COVID V/S HUMANITY

The COVID– 19 pandemic in India is a part of the world wide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019. Unfortunately, India has the largest number of confirmed cases in Asia currently, which account to around 20 million. It is witnessing the second wave from March 2021. The major causes of second wave were election rallies, Kumbh Mela and increase reluctance amongst citizens, were proved out to be super spreaders. The surge in COVID cases and fatality rates were highest in the world. Our health care system is overburdened not only by the increase numbers of cases but by the shortage of oxygen, masks, PPE kits, sanitizers and various lifesaving medicine.

Though Indian government is trying to get the oxygen and medicines by taking help from other countries and also installing new oxygen plants and turning all industrial oxygen into medical oxygen. But there is a popular saying “GHAR KA BHEDI LANKA DHAYE”. When people are finding it difficult to get hospital beds and medicines, when there are cries everywhere in houses and hospitals, so much heart breaking that we can’t hold our tears back. Yet there are few people in country who forgot about humanity , became so insensitive that despite this catastrophe they are more into filling up their bags by black mailing the needy people by selling oxygen cylinder , fake medicines at sky high prices without even considering the financial and mental status of the person . This mal practice after coming in the notice of the administration is facing strict action and the police has started grabbing them. Even people are leaving old parents on the road, they are not ready to go to crematorium to perform last rites just with the thought that they might contract the infection. I am sure that this suffering will be over our globe will be free from corona. But what about these vultures who have lost themselves in making the money. We have become so greedy, so self-centered that we have lost the purpose of our lives on this planet.

Is this the world that we wanted to live in? But yes every coin has two sides when we hear of one news of negativity we come to hear a positive news too. We have people those who are giving unconditional support. We have heard about a lot in newspaper and in social media about the work they are rendering to the society. In the Guruduwara’sthey have kept langers from where they supply unlimited to covid affected families round the clock. They are giving oxygen to people in need, in their cars or autos, free medicines and free ambulance service. Just like them many NGOs and industrialist have come to reduce the sufferings of the societies. After looking at such incidences. I am sure humanity is still alive and god always send his messengers in one or another way.

Hence “ MANAVTA KI MAHANTA MANAV HONE MEIN NAHI MANVIYA HONE MEIN HAI”

(This article has been written by Vaanya Meherda, a seventh grade student of Maharani Gayatri Devi School, Jaipur.)

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