Maharashtra is in the fifth phase of unlocking, with the state government allowing establishments and businesses to resume services in a restricted manner, but the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) is yet to hold its first physical meeting at its headquarters in South Mumbai since March. Some trustees are allegedly not keen on physical meetings.

The ease of doing business — which includes taking important decision policy and housing issues — is more convenient in the BPP boardroom where trustees can peruse through physical papers files relating to relevant matters, said BPP trustee Kersi Randeria. "The tradition is to conduct weekly board meetings among the trustees at the BPP headquarters," he said, speaking to mid-day. "We didn't hold these weekly meetings during the initial phases of the lockdown. We had some casual conference and Google calls and then later in July we decided to have our meetings over Zoom calls so that there was at least some tone of formality to it, like maintaining minutes. Otherwise earlier we were just rambling on. In April, May, June and July, we (trustees) literally did nothing,"
he said.