Shillong, November 02: The Catholic Church kept the 2th November every year to pay homage to all the departed soul and this day is known as “All Souls Day”. On this particular day as the faithful pray for all thus beloved one who has gone to Christ.
At Laitumkhrah cemetery every year the church have a special mass for the beloved one who has gone ahead to the almighty god. On this day all toms where adorn with flowers. The cemetery of the Shillong Archdiocese of the Catholic Church wears a new look on the occasion of All Soul’s Day as thousands of Catholic faithful of Meghalaya joined with the rest of the Catholic world and offer prayers to the departed souls of the near and dear ones on the occasion.
On the occasion the Catholic Church organized a concelebrated Mass at the Laitumkhrah Catholic Cemetery, where the clergy including brothers and sisters being to the different religious congregations along with the faithful took part.
Religious rituals such as offering a Holy Mass was offered for the departed loved one’s and close relatives belonging to the catholic faith, in order that their souls could be liberated from the temporary state of punishment called “purgatory” was conducted on this day.
The priest read the Holy Scripture which was a reminder about the eternal life promised by Lord Jesus Christ, followed by the singing of hymns and later the graveyard and the tombstones were blessed with the sprinkling of Holy Water by the priests.
It may be mentioned here that every year November 2 has been dedicated by the Catholic Church as the All Souls’ Day to enable the faithful to pay floral tributes, light candles at the tombstones of their departed relatives to be followed with prayers.(SP News)
The Governor Mooshahary is unawares on the need of ILP: HSPDP
Shillong, November 02: The Hills State People Democratic Party (HSPDP) while observing the speached of the Governor R S Mooshahary during inaugural session of the first Creative Arts, Literature and Music Festival 2012, at the Sri Aurobindo Institute of Indian Culture said that there is strong demand of ILP because people feel a sense of “Insecurity”. HSPDP questions the Governor understands of the word “Insecurity” with regard to ILP.
This oldest regional political party of the state, the HSPDP stated that the Governor has to learn the deeper meaning of “Insecurity” so that he would be able to differentiate and correlate the word “Insecurity” properly.
The HSPDP joint Secretary Shri G Nonglong spoke person of the party pointed out that,according to Article 19 of our Constitution (1)(d) All citizens shall have the right to move freely throughout the territory of India and (1)(e) All citizens shall have the right to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India. But, Article 19(5) says that Nothing in sub clauses (d) and (e) of the said clause shall affect the operation of any existing law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making any law imposing, reasonable restrictions on the exercise of any of the rights conferred by the said sub clauses for the protection of the interests of any Scheduled Tribe.
HSPDP states that the demand of ILP is not because “people feel insecure” but because “people wish to be Protected and Identified” Hence, “Protection(Iada) rather than Insecurity(Bym sngew shngain)” is why there is a demand of ILP in the state as one of the measures to check Influx.
HSPDP wants “progress and development of the state” but not at the cost of being “root out of its own people from its own land “therefore, to uplift the indigenous tribal of the state and also to protect their ethnic purity, laws must be properly implemented. Also, some more laws need to be enacted which are necessary for the overall upliftment, growth, development and protection of the people of the state keeping in view the “Identity” Shri G Nonglong Said.(SP News)
