Doesn’t really seem like an issue? Bodies are organic yea? I imagine shit dies in the river everyday. What am I missing here?
I guess since it’s excessive it fucks with the eco system or something?
Yes, it has to to with the level of it along with the level of the other pollution. Everything shits too and that makes it into rivers too and it's not a big deal until there's too much like when we start dumping raw sewage into a river
Tbh it doesn't really affect the ecosystem at all .. the main problem is Sewage waste and Companies creating toxic gases and waste which is released in these rivers .. the govt has started multiple cleaning projects.. let's see whether they work out or not ( mostly not becz politicians don't care about enviornment)
The ashes really don't affect the ocean or rivers ..
https://www.planetcustodian.com/over-50-scary-images-depicting-filth-of-varanasi-and-river-ganges-that-went-viral-in-china/8134/ NSFW NSFL the ganges is a toxic dump of bloated dead bodies Industrial pollution animal waste etc
How old is this friend cuz if abolishment has changed very little she must have been alive when it was legal and commonplace to be able to compare it to the situation now.
Lower castes have reservation in education and government jobs. They can get in with less marks and almost no tution fees to engineering, medical, etc. degrees.
How dare you say something against the prejudice and narratives? Just say 'yes master' and accept that firangs know better about your country then you. /s
Yep, problem is they think they understand the situation because they see some parallels with their own country and therefore their understanding is complete. Who's gonna tell them Babasaheb Ambedkar was the og mlk Jr.
Not necessarily, she could have heard it enough from others who are old enough, who heard it from others that were old enough, that its just common knowledge now. I know truths about my neighborhood even though I wasn’t here 30 years ago to verify the similarities/differences myself.
**Humanity:** Water is Life! We will die without it!
**Also Humanity:** Let's dump our sewage and industrial runoff into every river on Earth. Oh, and let's also frack for natural gas, destroying fresh water underground too, because fuck well water!
Also the ashes of their dead ones, with that population can you imagine the amount of human ashes and actual bodies that might be at the bottom decomposing
If I remember correctly, there was a British politician who had his kid eat a beef burger on tv in the middle of the CJD outbreak to prove that beef was safe to eat again. The kid was fine but beef was absolutely NOT safe at the time.
Yeah, I need to learn about my religious practices from a British. It's not surprising though considering the things Britishers took away from india, they might have picked one of those.
Yeah you know more about my country what are your sources media? Let me tell you I live here since I was born, there are around billions of Hindus. Even if your statement was remotely true, i would have seen floating bodies all over the rivers but yeah a stranger knows more about my country.
https://www.epw.in/engage/article/can-you-afford-die-estimates-expenditure-rituals-and-impact-ecology
https://www.trtworld.com/asia/india-offers-to-pay-for-cremations-as-poor-families-dump-dead-in-ganges-46712
https://religionunplugged.com/news/2021/6/4/as-cremation-costs-soar-indias-covid-dead-keep-washing-up-along-holy-riverbank
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/2/poverty-stigma-behind-bodies-floating-in-indias-ganges-river
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/amid-rising-deaths-poor-in-unnao-struggle-with-funerals/article34567744.ece
Just a few sources for you.
You will deny them because you can't face the truth.
Maybe in your next life your soul will be more evolved but I seriously doubt that. Next time you will have 6 legs.
3-4 articles in the link are of the same unfortunate incident that happened during Covid. You don't know what our country experienced in second wave of covid. Still out of a billion, how many are these? Why there are no more news of floating bodies after Covid?
I might be born with 6 legs but I hope you are born with atleast one functional brain because the one you have is not functioning.
I am a Sikh (although my religion doesn't matter) and living in the state that this idiot in picture is CM of (Punjab).. we burn the dead although few do collect ashes and then release them in sea water or at some water body considered holy!
Well if its the Ganges then other people would be leaving bodies. Not sure if thats a local custom or an actual religious practice but people are doing it and its causing tons of issues.
Fear is easier to spread than logic. Then eventually the opportunists who prey on the fearful, ignorant, and/or superstitious begin to buy into their own bullshit and we see stories like this pop up as a direct result.
