For 35 Years, Truck Driver & His Wife Rescued The Homeless, Buried Unclaimed Dead

[View this email in your browser]( From The Beginning to The End, And Beyond We have a complicated relationship with death. In films, we arrive dramatically at the last minute, ready to say goodbye and hear final words, even though that rarely happens in real life. It is just one of the many elaborate rituals our cultural evolution has created to deal with death. We also build memorials (even for the unknown dead), cremate, bury or feed their remains to animals and birds--hoping that a higher power creates a new dawn beyond the dark for the departed. Atheists symbolically mark the spots where life has departed. Some even cooked and ate the flesh--another way to keep the dead among us a little longer. Yet biology does not care about culture. Evolution has instilled in us a strong revulsion of the dead--as carriers of disease and risk. Whatever tributes we create for ‘one of us’, we avoid any contact with the body of a true unknown. Perhaps this is why the deaths of unknown humans around us barely bother us. Among those unknown millions, thousands remain unclaimed every day, with no hands to hold, no listening ears for their final confessions and no tears. Their only testament is the stench of rot, which spreads when the natural process of decay takes hold--a final gasp from beyond, that is deeply offensive to all but the desensitised. This is why we must fully celebrate the better angels among us, who overcome the entirety of human, cultural and biological evolution, and give dignity to those who have no one. [Dev Dass Goswami, a truck driver, is one such better angel.]( “More often than not, these bodies were mangled beyond recognition. I’d stop my vehicle, carry the bodies and carry out a proper burial. In addition to that, I started providing food and water to people I would meet during my drives through the highway,” [says Goswami]( The Better India. He later began to feed the homeless as well, and today, runs two homes for them. We can only wonder what it takes to handle the remains of an unknown, or feed and bathe strangers. And we can salute those who do--and perhaps, if we can, volunteer or contribute to such people. [Do read his story.]( Yes, death is a dark place. But if we can look at it boldly in the face, and appeal to our better sides, [like Goswami]( we may discover the nobility inherent in all life--from the beginning to the end, and beyond. - Vinayak Hegde [Read Here]( Product Of The Day Celebration Box Filled with Yummy, Healthy, Natural Snacks! Are you frustrated with a market that's flooded with junk food and fried snacks for kids - food full of preservatives, taste enhancers, oil, colours, sugar and salt? Are you on the lookout for a snack that's wholesome and nutritious while also appealing to tiny taste buds? Then your search ends here! This snack is full of old school happiness, none of the harmful stuff. It is a great way to include some whole grains, fibre and calcium in your kid's diet without compromising on crunch and taste. [Buy Now]( The Better India Impact One man has a solution - Join Him To Save Lakes! Meet Anand Malligavad, a 38-year-old techie from Bengaluru who has rejuvenated 3 lakes so far -- his first one was completed in just 45 days! And now he has a plan to revive 45 lakes in the city by 2025! Join The Better India in helping him reach this goal Read more about Anand [here]( [Join Now]( Recommended Reads [Kerala Students Build Low-Cost, Organic Purifier That Makes Sewage Water Drinkable!]( Size of an index finger, two engineering students from Kerala developed a water purifier from Rs 10. Its USP is that it is cost-effective and unlike other purifiers that are made from synthetic fibres, this one is organic. [Delhi Girl Bids Goodbye to City Life, Runs ‘Café in the Woods’ in Himalayan Village!]( Nitya’s tryst with Sattal or the mountain life didn’t begin one fine day. It goes back to her childhood when her father would travel to the mountains all the time, and eventually, made Sattal his home. Video of The Day Hyderabad's Nawab of Hearts has not only fed thousands of mouths till date, but he also runs an incredibly popular YouTube channel with over 7,00,000 subscribers from across the world! #Heartwarming #HungerHero #Respect Copyright © 2019 The Better India, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.