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Ah - the name calling...

did you even READ the article? have you done ANY research outside of a reddit thread? or are you just a troll?

Here's an article for you. It even has pictures so you can follow along. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/photos/photos-of-the-dead-in-...

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You've responded in the worst way, with more insults. Please don't do that again. If a comment is egregious, flag it; if you reply, please do so civilly.

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I'm thinking that you're definition of an 'insult' is probably very different than that of the rest of the world. If that isn't the case, please define where the insult is in said thread other than where s/he called me a racist?

This is confusing - hindus dont drown their dead. They cremate them and the ashes are frequently immersed in rivers (which is also a bad practice, but not as bad as floating the dead onbthe water).

Floating the dead on any of these rivers would be ill-tolerated by the fairly powerful religious community.

Did you READ "the article"? Where it talks about "using the river as a burial ground"?

>"All of them said there had been a reduction in water levels over the years. Also when we were sailing on the Ganges, we did not find a single turtle. The river was so dirty that it stank. There were effluents, sewage and dead bodies floating," says Mr Theophilus.

second paragraph down - "For the vast majority of the poor, however, their bodies are floated into the Ganges, exposed to the elements."

now, if you want to be pedantic, no - they did not use the term "burial ground". That was me being nice and not saying "cesspool".

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