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Daughters watch father's funeral on video call
India Today··6 Aug
Shivcharan Ratan Gupta died on August 4 at a Sonipat old-age home after prolonged illness. His three daughters in Nepal, Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai did not attend in person, paid Rs 5,100 for rites, and watched the cremation by video call. Staff and local residents performed the last rites. Staff and neighbours performed the cremation rites.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Families with elders in care homes can review visit plans and emergency contact protocols before a health crisis.
- Anyone living far from ageing parents can note how last rites logistics fall on staff when relatives cannot travel.
- Communities near care homes often become the practical support network for funerals when kin are absent.
What's Happening
- Shivcharan Ratan Gupta died around 3:30 am on August 4 at a Sonipat old-age home after a long illness.
- His three daughters watched the cremation by video call from Nepal, Azamgarh and Mumbai and paid Rs 5,100.
- Old-age home staff and local residents performed the rites; ashes were to be immersed in the Ganga.
How Distance And Care Homes Shape Final Rites
- Gupta, a former Mumbai textile trader, had lived at the Sonipat facility for about one and a half years.
- Managers said phone contact declined after he fell ill and daughters did not visit during the final weeks.
- The case has prompted public discussion on elderly isolation and changing family obligations.
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