In a quiet corner of an old-age home in Sonipat, Haryana, an elderly man was laid to rest this week. Through small glowing screens, his daughters watched their father leave the world. He asked about their lives, listened to their voices, and held on to whatever closeness a phone call could offer. Twenty days before he died, the old-age home warned his daughters that his condition was serious. Somewhere far away, three daughters watched through a video call, present only in pixels, as strangers lit the fire that would carry their father onward.