As a 70-year-old Parsi Zoroastrian with two bypass surgeries, I cannot help but think of the coming to the end of my life, sooner or later.
I am most disturbed trying to visualize the scenario when the end actually comes and it is time to dispose of my earthly remains. As a thinking human being, I strongly feel that our ancient system or custom of disposing of the dead might have been the ideal solution for those times hundreds of years ago. It was the quickest possible disposal without decomposition of the remains or spread of disease or contamination of the......