Re:Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
by pkaye on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @10:28AM
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Hindus 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.
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Re:Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
by kamaal on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @01:04PM
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Not 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.
Re:Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
by srean on Thursday March 31, 2016 @05:58AM
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As 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.