A class under way on the premises of Mukti Dham, a crematorium at the Sikandarpur locality in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. | Photo Credit: Amit Bhelari A 31-year-old teacher, Sumit Kumar, has been educating over 100 slum children at a cremation ground in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, since 2017. Mr. Kumar’s initiative, Appan Pathshala, has transformed the lives … Read more
April 4, 2022 – In 2017, Judy and Al Mowrer of Wooster, OH, decided they wanted to be “pushin’ up daisies” in the literal sense when they died – using their bodies to help the Earth prosper and give new life. So last year when Al died of multiple sclerosis at 74, he was wrapped … Read more
The Hathras victim’s fundamental right of decent cremation was infringed upon by authorities, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court said in its order issued after hearing on Monday. The body of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died after being allegedly gang-raped by four upper-caste men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was cremated at around 2.45 … Read more
The Hathras gangrape and murder case has left the nation shaken and outraged. While the rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in itself were horrific, public anger was heightened by the actions of the UP government in the handling of the headline-grabbing Hathras case. From delayed FIRs to hurried cremations, Uttar Pradesh authorities … Read more