Humanity Prevails

“The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.” ~ Earl Nightingale.

During Corona crisis starting from Mar 20 till today, we are witnessing amazing acts of humanity, affection, love where people are helping others. There have been stories where a barber in Madurai used his saving of Rs.5 Lac to provide food to needy people, then there were stories of people using their saving to get buses arranged for migratory workers, celebrities like Sonu Sood showing the world what "hero" means. Stories of Gurudwaras distributing food to the migrant workers, individuals and NGOs distributing food packets, grocery items to the people on streets. There were instances where communities of one religion open their doors and hearts for people of other religion reinstating the fact of Vasudhaiva kutumbakam. 

Our country witnessed a very painful situation where people migrated from their work locations to their native place due to shortage of work and resources. Large number of these people even took extreme steps of walking thousand miles to reach their places. There were horrible visuals of pregnant ladies and small kids walking without proper food, water. At number of places, government and social organizations were able to provide temporary relief to these people and they did stay back hoping that things will improve but this pandemic does not have expiry date. One thing which is ironical here is that on one hand the people were helping others on streets and on the other hand the house owners were not relaxing rent for daily wagers, laborers and this was the main reason that lot of people left their native places. There were stories contradicting to this where owners did provide relief to tenants. A person I know have not asked rent from tenants for 3 shops since last 5 months whereas some social organization must vacate their working premises because owners did not cooperate. Hence every coin has two sides but mostly this pandemic has taught people to help others.

In this situation of crisis, one entity that has played a pivotal role is Non-government organizations (NGOs). They have ensured that government infrastructure does not fall short in providing relief to the people and helped the government authorities to reach to remote areas. They have been involved in distributing food packets, mask creation and distribution, hunger management, transport management, shelter management and even maintaining helplines. 

The question is what motivates us to offer help in situation of crisis. According to me, this is unspoken connection between human beings. We cannot see a living being suffering for no reasons and this feeling goes multi fold when the crisis is universal like Covid 19. The world has witnessed many stories of humanity in the past and this time will also be remembered as one of them. 

This pandemic is huge, probably one of the deadliest the world ever faced but it cannot take away the everlasting urge of humans to be alive. This will to live forever will help us overcome this crisis and again start a new normal life which will be different than earlier but more secure and safe. We must just let the time pass by managing our daily routine and if possible, helping somebody live a normal life. Please do not refrain helping anyone anywhere in the country as we live in a connected world. A Delhite can help a Mumbaikar and vice versa with the help of social media. This pandemic has taught people to live with limited resources, curb their expenditure, eat less, learn more and hence we may more resources to help others. If our people are there, we can again build the economy, but this is the time when we should listen to others, understand their problem and try to help to the best of our capabilities.

Humanity has always prevailed in the past and it will prevail today and forever. 

Please do comment an incidence of humanity witnessed during this tough time. 

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