Papa’s Antim Sanskar: A Journey to New Beginnings
‘Who would light my funeral pyre?’ This question crossed my dad’s mind while we were growing up. In Hinduism, it’s customary for sons ...
Culture & Politics
How Sugar Skulls Make for a Very Sweet Day of the Dead
Central for the Day of the Dead is the idea that during the two days, souls come back from the underworld to visit ...
Culture & Politics
The Incomprehensible Grief of Watching The World Burn
How can we begin to understand the complexity of ecological grief?
Culture & Politics
Mexico’s Culinary Traditions Feed the Souls of the Living and the Dead
Through these rituals, food becomes a means of connecting with the spiritual world, as well as a gesture of love and remembrance.
Culture & Politics
Understanding the Sikh Tradition of Akhand Path: A Ritual for Processing Grief
Death had been a largely abstract concept for me until I had my first close encounter with it at 23. I was quite ...
