Please allow me to die, says 70-yr-old woman

Please allow me to die, says 70-yr-old woman - Bangalore - City - The Times of India: In the first of its kind in recent memory, a woman had sought the high court's permission to die (voluntary euthanasia) claiming that she is not willing to live a life of heavy pain and misery. The petitioner suffered a slipped disc and has been bed-ridden for the past ten or eleven years.

Editor: This from a country that until recently allowed widows to throw themselves on their husbands' funeral pyers.