These pics must be from the poorest locations in the country. Couldn't imagine living in these conditions. Although, I'm sure the East river has some bodies floating 'round from time to time.
I demand the thread title be changed to 'Pictures from Varanasi, India', because these pics are all from that shitty(see what I did there?). It's completely misleading!
That city is like a holy pilgrimage, and bathing in teh Ganga will supposedly cleanse your sins from you. Now consider a stereotypical, devout religious guy from India, and he will follow those words like the Ten Commandments. I despise such places and never go there. The one time when I was anywhere near varanasi was when I was 9 years old and it was one of the places I visited with my parents on an all-India trip. Say all you want, but the rest of India is not like this!
I hate the fact that the family of deceased people give more importance to cremating the body near the river and dumping them at the banks rather than care about the environment and how it's becoming worse due to thos riligious fanaticism!