In #Unnao, 40 km south of Lucknow, the capital of #UttarPradesh, villagers are forced to bury their loved ones instead of cremating them. It’s the same story in every village: it starts with a fever, some develop a cold, breathlessness sets in, and they die.
For the first time in familial memory, in the homes of Dalits and upper caste Thakurs alike, the dead are resting in graves and not getting cremated on pyres. Some are buried by the ghats of the river #Ganga, which makes news. Others are laid to rest on their farmlands, and forgotten.
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