India born architect Dadi Surti worked for Shapoorjee N. Chandabhoy and Company (formed on April 27, 1868) in which my grandfather the late Burjor S. J. Aga and my late uncle Jamshed Burjor Aga were partners. After the demise of my uncle, the partnership was converted to a non banking financial company, Shapoorjee Chandabhoy Finvest Private Limited of which I am director.
Surti, now settled in Karachi/London, has written a book, Zoroastrian Evolution, with beautiful color illustrations, in which he has dealt with dakhmenashini. According to him, exposing the dead bodies in the mountains to the sun, scavenger birds and wild......