We made this amazing guided tour of Delhi today. Our guide was an 84 year old (very sprightly) gentlemen originally from Bexhill-on- Sea but he had lived in India since 1945. He had worked most of his life for the British High Commission and now had a little business taking people around Delhi. We had him to ourselves (no children for the first time in months!) for the whole day and he took us to places you would not believe. One of the most amazing of these is this picture; the Delhi Ghat. This is the place where you cremate your deceased. There are no officials here, no rules, no bookings and no fees. All you do is bring your dead body, buy some wood and burn it. There were 15 pyres alight when we arrived and we saw 3 more bodies being brought in and prepared. A family can perform the whole task in about an hour. There is no weeping and wailing. You just get on with the business. Most of the deceased are cremated within 24 hours. Gandhi was cremated the day after he was assassinated. Our guide attended the funeral. The place is right next door to the Yamuna river and there were several pyres alight on the river bank. Apparently the closer you are to the sacred river the better. We won't forget this for a very long time.