# Sati - Widow Burning in India

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/sakuntala-narasimhan/sati-widow-burning-in-india/9780385423175

![Sati - Widow Burning in India](https://quivercdn.com/covers/anchor/sakuntala-narasimhan/sati-widow-burning-in-india_978-03-8542-317-5.jpg?v=2026-06-23%2009%3A10%3A43)

- Book: [Sati - Widow Burning in India](https://www.bookquiver.com/sakuntala-narasimhan/sati-widow-burning-in-india) ([Sati - Widow Burning in India.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sakuntala-narasimhan/sati-widow-burning-in-india.md))
- Authors: [Sakuntala Narasimhan](https://www.bookquiver.com/sakuntala-narasimhan)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-03-8542-317-5
- Pages: 216
- Published: 1992-07-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Bombay journalist Narasimhan here offers an unnerving, carefully documented study of the Indian ritual whereby widows bring glory on themselves and their families by self-immolation on the pyres of their...