Beyond the Pyres: Untold Stories of Varanasi's Funeral Workers - Part 2

Radhika Iyengar is an accomplished journalist and debut author of the book Fire on the Life Among the Dead in Banaras. A graduate of Columbia University, Radhika has garnered numerous accolades, including the prestigious Red Ink Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism. She is also a recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship. In this second part of a two-part conversation, Iyengar delves into her new book, which explores the lives of the Dom community — a Dalit subcaste traditionally responsible for cremating the dead in Varanasi.