I was patiently awaiting to see the response to my letter ("Volunteer pallbearers,” Readers Forum, Parsiana, May 2004) on the deplorable conditions of the khandhias and nassessalars.
If it’s a "harrowing experience,” emitting "ghoulish smell” does this have to be tolerated by the khandhias? This is true of Bombay and places where the dakhmas are prevailing. Does a ‘second class Zoroastrian’ title befit the khandhias? A good majority of Parsis, though aware of it all, will not go for a change: So what if there are no birds anymore? So what if the conditions in and around the dakhmas are intolerable?......