"For death is certain to one who is born...thou shalt not grieve for what is unavoidable," says the Bhagavad Gita.

The most concise and familiar description of Hindu funeral rites I found..here. Vina anneh, as the son and only child had to walk around the body performing the following- Thereafter, the chief mourner (generally the eldest son) walks around the pyre three times keeping the body to his left. While walking he sprinkles water onto the pyre from a vessel. When that was done, he had to walk away from the body and cremation hall and not look back, which is part of the ritual. I thought that there was such finalty and gravity to that act. I couldn't bear to see him like that.

But I'm glad that my dad vouched for me (with my paternal grandma) to allow me to go to the crematorium. She said that it's not good for me to be involved in funeral proceedings so close to my departure date. But I needed closure.


There's a Paul McCartney song off his album Memory Almost Full called "End of the end"

At the end of the end, it's the start of a journey to a much better place. And this wasn't bad.. So a much better place would have to be special. No need to be sad! On the day that I die I'd like jokes to be told, and stories of old to be rolled out like carpets, that children have played on and laid on while listening to stories of old.

No reason to cry, no need to be sad... at the end of the end.



My itunes is messing with me.. After End of the End came on, jamiroquai's Too Young To Die did ;( And the msn pop-up thing that tells you who signed in!!! "Joy- death week".

And Dard-e Disco (death of disco), which is a song off the Om Shanti Om OST. I hit the next song arrow, and Los Lonely Boys' Heaven started playing. I am not making this up.