International Nurses Day: Meet 5 heroes of the front line as world battles Covid-19 India Today Web Desk International Nurses Day
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc in India. Doctors and healthcare workers have been working extremely hard to save precious lives. Like doctors, nurses have been at the forefront of fighting the pandemic. Nurses have proved to be the lifeline of India s fight against Covid-19. Across hospitals from big cities to hospitals in rural areas, nurses are muscle, the connective tissue, the nervous system.
On the International Nurses Day on May 12, the World Health Organisation highlighted the importance of nurses in the healthcare system by dedicating the theme this year to nurses Nurses: A Voice to Lead-A Vision for Future Healthcare .
Zaldagar 1865
Masood Hussain
Weaving Dreams: This chromolithograph drawn by Scottish artist, war artist and war correspondent William Simpson who visited Kashmir somewhere between 1859-60.
When Srinagar’s 28
shawlbaufs, the shawl-weavers, drowned in the
Keat-e-Koul ditch near Zaldagar on April 29, 1865, it merely did not mark the first recorded labour unrest in history. It was not the first major indicator of the political awakening of Kashmir alone. The massacre marked the beginning of a crisis that, over the years, compromised Kashmir’s principle craft that had reigned European fashion streets and introduced Kashmir to the rest of the world.
The massacre bridged the two odd sides of Cashmere Shawl’s uneven history. Prior to it, the Shawl was in a huge demand and the artisans, coerced by the worst working conditions and exploitation were unwillingly putting in all efforts to keep the export going. After Zaldagar, though improvements started taking place, the Shaw