Earlier, when a body was consigned to the dakhma, there were loud caws of the birds, the fluttering of wings, as the birds fed on the body. After some time, the birds being satiated, quietly rested and we knew that the body was consumed. That was when the dakhmenashini system was functioning.
With the extinction of vultures, the entire system has collapsed. The solar panels are an eyewash to hoodwink the community. The worst affected are the pallbearers, toiling in such hazardous conditions at the cost of their physical, mental and psychological health. All those, including the high priests who......