Shameful is the first word that comes to mind when describing the antics of the Bombay Parsi community’s leadership, past and present. For the past eight years or so the shenanigans of the once august Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) have not only caused untold hardship and embarrassment to the worldwide community but frittered away vast quantities of the trust’s wealth and credibility. Never have trustees past and present, behaved in such a cavalier fashion as on September 8, verbally and physically brawling on the grounds of the Ballard Pier magistrates’ court (see "The Ballard Pier brawl," page 23).
There have......