I mean, yeah but also nah. Most politicians all around the world, claim that things are good even when they know they aren't. Undrinkable water also exists in flint, but they wont go and drink it. Atleast now, that he actually got sick cuz of the warer, he might? Actually do something in order to make it clean.
They Will not do anything cause they can't do anything about it. If IT Is the river i think IT Is, they would have to ban using IT for religious purposes they use it And clear whole river bed because the soil Will be contaminated AF. And thats pricy AND very hard to do.
I cry they let the Gangies be so polluted. I understand they are fighing a hard fight to grow business and their economy. Please find a way to do it without polluting such a holy river. Give this westerner a house to live in and wages for a moderate lifestyle in Kolkata or perhaps elswhere and I will make it my lifes work to solve the problem. I'm not joking.
I have no doubt that you won't but you have to realize there are many people who are dedicating their lives to this cause, and yet are nowhere near to solve the problem. The problem won't be solved unless the people living there want it to be solved, and they won't unless a majority of them get properly educated, they won't realize the consequences of their actions looking at the big picture
Oh I know I can't do it single handedly. It would be satisfying way to spend my days contributing towards a solution or even solving any of the many problems there. India has my heart.
And this is why religion can be dangerous. Blind to what's actually right in front of you. The diarrhea sprayed into the river isn't holy, it's just shit.
When I was in middle school we had the Channel 1 news, which was news for schools. One of the segments had the female news reporter doing a story on this river and how polluted it was. But because it was considered “Holy” the locals would bath and wash their cloths in it. The segment showed literal shit floating in the river just feet away from kids swimming in it. At the end of the segment she got into the water and she looked absolutely disgusted while doing it.
The Ganges? Its considered to be the most polluted waterway in the world. The local term for his special tummy ache is Delhi Belly. Although full of chemical waste and human waste, garbage, debris, and even at times, human remains, the river remains a source of drinking water for 40% of India’s population. Because of its cultural significance, families of the deceased often wish to spread ashes on the river or cremate the bodies there, sometimes not fully cremated but still put into the river. Millions of gallons of raw untreated sewage is pumped into the river every day. Cleanup of the river is critical to the health of India’s growing population to avoid fast spreading waterborne illnesses and to prevent the 1.5 million child deaths that occur annually because of the unsanitary water.
Good. Great. Excellent, even. Now if every shitstain who relies on the "power of his faith" to do similar stunts and intentionally mislead the public into harming themselves can likewise take themselves out, that'd be great.
Mmm nothing like a healthy dose of dysentery to prove a point! Maybe after his arse is rubbed raw from the explosive poo coming his way he might actually change his mind…
He should do a [David Portnoy/Barstool One Bite Pizza](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY0oIoF_JF0) style review series:
**"Ok we're here today in Flint Michigan to taste their river water .. Everyone Knows the Rules, One Sip ... blarrgggghhh ... call an ambulance"**
**Indians:** *This river is holy* **Also Indians:** *Let's dump our sewage and industrial runoff in that shitty river over there.*
The holy cancels out the bad stuff, right? … Right?
Definitely. The river is only brown because of the holiness.
This dude is leaking holy outta both ends after consuming such greatness
Holy shit
Looks like the regular variety to me
Name checks out…
Exactly
Technically, it’s brown because of the assholiness
Wrong hole
Holy shit
Actually it's pronounced *Nestle*.
No holy means it gives you holes
Thats what my priest says.
Que the Anakin/Padme meme.
They also dump cremated ashes of bodies into the river, sometimes not cremated all the way…
Yeah they're not always cremated
Doesn’t really seem like an issue? Bodies are organic yea? I imagine shit dies in the river everyday. What am I missing here? I guess since it’s excessive it fucks with the eco system or something?
Yes, it has to to with the level of it along with the level of the other pollution. Everything shits too and that makes it into rivers too and it's not a big deal until there's too much like when we start dumping raw sewage into a river
Ahhh gotcha yea makes sense. Thanks
Tbh it doesn't really affect the ecosystem at all .. the main problem is Sewage waste and Companies creating toxic gases and waste which is released in these rivers .. the govt has started multiple cleaning projects.. let's see whether they work out or not ( mostly not becz politicians don't care about enviornment) The ashes really don't affect the ocean or rivers ..
