Cremation on a funeral pyre made from wood has long been part of India's elaborate ritual to honour the dead, but not during the second deadly wave of Covid.

"Funerals have been reduced to just getting rid of the dead body because people are very scared of contracting the virus,” 

In Tales from an Indian Crematorium ,we hear about one of the hardest jobs going.

Written by Saurabh Sharma.

Read by me Mohita Namjoshi.

Cremation on a funeral pyre made from wood has long been part of India's elaborate ritual to honour the dead, but not during the second deadly wave of Covid.
"Funerals have been reduced to just getting rid of the dead body because people are very scared of contracting the virus,&rdquo;&nbsp;
In Tales from an Indian Crematorium ,we hear about one of the hardest jobs going.
Written by Saurabh Sharma.
Read by me Mohita Namjoshi.

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