The case of her death recently returned and sparked outrage throughout India. In September 1987, Kanwar, a resident of ...

A teenaged widow was burned on her husband's funeral pyre under the Hindu practice of sati 37 years ago. Now Roop Kanwar’s story has returned to headlines in India after a court acquitted eight ...

But, in 1837, Bentinck's law was diluted by another Briton, Thomas Macaulay, author of the Indian Penal Code. In Macaulay's reading if someone could claim with evidence to have lit the pyre at the ...

Protests have been held across India and by Indians in several American ... shared a video showing three men throwing wood into the pyre as it burned. But the family told the BBC that those ...

A rare hero stone from the 12th century, depicting the unique Maha Sati practice where a woman embraces her martyred husband ...

Thousands pay tribute as his young son lights the pyre. The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh ... The Tribune, the ...

has scored the music for "Pyre". German editor Patricia Rommel, known for her work on "The Lives of Others" and "The Tourist", is part of the crew as well. Legendary Indian lyricist Gulzar also ...

A teenaged widow was burned on her husband's funeral pyre under the Hindu practice of sati 37 years ago. Now Roop Kanwar’s story has returned to headlines in India after a court acquitted eight men ...