From the very beginning of the start of Covid all over the world, our normal daily lives have been disturbed, turned topsy-turvy leaving behind a long lonely trail of memories of good days gone by. Within a click of a finger we have lost so many near and dear ones, who we thought still had a long way to go… life has become so uncertain that we have begun to dread every day,instead of enjoying life we are scared who will be snatched  away next… we had taken life so lightly and for granted that today we wish we could turn back the clock of life ..
On the onset they said “do not be alarmed” it was just a matter of good hygiene like washing hands, keeping social distance,wearing masks…They said this pandemic will be over in a year’s time and we will all get back to our old days soon. But it has now been more than a year and waves and surges of this pandemic don’t seem to die.
In all this, we fail to understand and see the grief and powerlessness that many are going through at seeing their loved one sick and dying slowly before them. Many a time the patients are treated like outcasts and their bodies wait for their loved ones to come and complete the burial rites which many a time an outsider fulfills for fear of infection.
Those who fought and are still fighting against Covid don’t deserve discrimination, we should  never lose our capacity to care, empathize and help all those who need our support.This virus has separated families and friends and brought out the worst in us as a people and society.
 
Never forget that a Covid patient is a human being who is scared, in pain and maybe without means to fight, we need to be more kinder, compassionate and human.
 
It’s the time to pay tribute to a family member, a relative, friend who died, recovered and are still fighting Covid.Make them know we salute them and that we are with them in thoughts and in our prayers.
 
 
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