As the UK attempts to come to terms with its colonial past, Alex talks with colonial historian Dr Jana Tschurenev about Sati - the ancient Hindu act of female self-sacrifice.

The fringe but horrifying practice saw women immolate themselves on their husband’s funeral pyre to gain religious merit and social prestige.

It was abolished by the British Empire in 1829, and has been used to exemplify native barbarity and justify colonialism.

But does this tell the full story?