From Leh to Varanasi, via Vikhroli: Sister takes Pepperfry’s Ambareesh Murty on his final journey

It was a Thursday afternoon at the Tagore Nagar crematorium in Mumbai’s Vikhroli. The grim reaper seems to be having a slow day without much activity. Shambavi Vedantam Murty, dressed in a blue T-shirt and jeans, and her friend, wake up the caretaker to inform him about the purpose of their visit. Startled, the bearded, portly man directs them to inside the complex, which has the chambers where the departed are consigned to flame. A ramp leads