Jammu, Sept. 14 -- Heart-wrenching scenes unfolded today in Jammu's Digiana area as symbolic funeral rites were performed for three members of a family devastated by tragedy. Sahil Sharma, his wife Lovely, and their three-year-old son Raghav were swept away exactly one month ago, on August 14, when a catastrophic cloudburst and flash flood struck Chasoti village in Kishtwar district, along the route to the revered shrine of Machail Mata.
As rituals were carried out, the overwhelming grief and helplessness of Krishna Devi, the mother and mother-in-law, left every onlooker deeply shaken. Refusing to accept the reality, she was not willing to perform the funeral rites for her missing son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. Her tear-streaked face,...