When Steve Waugh visited Varanasi to fulfil last wish of a deceased shoe-shiner

Varanasi: Steve Waugh, who shares a special connection with India, recently visited Varanasi to fulfil the last wish of a deceased shoe-shiner from Sydney.

The former Australian skipper, who continues to visit India for charity work in Kolkata, was at the Ganga ghat to scatter the ashes of the late shoe-shiner, who did not have a family.

Waugh said he was pleased to have done something to honour his fellow Australian.

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“It was a life time opportunity for me and I really wanted to visit that city. It has a very spiritual feeling. To have the honour and privilege of scattering the remains of Brian (Rudd), I feel great about it. He had a very tough life and didn't have a family. His last wish was to have ashes scattered in the Ganges. I am very glad to have done something for him and it was a celebration of his life," Waugh told India Today.