Despite some initial malfunctioning of voting machines,
the July 1 Bombay Parsi Punchayet elections went smoothly
Text: Parinaz Gandhi and Farrokh Jijina Photos: Sarosh Daruwalla
"We are an organization ‘of’ and ‘for’ the community; now we will be ‘by’ the community,” said newly elected Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustee Ervad Xerxes Dastur at the J. B. Vachha High School for Girls, Dadar where the results of the July 1, 2018 elections for trusteeship were announced late that evening. Voting had taken place between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at five centers across Bombay on that day. Dastur secured 2,968 votes of the 6,018 total votes cast, defeating Anahita Desai, World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ) chief executive officer and wife of BPP chairman Yazdi......