Mises Daily
Author:
Jayant Bhandari
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Recently , in India, a woman committed sati (voluntarily dying, by burning on her husband’s funeral pyre). The villagers want to build a temple to commemorate the event. The state arrested some people. And it is trying to stop construction of the temple. It will fail. Also, two people observed santhara (voluntarily dying, by fasting) in full view