Age-old Jain practice of Santhara
A petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks a ban on the Jain practice of Santhara for minors after a three-year-old girl diagnosed with brain tumour died in Indore allegedly within half an hour of undertaking a ‘fast-unto-death’. The Hindu reports on the age-old practice and the current debate
A petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks a ban on the Jain practice of Santhara for minors after a three-year-old girl diagnosed with brain tumour died in Indore allegedly within half an hour of undertaking a ‘fast-unto-death’. The Hindu reports on the age-old practice and the current debate