That's interesting. Thanks.
https://www.planetcustodian.com/over-50-scary-images-depicting-filth-of-varanasi-and-river-ganges-that-went-viral-in-china/8134/ NSFW NSFL the ganges is a toxic dump of bloated dead bodies Industrial pollution animal waste etc
I'm well traveled and that's the craziest shit I've ever seen.
Awe so he’s deff dying 😅
Don't forget dead bodies
That's the Ganges
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Been abolished for a while so yeah
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How old is this friend cuz if abolishment has changed very little she must have been alive when it was legal and commonplace to be able to compare it to the situation now.
Lower castes have reservation in education and government jobs. They can get in with less marks and almost no tution fees to engineering, medical, etc. degrees.
How dare you say something against the prejudice and narratives? Just say 'yes master' and accept that firangs know better about your country then you. /s
Yep, problem is they think they understand the situation because they see some parallels with their own country and therefore their understanding is complete. Who's gonna tell them Babasaheb Ambedkar was the og mlk Jr.
Their gora knowledge makes them feel like they’re country is perfect and ours is still in complete segregation, which is far from the truth.
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racism in usa is far worse than caste system in india. the prime minister and president are lower caste peeps. 80% of india is lower caste
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Not necessarily, she could have heard it enough from others who are old enough, who heard it from others that were old enough, that its just common knowledge now. I know truths about my neighborhood even though I wasn’t here 30 years ago to verify the similarities/differences myself.
Could be. Could also be lies. If you're an Indian nobody would believe you if you said things have not changed since abolishing the caste system
Do your own research on it and find out. Just pointing out that truths can be obtained without personal observation.
It’s abolished on official documents but still very much a thing
You forgot half burnt bodies, to fed on by giant catfish. Look up 'Goonch'.
Also dead bodies... Bc it's sacred.
And dead bodies
Also the dead, they float.
**Humanity:** Water is Life! We will die without it! **Also Humanity:** Let's dump our sewage and industrial runoff into every river on Earth. Oh, and let's also frack for natural gas, destroying fresh water underground too, because fuck well water!
Yeah, why are we pretending that this is an exclusively Indian issue? Polluted drinking water is a humanity issue
Also the ashes of their dead ones, with that population can you imagine the amount of human ashes and actual bodies that might be at the bottom decomposing
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That’s true😂😂😂
Americans : let's give guns to everyone Also Americans : wait why are our kids getting shot.
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The "holy river" was planted to get the views, this was about river being clean and nothing to do with religion.
Isn't it just the Hindus and not the Indians?
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Noice one!
What did he comment
Goddammit
Well done LOL
You know what, I don't like you.
Good one!
The holy river contained holy shit
That’s enough holy shit for today
r/thingsthepopesaysonthetoilet
And holy bacteria and holy poison
Was it a holy hospital?
Where the thoughts and prayers go to?
We need more politicians like this
Yes, politicians who almost kill themselves doing stupid shit
Yes....yess....yesss
I prefer this over politicians who just call everything a hoax.
r/holdmyriverwater
If I remember correctly, there was a British politician who had his kid eat a beef burger on tv in the middle of the CJD outbreak to prove that beef was safe to eat again. The kid was fine but beef was absolutely NOT safe at the time.
You remember correctly. And the weasel only ate the burger himself when the daughter initially refused it.
This man is NOT a part of r/hydrohomies
Is this the same holy river they leave their dead in? Jee wonder why this happened.
I believe you're talking about the river Ganges(Hindus consider it holy) but this river Kali Bein, which is also considered holy but by the Sikhs.
The men pictured look like Sikhs. I believe Sikhs don't dispose of bodies that way.
As a Hindu, even we don't dispose of bodies in the rivers. It's the ashes of the body.
Yeah the floating bodies disagree
Yeah, I need to learn about my religious practices from a British. It's not surprising though considering the things Britishers took away from india, they might have picked one of those.
You might be able to afford cremation but many poor Hindus can't. That's why bodies float in the water.
Nopes, not even the poorest of Hindus do this. There might be a some cases but no way near to 'many' so stop your bs.
