Religion is one of the reasons Parsis are a minority in Bombay, India. They believe in Zoroastrianism while most of the inhabitants of Bombay are Hindus. The other minority religions are Christianity and Islam. One of Gustard's friends, Malcom, told Gustard, "we are the minority in a nation of Hindus" (Such a Long Journey, p. 23). Malcom was a Christian and they argued about their different religions and who was first. Gustard said to Malcom "Our prophet Zarathustra lived more than fifteen hundred years before your son of God was born; a thousand years before Buddha; two hundred years before Moses. And you know how much Zoroastrianism influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam" (Such a Long Journey, p. Gustard said that "all religions are equal... yet one must remain faithful to one's own" (Such a Long Journey, p. 24). Although Gustard's religion was a minority, he still believed that each religion should coexist equally and peacefully side by side The reasons why Gustard is insecure in the novel is due to all the betrayals and tragedies he has experienced.....