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Bihar News: A video from Chapra is rapidly going viral on social media. It shows two daughters carrying their mother on their shoulders. One daughter even performed the last rites. Now, both are pleading for help from the community for the Shraddh ceremony.

Bihar News: This isn't just a news story, but a bitter and uncomfortable question facing society. Does poverty leave a person so isolated that even in death, no one comes to support them? A video from Jawainiya village in the Madhaura block of Chhapra district is rapidly going viral on social media. It shows two daughters shouldering their mother's bier. This incident exposes the very truth of social insensitivity that is often hidden.

The death of their mother left both daughters devastated

On January 20th, Babita Devi, wife of the late Ravindra Singh, a resident of Jawainian village, passed away while undergoing treatment in Patna. About a year and a half earlier, the family's patriarch, Ravindra Singh, had also passed away. The family was already grappling with financial and social hardship after the father's death. Somehow, the last rites were performed at the time. However, the mother's death devastated the two daughters.

Neither any relatives nor the villagers came

After their mother's death, no relatives arrived, nor did the villagers step forward. The body lay at the doorstep for hours. There was no one to shoulder it. Out of helplessness, two daughters shouldered their mother's bier. They also lit the funeral pyre. Fulfilling their duty as sons, they bid their mother a final farewell.

Both the sisters kept wandering from door to door

During this time, the two sisters wandered the village streets, pleading for help with folded hands. But their emotions had turned to stone. Only after a long delay could two or three people arrive, and the bier could be lifted onto four shoulders, and the last rites performed. This scene raised serious questions about the collective responsibility of the village and society.

What did the daughter who performed the last rites say?

Mausam Singh, the daughter who performed the last rites of her mother, said that whatever little money she had for her treatment has been exhausted. Now, even meeting daily needs has become difficult. Her biggest concern is her mother's Shraddha rituals. There is no money, and no one to help.

Traditional thinking still doesn't fully accept daughters performing Shraddha and other rituals. These two sisters are caught between tradition and compulsion. They have only one request for society and relatives: someone to step forward and help them perform their mother's Shraddha, so that her soul may find peace.

PC:Prabhat Khabar