“I will carry the burden forever.”
These are the words of Avatans Kumar, who was unable to perform the last funeral rites for his father, who died of COVID-19 complications during the summer of 2020 in Mumbai, India.
As the oldest of four children, Kumar would have been responsible for performing these last rites. But with global lockdowns, neither he nor any of his siblings were able to be with their father at his passing.
