While on the surface old traditions and beliefs appear to hold sway, there is an undercurrent of change. At the Federation of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India (FPZAI) meet on September 13 and 14 this year despite the near sweep of office posts by the conservative World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ), delegates voiced sentiments that at one time would have caused a riot. For example at an earlier FPZAI meet in Ahmedabad in 2004, the president of the Madras anjuman, Nariman Mogrelia referred to a poll conducted amongst the local community to elicit views on whether the......