Whatever the outcome of the hunger strike, a first in 300-plus years by a trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP), undertaken on Monday, it gained a lot of attention with some either supporting it or scoffing at it in the tiny community.

The BPP is the apex body of the Parsi community and the second largest landlord in the city, after the Bombay Port Trust (BPT). It controls massive swathes of land, many of which are residential colonies or baugs as they are popularly known.