Thank you for publishing the item on the late Cyrus Siganporia ("Siganporia’s selfless service,” Events and Personalities, Parsiana, August 7-20, 2025).
However, his wife Zarine has taken objection to the paragraph on the non-functioning of solar panels at Doongerwadi. She wrote to say that this "spoils Cyrus’s name/image and his loyal service towards the Bombay Parsi Punchayet. He has earned respect all his life giving dedicated service towards his religion. He was a staunch believer in dakhmenashini and this mention about the solar panels is not correct.” YASMIN ENGINEER
engineer.yasmin@gmail.com
The editors reply:
That the solar panels were not functioning was stated by Viraf Mehta, chairman of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet after The Free Press Journal broke the story on February 27, 2025 that the panels installed over 20 years ago have been nonfunctional for around the past four years.
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