Essays on Death

Once a relative, friend or loved one disappears from our lives, the only way to honor it is to remember it in the best possible way. Knowing that, even though he is not with us, he sees us from somewhere or is still around in…

India is probably the only country in the world which can boast of being a Global Superpower but still has an exceptionally high Infant Mortality Rate. It has declined over past two decades or so but the change has been relatively slow as compared to…

INTRODUCTION GDP has been used as a measure of economic well-being since the 1940s. GDP provides a measure of final goods and services produced in an economy over a long period of time without attention to what is produced, how and by who. Joseph Stigliz,…

This book gives a concrete understanding of how to face mortality and the failure of medicine to understand the basic needs and wants of the people who are at the end of their lives. The central theme revolves around the concept that no matter where…

Many ages ago before doom was awaiting, there was a young gorgeous lady with the name Proserpina. Proserpina was living in loneliness and isolation not only from herself but also from everyone around her. She could not leave the nymphs sea nor her mother. As…

Our body allows us to feel fear to protect ourselves. But what is fear? A real fear would be something that involves a life and death situation but if that’s the case, why do we fear so many other things? Most times, the things we…

Gauri Lankesh murder case Last year (2017) well known activist and journalist Gauri Lankesh was killed in front of her house when she was returning from her office on 5th of September, lankesh was the editor of her own magazine Lankesh Patrike, which is a…

In the UK the prices of funerals have astronomically, by 112%, since 2004. The rising costs are putting pressure on citizens to find money to pay for a respectful ceremony. In addition to this the recently deceased often fail to leave behind an adequate amount…

Every day, someone dies, death is permanent, and no one can come back from it. Death is an unavoidable aspect of life. Everyone will encounter death in various ways throughout their life, but every death has unique effects on others within a community. According to…

Death confirms and perpetuates rather than transfiguring or challenging the existing social values that pertain to gender. According to a study by Malkiel (2014), in comparing obituaries, there was a higher number of men whose obituaries were accompanied by their photographs, as compared to those…