Bihar: 2 girls carrying a mother’s bier to Ghat, do the last rite

Ara: Rinki Kumari (30) and Jhinki Kumari (25), CPI girls (ML) Members of Pushpa Devi (50), broke the glass ceiling by bringing her bier to Mahuli Ghat under the Block Barhara from the Bhojpur District on Tuesday .
They also turned on the pyre of their mother’s funeral, an action that traditionally carried out by men or relatives of men.
“We have never let our parents feel the absence of a son,” said Rinki and Jhinki simultaneously.
While Rinki is a housewife, Jhinki will soon become a sub-inspector.
Both of them live in their home village, suari under the Garhani block of the Bhojpur district, nowadays.
Their oldest sister, pinki, is a bank employee posted in Odisha.
They don’t have a brother.
Secretary of Kota Ara CPI (ML), Dilraj Pritam, who also witnessed the last ritual Pushpa, told reporters, “the girls do not want to let their father feel the absence of a son.
It’s nice to see that they bring their mother’s bier on the shoulder They and performed the last ritual together.
“Pushpa, who had gallstones, gave up on the disease in Patna Medical College and Hospital on Monday night.