharucha, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Dawar, "On Wings of Fire: Cyrus H. Bharucha's Film on Zoroastrianism Generates Heat Among Orthodoxy," India Today, 1986}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/dawar-on-wings-of-fire-india-today-1986}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXContemporary reporting from India Today, one of India's largest national English language news magazines, published within weeks of the film's June 1986 Mumbai premiere, covering the objections orthodox Parsi religious opinion raised against the film's treatment of Zarathustra and the wider Zoroastrian history it dramatizes. Its strength is dated, contemporary, national press coverage of the controversy as it was unfolding. Its limit is that it is journalism rather than peer reviewed scholarship, so it is cited here for the documented fact and timing of the controversy rather than for theological interpretation.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (15 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Rati Dawar's contemporary reporting in India Today, one of India's largest national English language news magazines, published within weeks of the film's June 1986 Mumbai premiere, the middle tier reflecting dated, contemporary national press coverage of the orthodox Parsi objections to the film's treatment of Zarathustra. Its limit is that it is journalism rather than peer reviewed scholarship, cited here for the documented fact and timing of the controversy rather than for theological interpretation.NotesWell-attestedPublished 31 July 1986, weeks after the film's premiere. Cited for the contemporary timing and existence of the orthodoxy's objection to the film, corroborated by Wikipedia's own reception section.CitationAuthorWell-attestedRati DawarPublisherWell-attestedIndia TodayPublication YearWell-attested1986URLWell-attestedhttps://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19860731-on-wings-of-fire-cyrus-h-bharucha-film-on-zoroastrianism-generates-heat-among-orthodoxy-801111-1986-07-30Source TypeWell-attestednewsCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithIndia, Countries Well-attested This source names India directly: "Contemporary reporting from India Today, one of India's largest national English language news magazines, published within weeks of the film's June 1986 Mumbai premiere, covering the objections..."Source Dawar, "On Wings of Fire: Cyrus H. Bharucha's Film on Zoroastrianism Generates Heat Among Orthodoxy," India Today, 1986Rati Dawartier 2Zarathustra, Figures Well-attested This source names Zarathustra directly: "raised against the film's treatment of Zarathustra and the wider Zoroastrian history it dramatizes."Source Dawar, "On Wings of Fire: Cyrus H. Bharucha's Film on Zoroastrianism Generates Heat Among Orthodoxy," India Today, 1986Rati Dawartier 2Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.Screen Works, 3 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested9ArticlesA Prophet Argued Into Being, Not RevealedSourcesDawar, "On Wings of Fire: Cyrus H. Bharucha's Film on Zoroastrianism Generates Heat Among Orthodoxy," India Today, 1986Scholarly debate1Screen WorksOn Wings of Fire (1986)Holds3Screen WorksOn Wings of Fire (1986)SourcesDawar, "On Wings of Fire: Cyrus H. Bharucha's Film on Zoroastrianism Generates Heat Among Orthodoxy," India Today, 1986General References2ArticlesA Prophet Argued Into Being, Not RevealedScreen WorksOn Wings of Fire (1986)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year