Ever since the induction of the two WAPIZ (World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis) trustees into the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) there has been a pursuit of plans to spend crores of rupees on building a vulture aviary at the BPP owned Doongerwadi in Bombay — against the sane advice of over 14 Parsi doctors and the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) staff itself.
Several years back during my tenure as chief executive officer of the BPP (1998-2007) I had suggested to the board that the operational dakhmas should be thrown open to the Parsis (after verifying that everyone was a......