With due respect to traditions, History and lived experiences, The wheel of the nation will move on To debate, question, re correct and understand The nation gives us the freedom. Garuda Purana, one of the eighteen puranas Insists on the importance of the eldest son performing the funeral rites, However the role of the daughter is nowhere mentioned I highlight, nowhere are daughters forbided to do so It is nowhere stated they cannot light the pyre For, the purana says it yield fruits that are equal to making Parikrama or circumambulation of earth, Such pure acts, the interpreters insist, should only be performed by the son! Hypocrites that we are, We despise and shout slogans against the poor man who prefer a son, Who has killed three daughters already, Foeticide he is blamed of committing, This poor man is only scared of lying dead alone With no one to free his soul from his body, With no one to light the pyre. With due respect to traditi...