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Centre must take note of bodies in Ganga

The dumping of dead bodies, half-decomposed, allegedly floating from Uttar Pradesh towards Bihar, exposes the dark, inhuman side of Indian society. 

Of course, the blame game comes into play here as well, with the Bihar government blaming the UP government of dumping the corpses into the Ganges. 

The Centre had now to intervene and advise both UP & Bihar to stop dumping dead bodies into the river and a dignified cremation is carried out on their own premises. 

Come to think of it, how is it that one could commit such a disgusting act in the first place? It is only when one loses his own that one understands the pain of a lifeless body. 

One only hopes that good sense prevails and such inhuman acts are not repeated. Covid has already dealt a crippling blow to humanity. Let's not add to the misery.


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System to assess priests’ performance needed

PROF ROBERT CASTELLINO, Calangute
Published May 17, 2021, 11:35 PM IST
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Transfers of clergy in Goa and Mumbai follow a well-charted route. While the transfers in Goa are published in newspapers, in Mumbai they are published in The Examiner -- the official weekly of the Archdiocese.A feedback system should be in place which would help the higher ups in taking decisions such as putting the right person in the right place and promoting of clergy to higher posts.I think a start could be made by asking clergymen to fill self-assessment forms in which…

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