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Gurnaaz Kaur & Sheetal
As the second wave of Covid-19 gets intense, people are rising up to the occasion and offering their help. And social media is playing a huge role in connecting donors/helpers to the families of Covid patients. From actors like Sonu Sood to Instagram influencers like Kusha Kapila, Dolly Singh to comedian Saloni Gaur to artist Neha Doodles, many have come forward to engage with their followers to help the needy. We ask celebrity artistes, comedians and writers how they have contributed their bit in this hour of crisis.
Let’s talk
Stand-up comedian Amit Tandon had posted a message of hope amid the growing lockdown woes a week ago, wherein he volunteered to connect with Covid patients on a daily basis, a 30-minute session which involved talks and possibly few laughs. He says, “The idea just came to me because of the second lockdown. This time it hit harder. So, I announced that I would talk to people who are Covid positive on Twitter. It exploded instantly and we’ve been getting too many mails. We have spoken to around 250 people. I speak for 10 minutes and for the rest 40-50 minutes they share what they are going through. Somebody is stuck in Maldives in a water villa, someone is in a hospital, someone has blood cancer. Once there was one aunty ji who was in a hospital and just wanted to listen because she couldn’t talk.”