A psychotherapist talks in her book about why we mourn celebrity deaths and why they hurt so much

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· Oct 25, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Keki N Daruwalla, pioneering Indian English-language poet, dies at 87

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· Sep 27, 2024 · 01:33 pm

A new book records the ways some cultures ostracise widows and in some cases deem them ‘unclean’

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· Sep 16, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book

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· May 04, 2024 · 07:30 am

Pankaj Udhas (1952-2024): Remembering the legendary singer with some of his best performances

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· Feb 26, 2024 · 06:17 pm

‘The Final Farewell’: How expensive are last rites and rituals for the dead in India?

Minakshi Dewan

· Oct 31, 2023 · 08:30 am

In JM Coetzee’s new book, questions of the soul become urgent as the body becomes frail

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· Jul 23, 2023 · 05:30 pm

India’s organ transplant system is skewed against the poor

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· May 31, 2023 · 09:00 am

‘Better to Have Gone’: What rereading this book about two deaths in Auroville reveals about faith

Shubhangi Tiwari

· Mar 26, 2023 · 08:30 am

Opinion: History will not be kind to Pervez Musharraf

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· Feb 09, 2023 · 07:30 pm

This book offers an ethnographic and anthropological look at death and the dead in Varanasi

Ravi Nandan Singh

· Dec 29, 2022 · 08:30 am

Watch: This multi-faith crematorium in Hyderabad offers funeral services for three religions

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· Dec 07, 2022 · 03:03 pm

Burial or cremation: Which is the more eco-friendly funeral choice?

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· Oct 31, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Watch: Rainbows appear over Buckingham Palace as crowd gathers to mourn Queen Elizabeth II’s death

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· Sep 09, 2022 · 05:11 pm

Devdutt Pattanaik on the 3,000-year-old Hindu ritual of feeding the dead

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· Sep 09, 2022 · 08:30 am

Watch: Family forced to carry corpse on motorcycle due to unavailability of hearse or ambulance

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· Sep 04, 2022 · 10:23 am

Olivia Newton-John (1948-2022): Watch some memorable performances by the pop icon

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· Aug 09, 2022 · 05:40 pm

Vangelis (1943-2022): Listen to the legendary musician’s most memorable compositions

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· May 20, 2022 · 04:01 pm

‘Doctor brainwashed my daughter’: Actor Chethana Raj’s father on her death after fat removal surgery

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· May 20, 2022 · 12:11 pm

Watch: Unseen video of late cricketer Andrew Symonds from 2015 posted by cricketer Shoaib Akhtar

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· May 19, 2022 · 11:30 am