Big fight, small community

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There's a quiet revolution underway in one of Mumbai's most well recognised minority communities. Over the past two weeks, Parsis have been coming out to vote for whom they'd like to see in control of their richest body, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet. The election may not be on the scale of a general election, or even a state poll. But the campaigning has been just as fierce and the excitement is just as palpable. To some, the 'bickering' of the community may seem like a storm in a teacup. After all, how many do they number? According to some figures, less than one lakh worldwide. So why should the average Indian care? Because, one of the world's oldest religions is making its last stand. And though they are few in number, they are big on passion, big on ideas and big on debate. The average Mumbaikar....