We really felt for this man whose death is celebrated in and around the city. If a man's death is celebrated it is clear that he has lost his human nature. Nobody to mourn for him in the true sense we observed two groups of people one happy and relieved because of his death, the next were afraid about the future since they lived in the shadows of the aura created by the bishop.
Certainly no one felt even his wife or children. His sons were busy in publishing their names in the condolence posters in the city which addressed Rt. Rev.Dr.A.Christopher Asir as the father of Joel and Jeba. Who were Joel and Jeba without Asir in the last 9 years? What we sensed was his family was the whole responsible agency for his downfall. His wife, daughter,son in law, and the sons were the architects of all the chaos the Bishop created.
We strongly feel that since the bishop was in office during his death he had his last ceremonies done or else he would not have had a funeral ceremony. Even his own family members would have thrown him out after his Bishop's tenure is over.
His funeral was not like a funeral of a Bishop in office but was like the funeral of a dada or local rowdy. It was evident because of the acts of the hooligans who were drunk marching before his corpse from the church to the grave yard (these guys are the henchmen of Joel who involved in American college riots on March 14, 2011).
This man who is surely corrupted by the family made his last journey ignorant of the celebration in the city. Yes, of course we felt for this man Asir who lost his witness and humanness because of absolute power and the corrupt family.
By a student,The American College,India. 
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