Once reserved for the warrior caste, the ‘prestige’ associated with the act of Sati led to its proliferation. Until the ...

Sati’ has a complex history and was woven into the fabric of society differently across various Indian regions, but ...

After all, Kerala’s elite non-Brahmin groups were largely matrilineal—and whose widows remarried—while patrilineal Brahmins too had a ban on sati. The practice felt altogether alien on ...