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It is not ALL attributable to poverty - There is no SINGLE factor (aside from Education). The poor are not the only ones using the river as a burial ground. do
by pigpaws 11y ago
It is not ALL attributable to poverty - There is no SINGLE factor (aside from Education). The poor are not the only ones using the river as a burial ground. do you understand what a single rotting body does to the water supply, let alone tens of thousands?
- Ntrails 11y agoI also presume that the volume of bodies has increased in line with population, whilst the river volume has stayed constant (if not, in fact, decreased)
- ethbro 11y agoI'm going to make a modest proposal, but I wonder if there's enough caloric content in a body to make it worthwhile as feedstock in industrial aquaculture. Nutrients preserved, value created, payments potentially made to the bereaved families. Everyone's a winner!
- pkaye 11y agoHindus don't bury their dead. They cremate them. Now there are polluting aspects to cremation but it can be done better than burial using proper incineration equipment. I have observed that such environmentally friendly cremation services are becoming more common in India even in smaller cities.
- kamaal 11y agoNot all Hindus cremate their dead. In fact a small minority do. In South India, burials are what you will see in nearly all the cases. Only a certain castes cremate. Everybody else buries and yes river burial too is not common. Lets talk of reckless dumping of human waste, industrial waste into rivers and lakes.
- pkaye 11y agoDo yo have any citations that only a small minority of Hindus cremate their dead?
- srean 11y agoAs a non-religious athiest hindu this is the first time I am hearing this, could you give some pointers. I would have expected it to go the other way (if at all), that is, only a small minority of hindu's do not cremate their dead.
- kamaal 11y agoIn South India, we very rarely cremate. Every village has a big "Rudrabhoomi". Cremation is a very upper caste thing.