| 1. | There he bore witness to the practice of suttee, much to his distress.
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| 2. | There were always voices raised against suttee.
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| 3. | Two years later, Ash receives distressing news that the " suttee ".
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| 4. | Near San Thome and other sites in India, he observed on the rites of suttee.
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| 5. | Excerpt from " Suttee, " also included in " Birthday Letters ":
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| 6. | He began working with a core group of Dallas-based studio musicians, including pianist Madge Suttee.
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| 7. | Widows in some areas still immolate themselves upon their husbands'funeral pyres in the Hindu ritual of suttee.
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| 8. | Dahir's wife Ladi committed " suttee " to escape from the hands of the Muslims.
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| 9. | The banning of suttee was followed in the late 1800s by another British law removing the Hindu ban on remarriage.
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| 10. | The practice of suttee was banned in 1829 . That led to enormous debates and petitions for and against it.
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