RUMI Printer, wife Dilshad, their children Xerxes, Yezdi, Sanaya and daughter-in-law Sunita from Karachi, are the first family of Parsees in Aurangabad. The city has about 45 Parsees only. And theirs is a close-knit community. Everybody is into business, the Printers own and run the Printravel Hotel in Aurangabad that was started in 1958, and therefore these Parsees meet infrequently. �About once in a year, on Parsee New Year, otherwise there is no time to socialise,� says Rumi, an easygoing and distinguished man who�s hobby is to collect vintage motor-cars. Still, there is a closeness among Aurangabad�s Zoroastrian clan. Unfortunately, as yet, there has never been a marriage in the city between children of the few families. So, has there never been a traditional Parsi lagan nu bhonu ever held in Aurangabad? Rumi shrugs, �I think there was for one of our children�s navjots!�

The Printer family is an old resident of Aurangabad. Rumi�s father Dinshawji Naoroji Printer was a pioneer in many things there. He introduced the first petrol pumps to the city in 1935, before that, petrol was sold in cans. He was also a pioneer in the travel, tourism and transport business. He started the Printravel Hotel in Aurangabad, which is the first western-style hotel of the city, that is still run with 36 rooms by Rumi and his brother Jangoo. Printravel is a landmark in Aurangabad. Buses coming from Pune and Bombay come right upto the door. And between the brothers, they still run five petrol pumps in the city that their father started. Dinshawji Naoroji Printer who ran a transport service with DeSoto, Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth and Hillman cars, was also the first to introduce guides to Ellora and Ajanta.