In Sati: Sangharsha ‘Ti’chya Astitvacha, author Deepa Gaytunde has taken on the weighty task of revisiting one of the darkest and most disturbing practices in the history of Indian society — the Sati tradition. Although outlawed and considered a relic of the past, the echoes of Sati continue to resonate in the way women are often silenced, sidelined, or sacrificed, metaphorically if not literally.