56 min
144. The Ceiling Fan Suicides and India's Culture of Death The SmorgShow Podcast (Smorgasbord Radio)
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- Performing Arts
In this 'SmorgShow Rewind' episode, we go back into our show archives to unearth a series of Baba Gonesh man-on-the-street news stories involving India's culture of death.
We look back on the string of suicides throughout India involving ceiling fans, and other bizarre stories concerning strange deaths, suicides, or "flirtations" with death.
Also, as referenced in one of these clips, the trend of 'Train Surfing' was captured by a passenger in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJtnDuh4yM8
In this 'SmorgShow Rewind' episode, we go back into our show archives to unearth a series of Baba Gonesh man-on-the-street news stories involving India's culture of death.
We look back on the string of suicides throughout India involving ceiling fans, and other bizarre stories concerning strange deaths, suicides, or "flirtations" with death.
Also, as referenced in one of these clips, the trend of 'Train Surfing' was captured by a passenger in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJtnDuh4yM8
56 min