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We need to put a premium on human life

Mumbai's selfie points can be a beginning, with banners and announcements about how selfies with responsibility are the best selfies of all

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The tragedy involving an Indian couple who fell to their deaths in California's Yosemite National Park, while taking a selfie has resonated all over the world. Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy 30, both travelholics, died last week after falling from Taft Point, a popular overlook at the iconic US Park. Their bodies were recovered by park rangers on Thursday.

Viswanath's brother told local media in India that he believes the couple was taking a selfie when the tragedy happened. A rash of reports have cited that the couple had a blog called Holidays and HappilyEverAfters that chronicled their adventures. Ironically, some reports say that the couple had warned others about the dangers of taking pictures from certain points and had actually written, is our life worth just one photo? Advice they should have heeded themselves.

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