At Vaikunth, a group of women step up, handle rising cremations

At Vaikunth, a group of women step up, handle rising cremations
At Vaikunth, a group of women step up, handle rising cremations
BySupriya DedgaonkarSupriya Dedgaonkar / Updated: May 14, 2021, 06:00 IST
According to orthodox customs, women in some communities have been kept away from
cremations for centuries. But now, amidst the ongoing
COVID crisis, it is a group of women that has come forward to help in the entire process of funeral rites — the latter being a sector that has been struggling under the sheer load of the COVID pandemic’s toll.
Over the past couple of months, outbreak fatalities have gone up drastically, forcing

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