As a young man, Abdul Malabari, was drawn to answer the call of his heart. One act of brave kindness at the age of 21 has turned into 30 years of service -- so far. In 1990, the textile businessman read a public notice asking for a volunteer to bury a woman who had died of HIV and whose body had been at the morgue for a month, unclaimed, with no trace of her family. "I felt it was unfair," he explains, and stepped forward to bury her. The experience prompted him to start a charity organization that performs dignified burials for unclaimed people in India. And now, during the coronavirus pandemic, his services are more needed -- and appreciated -- than ever.
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