Arijit Roychowdhury
Proprietor, Gupta Press almanac

Of course. We devised this round-the-year workshop because we were receiving so many complaints from people about the ignorance of priests. Such priests are to blame for the diminishing respect. Once that changes, priesthood will again become a lucrative career. And if there are refresher courses in all professsions, why not in this? Earlier, priests were engaged in rites and rituals round the year. Now it is only a side business for the new generation which does other things for a living. So they have lost focus.