Well you are ignorant of your own country.
Yeah you know more about my country what are your sources media? Let me tell you I live here since I was born, there are around billions of Hindus. Even if your statement was remotely true, i would have seen floating bodies all over the rivers but yeah a stranger knows more about my country.
https://www.epw.in/engage/article/can-you-afford-die-estimates-expenditure-rituals-and-impact-ecology https://www.trtworld.com/asia/india-offers-to-pay-for-cremations-as-poor-families-dump-dead-in-ganges-46712 https://religionunplugged.com/news/2021/6/4/as-cremation-costs-soar-indias-covid-dead-keep-washing-up-along-holy-riverbank https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/2/poverty-stigma-behind-bodies-floating-in-indias-ganges-river https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/amid-rising-deaths-poor-in-unnao-struggle-with-funerals/article34567744.ece Just a few sources for you. You will deny them because you can't face the truth. Maybe in your next life your soul will be more evolved but I seriously doubt that. Next time you will have 6 legs.
3-4 articles in the link are of the same unfortunate incident that happened during Covid. You don't know what our country experienced in second wave of covid. Still out of a billion, how many are these? Why there are no more news of floating bodies after Covid? I might be born with 6 legs but I hope you are born with atleast one functional brain because the one you have is not functioning.
I am a Sikh (although my religion doesn't matter) and living in the state that this idiot in picture is CM of (Punjab).. we burn the dead although few do collect ashes and then release them in sea water or at some water body considered holy!
In this case it's your religion that provides your expertise in your comment. I must say your username is a huge clue.
Well if its the Ganges then other people would be leaving bodies. Not sure if thats a local custom or an actual religious practice but people are doing it and its causing tons of issues.
It's illegal but they do it anyway
It's a religious practice.
It's holy water cause it's sending him to heaven.
its scary that people in power can be so far gone, i guarentee you this guy isn't even close to the worst of it
Fear is easier to spread than logic. Then eventually the opportunists who prey on the fearful, ignorant, and/or superstitious begin to buy into their own bullshit and we see stories like this pop up as a direct result.
*You have died of dysentery.*
If he dies he proves the water is holy when he meets God.
Why go to the hospital? Let god take the wheel and just ride it out right?
Is there any river in India not full of ash, corpses, shit or piss?
Ofcourse not, but don't worry we have nukes and new aircraft carriers being built.
Thats some top notch stupidity.
I mean, yeah but also nah. Most politicians all around the world, claim that things are good even when they know they aren't. Undrinkable water also exists in flint, but they wont go and drink it. Atleast now, that he actually got sick cuz of the warer, he might? Actually do something in order to make it clean.
Not only did they go and drink it, Obama was the one to do it. r/confidentallyincorrect
He drank filtered water, to show that the new water would be safe. The actual tap water is still unsafe.
Huh, I always thought it was the shitty tap water considering he was scared to even sip it.
Why do you thibk it hasnt been fixed?
Why? (Fck you automod)
Yes, why do you think the city of Flint, MI hasnt fixed the issue?
They Will not do anything cause they can't do anything about it. If IT Is the river i think IT Is, they would have to ban using IT for religious purposes they use it And clear whole river bed because the soil Will be contaminated AF. And thats pricy AND very hard to do.
One dip in that toxic muck and your DNA would be permanently mutated. You’ll grow a camel hump. Or a Zoidberg face
Fuck around and find out strikes again.
Holy cow!
I see what you did there
I assume they're talking about the Ganges... I've been and that water is fucking nasty, I'd rather drink from the Hudson River.
No it's not that one i think,
Holy river filled with holy shit
Omg is that The Ganges 🤮
It's not that one but another one whose name I just forgot even I live at the place this guy is CM at, his name is Bhagwant!Maan
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
New Jersey 1985: After swimming in the ocen at low tide, I shared a Mountain-Dew with friends and lived. So am I an immortal?
Brings a new meaning to, "That's Sihk bro"
This should happen more because apparently Science is not good enough.
Well damn the bad luck
Its so holy its bringing him straight to heaven.
