Sati, a ritual that became popular in India around 700 years ago, continued until the 18th and 19th centuries, until laws were finally introduced to abolish this practice. On December 4 ...

Amid an ongoing debate on social media over ‘Sati’ practice in India, author Amish Tripathi has responded to comedian Kunal Kamra’s post on X, saying “Sati was not enjoined by the religion ...

After all, Kerala’s elite non-Brahmin groups were largely matrilineal—and whose widows remarried—while patrilineal Brahmins too had a ban on sati. The practice felt altogether alien on ...