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Factsheet on the Rights of the Dead in India

CJP re-visits the sensitive subject of the rights of the deceased in our country, given how people are struggling to provide dignified cremations or burials to their loved ones amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

 

*Feature image by Vijat Pandey for SabrangIndia

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