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After considerable thinking, it was decided to consign my 93-year-old mother’s body to the Towers of Silence. From the same bungli, where my 55-year-old father’s body began its last journey some 42 years ago, the priests of the oldest Bombay agiary, Banaji Limji, recited the geh sarna prayers for my mother, a few weeks ago. Some traditionalist groups sent me congratulatory messages for what they exultantly termed as my "correct decision.” Several reform minded friends remained silent but wondered as to why she had not been cremated, despite the availability of the Prayer Hall at the Worli crematorium.  Fifty years ago,......