SC communities face violence for carrying bodies "across certain lands belonging to the people of the so-called higher castes," the court said.

Eternal life is starting to sound exhausting.

"People are fascinated by the extremes of humanity, whether it's going to the moon, how fast someone can run in the Olympics, or even how long someone can live."

"Every day we are getting over 200-300 bodies, so you can calculate how much wood we need daily."

A cultural distaste for talking about death and mental health stigma exacerbate India's gap in bereavement care.

"Most studies assume that everything in the brain stops when the heart stops beating, but this is not so."

Research suggests women -- who are more likely than men to request euthanasia -- are largely influenced by fear of burdening their families while chronically ill.

Studies show facing the nothingness of death makes people value the fullness of life.

[Insert scream of horror.]

The problem lies in the lack of road safety laws and enforcement of the existing ones.