| Muslims, Pandits join hands to cremate 80 yr old woman | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 29: Putting critiques to rest, funeral of a Kashmiri Pandit woman was conducted collectively by the Muslims and Pandits together, here in Nanil village.
80 year old, Shanti Devi, died on Sunday morning after some illness. As the news of death spread in Nanil village, people started pouring in the lone Pandit house, a local informed.
The arrangements for the funeral were conducted by the neighbouring Muslims. The wood for pyre was also collected by the Muslims, eyewitnesses said.
The relatives of the deceased lady, living in nearby Akhoora village, arrived to see preparations of funeral being held. The coffin was shouldered by the neighbouring Muslims and Pandits, side by side.
"I am not surprised that my Muslim neighbours are helping me," Sham Lal, son of deceased shanti Devi, "We are like this and we help each other."
"Not more than ten Pandits were present," a local Bashir Ahmad said, "Muslim neighbours did everything for the last rities of the lady. We tried not to let them (the bereaved family) work. We are equally bereaved by the death of Bhabi." Shanti Devi was famous as Bhabi in the village. |
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