27 OCTOBER 1984, Page 21

Towers

Development has its problems, and one has come home to that powerhouse of Bombay, the Parsee community. As the city spreads and sprawls, and the country- side and its wild life recede, the Parsees (so it is said) are having to take unusually good care of their health. The word from the Towers of Silence is of a marked shortage of vultures.

Christopher Fildes