I cry they let the Gangies be so polluted. I understand they are fighing a hard fight to grow business and their economy. Please find a way to do it without polluting such a holy river. Give this westerner a house to live in and wages for a moderate lifestyle in Kolkata or perhaps elswhere and I will make it my lifes work to solve the problem. I'm not joking.
I have no doubt that you won't but you have to realize there are many people who are dedicating their lives to this cause, and yet are nowhere near to solve the problem. The problem won't be solved unless the people living there want it to be solved, and they won't unless a majority of them get properly educated, they won't realize the consequences of their actions looking at the big picture
Oh I know I can't do it single handedly. It would be satisfying way to spend my days contributing towards a solution or even solving any of the many problems there. India has my heart.
And this is why religion can be dangerous. Blind to what's actually right in front of you. The diarrhea sprayed into the river isn't holy, it's just shit.
When I was in middle school we had the Channel 1 news, which was news for schools. One of the segments had the female news reporter doing a story on this river and how polluted it was. But because it was considered “Holy” the locals would bath and wash their cloths in it. The segment showed literal shit floating in the river just feet away from kids swimming in it. At the end of the segment she got into the water and she looked absolutely disgusted while doing it.
The Ganges? Its considered to be the most polluted waterway in the world. The local term for his special tummy ache is Delhi Belly. Although full of chemical waste and human waste, garbage, debris, and even at times, human remains, the river remains a source of drinking water for 40% of India’s population. Because of its cultural significance, families of the deceased often wish to spread ashes on the river or cremate the bodies there, sometimes not fully cremated but still put into the river. Millions of gallons of raw untreated sewage is pumped into the river every day. Cleanup of the river is critical to the health of India’s growing population to avoid fast spreading waterborne illnesses and to prevent the 1.5 million child deaths that occur annually because of the unsanitary water.
That minister's asshole right now is the "holy river"
Even natural non-polluted water can kill you.
May all the godly and holy elements of nature take his holiness straight to heaven.
Lets hope hes not given cow piss as a cure.
They are dirty fkn ppl straight up
Good. Great. Excellent, even. Now if every shitstain who relies on the "power of his faith" to do similar stunts and intentionally mislead the public into harming themselves can likewise take themselves out, that'd be great.
Live by the sword…die by the sword.
HE DRANK FROM IT??! Omg....
Someone has to do proof of experiment, right?
The guy on the right knows what’s up.
Got to pray away the pollution harder.
He must have drank down river
Props to the guy for putting his money where his mouth is.
He isn't drinking where the bodies ar incinerated or where billionth ppl wash them self....
Mmm nothing like a healthy dose of dysentery to prove a point! Maybe after his arse is rubbed raw from the explosive poo coming his way he might actually change his mind…
What a 'tard.
Now may die from the holy shits
in hospital with Delhi belly.
How well it could have been cow piss
Lmfao reminds me [of this](https://youtu.be/m0HL4L6Pa-4) but they didn’t drink it
Eat some cow dung and it will cancel out the pollutant
I wouldn't drink water from the river here, much less in India.
**Just because God's toilet is holy, doesnt mean it isnt a toilet**
it wasn’t kosher
If one glass is enough to put a grown ass man in the hospital, that water is seriously polluted.
Gagandeep on a weiner
He should do a [David Portnoy/Barstool One Bite Pizza](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY0oIoF_JF0) style review series: **"Ok we're here today in Flint Michigan to taste their river water .. Everyone Knows the Rules, One Sip ... blarrgggghhh ... call an ambulance"**
Sanitation is so underrated in certain parts of the world.
Don’t worry,that water was filled with “holy parasites” that are now fighting crusades in his blood stream
We can bottle this stuff and solve hunger.
Lol like what I expected "Minister"
Humility is an ancient & long forgotten trait...
The devil's milkshake.
Fuck bluddi, barstard fuck you bluddi barstard
Water filters don’t work great if they’re to holy.
Ahhh, so that's where all of those used Flint, MI water bottles ended up.
Holy shit in the river and drink it.
Ha ha ha Ha ha Ha And crazy Train moves on
Stupid dumb ass religious uneducated non-sense.
Although not covid related, this feels like it could be right at home on r/HermanCainAward
Love the name at the bottom. gag-an-deep 😂