The Corpse Collector : A True Story – Vinu P and Niyas Kareem

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In India, an unnatural death – an accident, a suicide, a killing –turns a human body into something untouchable. The moment life leaves it, caste, fear and stigma turn the deceased into an abomination, an object no one will approach. Families recoil,neighbours avert their eyes and even those tasked with public duty step back. And into that silence walks Vinu.

A professional corpse collector, Vinu P does what society refuses to do. With compassion that seems bottomless, he gathers shattered bodies from roadsides and canals, helps the police with inquests and post-mortems, and buries the unclaimed dead with dignity. He is the last witness to countless lives – and yet, for the people he serves, he remains invisible, shunned and expendable.