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How siblings navigate distance and different approaches to shraddha obligations

My sister and I are the only ones left to organize shraddha for our father, but she lives across the country and thinks we can just do everything virtually or simplified, while I feel like we need to do this properly in person even if it's difficult.

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The practical demands of devotion are revealing deeper questions about who carries what when family is scattered.

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