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Pooja Sharma has dedicated her life to providing a dignified end for thousands of unclaimed bodies lying in mortuaries in India, though she pays for it herself – and it ended her engagementOn an overcast, blustery day, with cars honking in the distance…
Read MoreIn the official telling, fears of malevolent spirits are a vestige of old, unenlightened village ways. But today urban China is rife with superstition about death. Why?On the 11th floor of a suburban Hong Kong tower, an 86-year-old woman lived alone in…
Read MoreBoatloads of relatives carrying biodegradable urns are saying their farewells over water instead of trying to buy expensive and scarce funeral plotsXiao Hu never expected to make a living from the dead. For years she worked in her family business offer…
Read MoreDementia linked to many instances of people dying at home among family but remaining undiscovered for daysOfficials in Japan have warned that dementia and the fraying of traditional community ties are contributing to a new social phenomenon – people wh…
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