In the holy Indian city of Varanasi, on the banks of the mighty Ganges River, lives a "crematorium king," who with his family manages the continuously burning pilot light for cremating the dead.Two tiger statues placed on balustrades on either side of the building's terrace identify it as the site where the crematorium king conjures up the souls of the dead, a rite held sacred to all Hindus.But the king, the current position held by 19-year-old Om Chaudhary, and his family are also considered untouchables of the Dom community, the lowest in the traditional caste system where they struggle d…READ FULL ARTICLE
