Protests erupted in India on Wednesday (September 30), after police had the body of a female victim of gang rape cremated late at night, against the wishes of her family. The 19-year-old woman ...

Isha crematoriums, called Kayantha Sthanams, have emerged as a quiet but significant model of how death can be handled with ...

A 25-year-old man who was declared dead and about to be cremated in India this week was found to be still alive by witnesses, according to reports. Rohitash Kumar, 25, who was deaf and mute, was ...

We hear a lot about the size of a person’s carbon footprint — how much they use electricity, drive a car, fly on airplanes. In India, some people are trying to shrink the carbon footprints of the dead ...

GAUHATI, India -- A comb. A toothbrush. A bangle. A cotton scarf -- protection from the summer heat now used as a face mask. The personal belongings of cremated covid-19 victims lie strewn around the ...

VARANASI, India _ In the Hindu religion, fire is considered a sacred gateway to the spiritual world, explained Hindu priests in India. A cremation ceremony is intended to dissolve the attachment ...

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