Shanti Das
Here is another family member to whom we can applaude and has accepted a purpose in her lifetime. May God Bless my Cousin. Former Motown Exec Helps Bury Detroit's Dead Monday, January 4, 2010 6:55 AM by Jenisha Watts In Detroit, the tough economy has prevented some residents the privilege of burying their loved ones. Dead bodies are bagged and tagged individually in black plastic bags in the Wayne County Medical Examiner's refrigerated storage rooms. They are "stacked like shoe boxes," an image that haunts Shanti Das. One night while working late, Das, a former Motown Records executive, remembered she had not read the daily financial news. She clicked on CNN Money and saw the headline, "Detroit: Too Broke To Bury Their Dead," followed with an image of the bodies. "I was thinking there is something really wrong with this picture," says Das. "That's when I immediately wanted to help." The same night: she came up with a nonprofit organi