The sorry saga of the unpaid bonus by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) to its employees (see "A masoor dal Navroz," pg 34), underlies the decay that has set in the onetime premier trust. While other smaller anjumans and associations in India and abroad with fewer assets and members are able not only to make ends meet, but raise crores of rupees or millions of dollars to repair community property and even build new centers, why has the once mightiest of community institutions reached a state of financial bankruptcy?
Bonus has to be paid within eight months of the......