Diaspora turns Covid warriors for Indians back home
Prasun Sonwalkar Filed on May 13, 2021
A health worker brings an oxygen cylinder on a wheelchair at the BKC jumbo field hospital in Mumbai. AP
Call it long-distance nationalism or an emotional pull of the homeland, diaspora communities from the Indian sub-continent have been leveraging social media for relief efforts during the crisis back home
It has now become a familiar way of seeking emergency help, not calling the usual phone numbers for ambulance and medical support but using social media. ‘A’ tweets details of Covid patient B in New Delhi, who is desperate for oxygen or hospital bed; C retweets it, and, in many cases as help arrives, ‘A’ thanks everyone and deletes the original tweet. The only difference in accessing such help from previous times is that ‘A’ is in Guwahati, ‘C’ is in Manchester and they may not always know ‘B’, or each other. Across continents, online Covid warriors ha
Covid crisis: UK industry body rallies to help India
Covid crisis: UK industry body rallies to help India
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | May 6, 2021, 00:10 IST
Lord Karan Bilimoria
Apex British industry body Confederation of British Industry (CBI) , which represents 190,000 businesses employing 7 million people in the UK, is supporting India in the light of the devastating health crisis which has been unfolding over the past weeks.
“From April 26, I have been working personally with my team at the CBI on an urgent basis, reaching out to our members as well as members of over 200 leading trade associations to stand in solidarity with India. The business community in the UK has stepped up to support this cause and the generosity and willingness to help has been immediate,” Lord Karan Bilimoria, British Indian entrepreneur and president of CBI told timesofindia.com.
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