Homegrown death alive, well in India
As nation debates ethics of euthanasia, region embraces it
Posted: January 20, 2013 at 3:51 a.m.
Michael headed for work at a textile mill, leaving his wife, children and infirm mother at home in his impoverished part of southern India. When he returned a few hours later, his mother’s body was propped up in a chair surrounded by villagers and decorated with flowers, poisoned by his wife with a potion in a local form of mercy killing known as thalaikoothal.
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