Its been a painful struggle.For the complete month,we were on night patrolling,just spotting the people ( women,aged,disabled,abondoned) lying on pavements without adequate coverings and provide them with blankets,fire woods etc.We would attend to minor medical requirements,guide people to the closest shelters available or just cover them and move on....In cases where immdiate medical intervention of serious nature was needed,we would take them to hospital.
Can you belief that we picked up almost frozen bodies many times....Actually almost every day.....10's of minutes of continuous rubbing them would make their limbs move.......
You ask a person his name or place where he could be taken and he doesn't respond...and then you realize..mouth is frozen....its only after several minutes of rubbing hard that his jaws moved.....
Imagine a man in dlehi winter night with rains in just one shirt....yelling out of pain...knees bent and almost entering the stomach..mud on the ground being dug out....head buried in that pit...with the hope of protecting slef from the killing chill....I was shocked to see the level of sufferings....
Will probably share more when am able to.
Thought of calling few close freinds many times during this period ,in order to gain some strength to bear this, but then decided not to.Probably wanted to test my own boundaries of how much of this i could take.....
Can you belief that we picked up almost frozen bodies many times....Actually almost every day.....10's of minutes of continuous rubbing them would make their limbs move.......
You ask a person his name or place where he could be taken and he doesn't respond...and then you realize..mouth is frozen....its only after several minutes of rubbing hard that his jaws moved.....
Imagine a man in dlehi winter night with rains in just one shirt....yelling out of pain...knees bent and almost entering the stomach..mud on the ground being dug out....head buried in that pit...with the hope of protecting slef from the killing chill....I was shocked to see the level of sufferings....
Will probably share more when am able to.
Thought of calling few close freinds many times during this period ,in order to gain some strength to bear this, but then decided not to.Probably wanted to test my own boundaries of how much of this i could take.....
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you will stand strong my friend, it is not we who will find the way ahead or the strength to endure such feelings...it is those very sad, tired but ever hopeful eyes, that will lead us to the light! the company of people like us will kindle the lamp and the glow will endow them in happiness..
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