I congratulate Eruch Desai for boldly coming out in defence of our time tested and ancient custom of the disposal of the dead through the system of khurshed nagirashni. He has understood and recognised the efficacy and rationale of the system that has been acclaimed by many Zoroastrian and foreign scholars as the best and most efficient system.
Dr P. D. Sunavala questions Desai’s ability and rates him lower than Soli Sorabjee and Rafiq Dada. To this Desai has effectively responded in Parsiana ("Deadly campaign,” Readers’ Forum, December 7, 2006). In the matter of comparative competency and knowledge, does Sunavala consider......