For the 1.5 million-strong, closely-knit Dawoodi Bohra community, the custom of communal eating from one thal or large plate imparts a potent message of unity and brotherhood. Ironically, the practitioners of this very ritual are today divided into two factions on account of a long and acrimonious battle being waged for the post of the sect’s Syedna or supreme spiritual leader.
Read more at Hindustan Times: Battle for the next Syedna to be fought in HC; final hearing begins today