In 1980, discontent with the Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s (BPP) housing allotment reached fever pitch. A section of the Parsi Press leveled allegations of corruption and nepotism. The controversial B. K. Boman-Behram (BKB) was under siege. The very thin cucumber sandwich eating elite with thinner pursed lips formed the Committee for Electoral Rights (CER) and decided to contest the elections to the electoral college which elected BPP trustees. The elite was hugely networked and resource rich but not street smart to match the wily BKB and the electoral machine of his ally, Dr Nelie Noble (of impeccable integrity herself). Dinshaw Mehta......