FAMILY DECIDES TO DONATE BODIES IRKED BY THE GOSSIP AT FUNERAL

It was cheap gossip at a funeral that made retired IAS officer Pukhraj Salecha make a decision he would rather donate his body for medical research.

Three members of the Salecha family too shared the view and after death their bodies would be donated to the medical college. Most people do not maintain a dignified silence that is expected under such circumstances or share the family's grief but indulge in gossip.

"I have seen people discussing Mallika Sherawat and her vital statistics at the cremation ground," says Salecha. He made up his mind after he returned from the cremation of a close friend.

"I was shattered the way people were gossiping at the funeral ceremony. Thus, I discussed the idea of donating our bodies rather than cremating them with my wife late Rameshwari Salecha," he recalls.

"I believe that everyone of us should make some valuable contribution to the society and that's what we have done," he says.

"My wife too believed that it would be good idea to donate one's body as it would be useful for the medical students and service of the mankind," he adds her wish was fulfilled and her body was donated to the SMS Medical College in Jaipur on June 13.

When asked, Salecha's 92-year-old mother Pyaari says "Jal ke to raakh ho jaungi, par aise shareer doctaron ke kya kaam aayege (if my dead body is burnt it will become ashes, this way it would at least be useful for doctors.)"