As the vote went round the u-shaped arrangement of tables, anticipation was palpable. Would this be the historic day the leaders of the Zoroastrian federations all over the world finally agree to formalize a world body (see "Favoring formalization," pg 24)? For almost 60 years since the idea was first mooted at the First World Zoroastrian Congress in Tehran in 1960 such a body has eluded the community.
One by one each member gave her/his consent. When even the traditionalist Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustees Armaity Tirandaz and Viraf Mehta, the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe and Dubai agreed,......