This article aims to reflect the application of Vande Mataram for Indians on this Republic Day. Though we are not completely free from the evil of Covid 19, we are almost at the end of the struggle for freedom from the pandemic.
We praise the Mother (India) for providing us with the courage, wisdom, and strength to withstand the physical, social, and economic struggles caused by COVID 19. We praise the Mother for offering us the positive attitude in meeting the new normal produced by COVID 19.
We praise the Mother for providing us with the efforts of thousands and thousands of great thought leaders who in the role of teachers and professors enlightened the young minds of the nation through their knowledge, innovative teaching pedagogy, tireless efforts, and adorable sacrifices during this unexpected and unexplored virus era. The Indian Teachers deserve to receive a “Big Big Thank You” message from their students as they had quickly adopted to the online education mode which was nightmare for most of them in the pre-coivd days. They are our unsung leaders of Covid19 era in Education.
We praise the Mother for offering us with the service of thousands and thousands of HealthDepartment Staff, Doctors, nurses, and other medical staff who had exhibited their noble nature through their service before self-attitude, quick responses in treating patients, kindness in handling the psychological problems of the nation. Some of them were dead and almost all of them had sacrificed their personal time and space to handle the increased demand made by the crisis. The Indian Healthcare Professionals deserve a “Very Special Thank You” message from all the fellow citizens of Mother India. They are our unsung leaders of Covid19 era in Healthcare and Social Service.
We praise the Mother for providing us with the patronage of thousands and thousands of kindhearted and generous individuals and socially responsible business entities who were kind enough to feed the have nots who got severally affected by the lockdowns. The country would not have moved forward without the efforts of the charity(beautiful) minds. These special individuals and organizations deserve a “Thankssomuch“message from all the human beings as they are our unsung leaders of Covid19 era in Benevolence.
We praise the Mother for providing us with the assistance of thousands of staff members of Army, Police, Security firms, Banks, Insurance companies, Public Utilities, Medical Shops, Print and electronic media and other entities dealing with the essential goods and services. These committed individuals and concerns deserve a “Special Thanks” as they are our unsung leaders of Covid19 era in Essential Services.
Finally, we praise the Mother for providing us with the unconditional love, support, sacrifices and dedication of the millions and millions of Indian Mothers who were working almost twice in the lockdowns in comparison to their pre-covid days. These Mothers of the Mother India are the source of inspiration to all the fellow citizens as every field worker in Covid 19 battleground fought the war with the hope that “There is a Mother at home for taking care of their absence”.
We Praise the Mother for being present with us as a Patient, Kind, Knowledgeable, Courageous, Sweet and Rational superpower in overcoming the ill effects of the Pandemic. We Salute you Mother for Everything. VandeMataram.
(N.Sivasankaran serves as an Associate Professor of Finance at XLRI Jamshedpur& Nitin Madan Kulkarni is Secretary,Health Department, Govt of Jharkhand).