I received this shocking e-mail newsletter from some site called Radio and Music dot com.
It made me cringe.
And why?
Because:
– When people die after living their lives, we write obituaries about them.
We CELEBRATE their existence.
I personally have written two recent obituraries of two outstanding people who passed away before their time, but they went away like some people do. See obituary for V. Ramani, and obituary for Prabuddha Dasgupta.
– When people unfortunately die in accidents or mishaps, we MOURN them.
This is a catharsis and helps the distressed families, friends and well wishers of the person who passed away, to gain strength and to move on.
– When really unfortunate cases like the above incident happen, we KEEP QUIET.
WE PRAY. IN SILENCE. WE OFFER PRAYERS in our minds.
We don’t broadcast the news and call it ‘a special update’ and bang the drums to announce the SADDEST day in people’s lives.
Personally, I forgive everything, but this…..
God help Varsha’s transition into her afterlife and also forgive those who trespass the basic norms of human dignity…
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