Salutation to Sun

30/03/2020

Lumshnong

It is one of the important festivals for us. We usually try to return to Jharkhand or Bihar from different part of country. They usually blame us that wherever we go, whether different part of India and abroad we observe fasting, do rituals and celebrate our festival with full joy. Sometime, we invite our famous Bhojpuri singers or film actors. There was a leader, I don't remember his name, who disliked us and instigated local people against us. During my visit to Devlali, near Nasik, I met many families, children who were beaten and thrashed by a local, regional political party. But, They couldn't stop Chhath Pooja at Juhu and other part in Maharashtra. But this covid-19 has stopped it fully! This covid 19 is certainly more dangerous than that political ideology or party.

I saw a few school talking about video classes as part of their marketing strategy to show parents that marketing strategy for all Education Sector to show parents that even during lock down they are teaching to their ward. Same way, Delhi govt is trying to create another confusion by asking teachers to be available over phone call, assign the project and assignment and mark these as part of Internals once school is open. Yesterday, they were sending people to UP and Bihar and now they want to create confusion among teachers, students and parents.They are exploited everywhere! They are hungry! They cannot leave Delhi. They cannot leave without food. Delhi govt is providing food for 400000, but how? Where is the kitchen? Where are the utensils & chef? They are just spreading false information.

21 days is becoming impossible. It is just 6th days. No body is ready to give up his income even for a month. My factory is closed. What about salary? Salary will be given after 21 days! My son complains that this lock down has increased his workload in the name of work from home. Employer is assigning lot of work as schools are assigning to students. A wise decision is taken by a big consulting firm my daughter has just informed. They will pay only 50% salary during lock down and says that you are fortunate that we are not firing any employee.

Characters of today's story are again quite amid famous Chhath festival. Some are upset that quarantine has increased their work, work and only work. Some of my characters are in trouble that they shall be paid only 50 % of their salary, but the expenditure has increased and things are getting costlier day by day.But what about them, who do not have wages, roof and food! Let us salute to Sun god, we salute in evening as well as in the morning.