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Plants were growing out of the walls. Around 100 wooden beams had rotted. The interiors were musty with smoke from the sacred fire which had also blackened the walls. The stained glass windows that once adorned three sides of the front porch extending on to the pavement were damaged a long time ago. The forlorn Sodawater Agiary, also known as Seth Jamshedji Dadabhai Amaria Sodawaterwalla Agiary, had gone the way of many community institutions. Few know where it is located or even that it exists. Then two ageing, generous donors came to the rescue. With their help the present trustees......