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“Your real test in
the battle is what you do when you know you are helpless & weak & the
enemy is strong”...
Yet another lockdown philosophy but as the calendar pages are
turning pressure is building within & when I sit alone thinking I can feel
it within in my beats, in every breath & I am sure we all must be feeling
same way. No shame in that after all we are humans & humans (even animals
& plants too) got emotions, feelings (barring few exceptions) & mental
pressure is one important aspect of it!! But as the spread of epidemic is
also growing with calendar dates & which was bound to happen logically with
densely populated country like ours, stories of people who are bravely facing
this fear by battling on fronts also are equally important!!
And surely on that front first is our men in khaki i.e. police.
Now it’s nearly one month & right from judiciously not giving permission to
communal gatherings to avoid spread of epidemic even at the cost of
public disliking (well that was already there) to bringing every man &
woman on road to monitor the lockdown, this time police force deserves a
big applaud from every segment of the society. As well Pune police have made an online
system to get a pass for people who really need to move out for their personal
needs. Indeed many will say what’s big deal it is their job & look at
the way they have treated common man in past (well can’t deny that) yet when
every single person is safely resting or say spending time at home, to stand on
the empty roads with just a mask or a handkerchief on mouth & make people
force or request to stay in their homes, keeping fear of own life away, is
something sheer display of courage which Maharashtra Police has done in these
times & for that we can forgive past for a while & pat on their back!!
Unfortunately we the people, instead reducing their
workload by obeying the lockdown rules do exactly opposite as usual (read
as many of us). Agreed getting locked down in our own house for weeks is
not something anybody of us will like or has experience, but then even police
also doesn’t have such experience & they are doing it by risking their
lives in open on roads for us, this much we must understand! So instead
thanking policy what we do, we argue with them for going on roads, we don’t
follow quarantine instructions; we go on walking on road or gather in numbers
on public places & what not!!
Imagine you are
father of a small daughter or a young son of aged parent depending on you, you
may be a mother whose brain is at duty but heart is at home in awaiting kids,
you are a wife where your husband is at home & you are struck on road for
hours under the tag of duty & in all this you are under constant threat of
some unseen danger along with curses & abusing & pressure from the
people for whom you are risking your life! Well, how many of us will now envy
that khaki & power which comes with it, I wonder! At the same time
its great philosophy of the Spider man coming live i.e. “with great powers
comes along great responsibilities”, mind it my police friends! And don’t
forget when entire force is on road they can’t neglect their main job i.e. to
stop crime & detection, which goes along in these streets patrolling time
also!
Then even one step
above anybody in bravery is stories about doctors in entire country, as they
are the most exposed to the direct danger of infection & yet you can’t
refuse to a patient, imagine the mindset of a doctor & his family today! Where in most of
the OPD’s (outer patient dept) or GP’s (general practitioners) waiting rooms in
this country half patients are with the health complaints similar to this viral
epidemic, it must be taking far more than a lion’s (lioness too) heart to be in
the clinic & comfort the panicked patient keeping aside our own panic; I
salute every doctor & support medical staff for this courage display! More
difficult is job of doctors’ (and support staff) in public hospitals or clinics
such as Sassoon in Pune as we all know the limitations on their setups &
the load of work in sheer number of patients. And just like police this is not
the only disease they are dealing with as other patients are along & to
safe guard them is one more job the doctors has to carry!
And then there are local body’s (PMC/ PCMC/MSEDCL i.e. mseb)
essential services such as water supply, public health, fire brigade, electric
supply & yet road as well public area cleaning, garbage collection &
many more which are on silently & that’s why we never realize their
importance in our life. In these times also you can’t afford to disrupt any of
above services & many people are working for the same. As well in private
sector we have medical shops, grocery shops, our only solace & we ignore
that these guys are most exposed to infection because they are keeping the
outlets open not just to earn money but serve us. And lastly all the online food as well essential commodities delivery
boys which include news papers also & news paper media support staff too,
these all are at risk for our well being actually, in what words we can ever
thank these all!
Guys, we are getting irritated not just because we are unable to
go out & work but by lock down we feel its direct assault on our so called
freedom. Actually imagine the danger all these men & women facing to keep
us safe as well comfortable in our homes & what we are doing for them in
return, just forwarding some junk, playing on line games, watching TV shows or
movies & order pizza & curse the system, if we don’t see any outlet open
on-line of pizza!
And yes there are good stories, & again police men stand
tall with a PSI from Killari, Latur, giving his one month salary to fight with
disaster & right from Ratan Tata to big names list is increasing to join
hands! There are many doctors which are offering their services without any
fees! many organizations along with individual people have come forward
& helping police force on road by contributing in every possible way right
from sanitizers to food packets, showing gratitude towards police force. At our
society we started keeping thermos of hot tea at security gate for serving
to patrolling police men/ women a well pmc road sweeper staff! Its small acts
of sharing which makes togetherness, isn’t it. Credai which is builder’s
apex body at national level is doing every possible effort to reach to site labours
& keep them safe & healthy by supplying food as well essential things
& joining hands for supporting local police as well civic administration.
There are many who are doing for people who are hit indirectly due to lock down
such as forest guides & locals over there as their main earning season has been
lost which is their only source of income. There are people who are cancelling
their celebrations of birthdays& marriages & donating that money to
needs ones!! The list of good acts is also increasing & that’s best sign
making our country remembering the old days where even the strangers are
welcomed giving him portion of food from our own plate, even without asking his
name, that’s our heritage, that’s what makes us Indian!
Well, can’t
conclude this sharing without taking one name & his team, our Hon PM Mr
Modi & entire rulers ( all States included) whatever political parties they
may be from, all of them are doing their best along with senior bureaucrats & one can feel by
their efforts as well body language! Indeed, this disaster
has made us witness something which in recent past none of us has experienced
& that is being “Unitedly Indian”, on most of the fronts of life. Thanks to
that Super Power which we may call God, Allah or Christ as if he (or she) has
presented us this disaster then he (or she) has presented us with humanity also,
let’s not forget it!
--
Sanjay
Deshpande
Sanjeevani
Dev.
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True, by being responsible we can certainly reduce a good amount of hardships the police, doctors and healthcare workers are going through to save us for pandemic. Our prayers for their safety, health and family.
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