In the article "On water, wishes and worship” (Parsiana, April 7-20, 2025) by Berjis Desai, on the occasion of the tercentenary celebrations of the Bhikha Behram Well (BBW), there are two misleading statements.
Desai writes: "Unlike fire temples having a trust deed whose beneficiaries are only Parsis which empowers the trustees to bar entry to others, BBW had no trust deed. In 1954, a public religious trust was registered to manage the Well. In most cases the trustees are legal owners of the property. The Well was never anyone’s property; hence the trust only seeks to maintain, manage and protect. Who......