Once in Kolkata, there lived a man who, a few years ago, made a solemn journey to Gaya in Bihar to perform the post-death rituals for his beloved late-life partner. Upon reaching his destination, he received instructions to provide food offerings to the ancestors of both his and his deceased partner's families who had passed away. According to the last phone call he received from his late partner's cousin, his father-in-law, who had been in the Intensive Care Unit, had passed away during that...