Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India
In a unique Khasi funeral tradition the body of the dead is kept for two days before it is buried or consigned to flames. During the two-night wake relatives, friends and neighbours come in hordes for consolation. They engage in diverse recreations and telling tales. Funeral Nights is an attempt to capture these stories, about life, past, present and future, rural and urban, high and low; about people, men and women; about culture and history; and about religion and God.
