...Ye waqt bhi gujar Jayega..Har waqt ki tarah...#COVID19 and Poverty

It's midnight..3 o'Clock...Unable to Sleep...trying to study but unable to concentrate...trying to listen to the songs but unable to feel it...Everything which i'm trying to do is leaving nothing but an uneasiness in me....

I'm somewhere else but not in the present Moment...

And here I'm...ended up writing my heart out..

Just 4-5 days back, I had returned from Pune(Extreme Red Zone) to my hometown Safely(Did my Medical checkup's as well). I was under the thought that i don't wanna go anywhere but wanted to stay in Pune itself. This thought existed until a Positive Corona Patient who was a Doctor was found in my neighborhood. Police had sealed their building and the building was under observation 24*7.

After Seeing all this, thought of staying in pune didn't even took fraction of seconds to get wiped(Ek na ek din jaana toh hai...but itni jaldi nahi please...)..

I called my Papa...we did all the arrangements which definitely didn't went so smooth...But special Thanks to Betiya Shakti Foundation (Arpit Agrawal and Team) for Guiding on returning People from the stucked areas, You really don't have any idea what a huge help you all have been doing...You guys owe a very big Thank You.

While returning from the City saw that many People had left the City on Foot...Carrying heavy luggage's on their head and So many bags in their hands...Few were on Cycles,

Motorbikes...None of the trucks had the transportation goods but the people stuffed in it so tightly that each person barely had a space to turn and make any movements.

Just few weeks back while discussing with my younger brother about the situation where Migrant workers were sprayed with disinfectant in UP, he said that-

(In Marathi)

Taii...aplya country madhe gareeba chi kahi keemat nahiye...

Jar ka tu changlya class la belong karat asel kinva tujhya kade bharpur paise astil tar ach you will have any value..

(In English - Didi, In our Country there is no value for a Poor Person. If you belong to the good class and have money then you will be valued.)

I took this very lightly that time and consoled him saying - Its not like that, things will fall into place for sure. But when i saw this scene on the roads...I realized...

Truly , I live in a country where Money wins over Poverty...and if you are poor then it is not sure that you will be valued.

Today I have Income Source so i did a Private Cab and traveled 763Kms. But what if tomorrow I don't have any Money My condition would probably be the same.

I'm definitely not blaming government or anyone else here neither I'm trying to be a Critic. But what is the fault of those people who are getting killed on the streets in an accident while travelling, dying due to hunger, their daily wages have been stopped. They are expecting nothing but just little food to feed their hunger. This is the situation where things will take time to settle down but eventually if anyone is getting affected, then its a Poor Person.

This Month Our Company's CEO Credited 25% extra Salary to our accounts. The amount credited was the one which i had always wanted to see , but let me tell you it

didn't made me happy at all.

Even i said the same to my Friend - I don't know if i'm trying to be abnormal or what but this money is not making me happy, People there are dying with hunger. I want to help them but I'm in the situation that I have to think twice before doing any goodness. Though I have donated to few of the donation accounts which were in my list but the thoughts coming up to me were little weird like - Will they use this Money Wisely...??

There are many People and foundations who are helping Poor people in every possible way. Our Doctors, Nurses, Police, food delivery people serving so Selflessly. During travelling noticed that many people were distributing Packaged food, water, lemon water in such a risky situation. Looking this made me realize How humble and kind this people are.

In this lockdown period, People are living in their own world...Baking Cakes, Cooking Recipes, Fixing their Marriage dates, making up their Career, developing their skill sets etc etc...

...Human tendency is always eager to grab something new and forget the old...Life will move on...and People will keep going...But the scars of poverty left on the minds of this Migrant Workers , Would that be healed ever...?

This lockdown and Corona time will pass and will be quoted as "Once upon a time in Year 2020.."...and it will be a Memory..

But What i learned through this is -

...Money is not everything...Don't limit your Education and degrees only till Marksheets, Use it to educate your Illiterate Mindset and try helping people in any possible way...and help would be even by Cooperating and showing Compassion... Consider the Humanity above any Class , religion, race and Creed... Life is really not that easy for everyone and you may never have any idea what the other person would be going through...

This time too will pass...Corona will get wiped one day..Pagoda, Temples, Gurudwara's will get started, Azan voice will be heard from the Mosques again...but till then have Patience.. Do Good by being Good..

Stay Strong...Stay Safe..!