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A day at the Kariakor Hindu Crematorium

Hindu Shamshan Bhumi is the Hindu name for the Hindu crematorium at Kariakor, Nairobi.

To those who have not grown up in cultures where cremation is the principal way of internment, there could be some cringing; maybe from fear of what goes on in the kiln.

Then you visit a place where bodies are burnt to ashes, and despite the knowledge that they are lifeless, you imagine the pain, literally as the fire engulfs the kiln, and heat sneaks out of it, and what follows are chills.

The Saturday...