M. S. Swaminathan

A life cycle approach to food security will imply attention to the nutritional needs of a human being from conception to cremation. The most vulnerable but neglected segment is the first 1,000 days in a child's life - the period from conception to the age of two, when much of the brain development takes place.

Indian Scientist

Brianna Keilar

The day after my mom died I fly back to California and spend the three weeks before the California primary making arrangements for her cremation, planning and getting the house ready for a memorial service and covering political rallies in Southern California. The normalcy of work helps.

Australian Journalist

Annie Besant

One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to Mother Nature of the material elements composing the physical and astral corpses, brought about by the burning.

English Philosopher

George Clooney

I think you should automatically donate your organs because that would turn the balance of organ donation in a huge way. I would donate whatever anybody would take, and I'd probably do the cremation bit.

American Actor

Cremation practices can vary greatly across different cultures and religious beliefs.

Cultural Sensitivity

Cremation is often seen as an eco-friendlier alternative to burial because it uses less land.

Environmental Aspect

Discussions about cremation can be sensitive, as they involve dealing with death.

Emotional Tone

 and you can see the effects of the looting that have taken place here what you're looking at is a what's called the Cobham it's a shortened or a reliquary that had once the remains of an important personage probably a lama perhaps a very important monk buried inside after cremation often buried then

Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...

 The two most common are burial and cremation, but you can also donate your body to science. And I am pleased to report that innovation has touched the world of corpse disposal. You can now opt for an eco-funeral. You can be buried at the base of a tree

Talk about your death...

 with this this blue sheep and they both fell down very deep into the gorge and the snorla died on the spot the forestry department recovered the body and the village held a cremation ceremony for it i mean till that point i think my story was

Searching for the...

 like metal, stone, and concrete, and can pollute soil and groundwater with toxic chemicals. With increasing awareness of the environmental costs, people are seeking alternatives. Many are turning to cremation and related practices.

The fascinating history...

 purchasing private gravesites can be costly, and many people can't afford simple burials. Even cremation, the second most common burial practice in the world, comes with a high cost. As for the question of running out of space,

What happens to our...

 Having your body laid out to be eaten by animals is not for everyone. Maybe you have already had the end-of-life talk with your family and decided on, I don't know, cremation. And in the interest of full disclosure,

A burial practice that...

 local belief in spirits the spirit world infuses daily life auguste may have gotten his religious conviction from his father on ik on ik works carving the elaborate cremation towers that typify Balinese funerals but

Self Stabbing PIPE National...

 guide to death and the afterlife in Hinduism but the one place he can't take me is the cremation ground itself okay this is the holiest crematorium connect in the holiest city on the holiest River

Death Along the Ganges...

 their souls are liberated from the cycle the domes work as a team while some build pyres and oversee cremation others scavenge among the ashes and coals whatever touches the dead is theirs to keep

Cremation PIPE National...

 to sell someone a piece of land for eternity. Whose idea was that? In some places, you can't buy a plot no matter how much money you have. As a result, cremation rates have risen fast.