No to cremation

C: Crate of the electric oven in a crematorium is never clean but is sticky with skin and flesh residues.

R: Rarely has the corpse burnt fully. The remaining residue is thrown into the river, creating water pollution.

E: Extreme environmental pollution is created by filthy, unhealthy smoke and small particles of bones, increasing poisonous carbon dioxide in the air. Cremation is an unhygienic process.

M: Menace of failure of electricity creates problems when a half burnt body is carelessly kept in the crate for hours without speedy disposal.

A: Anti-Zoroastrian procedure of cremation, as electricity is also a form of fire (vazista). It pollutes Ahure-Puthra. Zoroastrians adore fire as the holy vital element.

T: The tenet of hygienic sachkar is avoided in cremation, as mostly the corpse is fully dressed.

I: It is anti-national behavior to burn the body wasting high voltage electric energy which is most useful in industry for the prosperity of the nation.

O: Objections are raised by nearby residents as they experience suffocation from filthy smoke which is a health hazard.

N: No religious ceremonies are offered for the progress and peace of the soul at the time of final send-off. You gain no special status as cremation is very common among the lower castes also.

NOSHIR DABOO

Ahmedabad