Arushi Chaddha s father was dying. The oxygen supply of the hospital, like in hospitals across Delhi, was running on fumes. Most people knew, or knew of someone who had died. Her only hope was the kindness of strangers.
On April 23, at 11.30 am, Chaddha posted on Instagram: Lungs damaged. Oxygen level dropped to 70. Hospital is refusing to keep my father for more than a couple of hours due to the shortage of medical oxygen. My father will die.
In a short while, her DM was inundated with messages offering leads. One such message was from Suhail Shetty, who took down Chaddha s details and made several phone calls to his friends and relatives to get an oxygen concentrator. On April 25, at 2.20 am, he managed to arrange one.
Two Indian Muslims Carry Out Funeral Rites of Hindus Who Died of COVID
Two Indian Muslims Carry Out Funeral Rites of Hindus Who Died of COVID
Danish and Sadam’s kindness is just one example as many other Indian Muslims step up for Hindu countrymen
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Two Muslim men have moved the Internet by proving the true spirit of Ramadan with their kindness. These Indian Muslims are carrying out the funeral rites of Hindus who died of COVID-19.
Many families left their dead dejected and turned away from performing their final rites. With families being wary of coming in contact with the infected bodies, there was no one to carry out the last rites of the dead. That’s when Danish Siddiqui and Saddam Qurashi, started cremating the coronavirus victims.
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For the past one month social media has been pulled over and given a ringside view of India s unfolding Covid-19 crises.
With Twitter still burning with chilling videos of endless funeral pyres in Lucknow, volunteers digging graves in advance because they know many are coming soon and the Ghaziabad administration making arrangements for final rites on pavements, there is no scope even for burying head in the sand.
Whether it s a collective administrative failure or something we cannot control, many of India s COVID-19 victims were robbed of a dignified send-off. As humankind struggles to cope with reeling losses, which are rising by the minute, here s facing death and destruction. Lest we forget, move on and unlearn the lessons.
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