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How do people understand sati? Vikrama's adventures, here on a webpage for a World Civilizations course at CCNY, describes the practice....The Journal of South Asia Women's Studies contains an essay asserting that Nepal was free of the practice....Follow various online discussion groups with threads on sati: [email protected], or www.hindunet.org....The Muslims Online site has a page of links to essays on topics that demonstrate the inegalitarian nature of Hinduism through scriptural references. The "Sati" page demonstrates scripturally that sati is an inherent part of being a Hindu widow. On the other side of the debate, a Hindu man on the Voice of India website posts scriptural evidence that Hinduism condemns sati and advocates widow remarriage: "Widow Remarriage in Hinduism and Abolition of Sati."