Dear Mr Prime Minister,
I hope this reaches you, and you get to know that we, the people of India, stand by you in every step you are taking and will take in the future.
I Understand
As the mother of a child, I understand how difficult it is to take care of children, raise them, and give the right direction in life. And here, you stand with all of us, taking care of over 135 crore children. How well you are trying to keep these children united. I understand and I know how many sleepless nights you might be having these days, just thinking of what you could do to take the nation out of this outbreak. I understand how difficult it is to ‘stay strong’ when the people, for whom you are must be having sleepless nights, think that you are against them, that there is a hidden agenda behind your words.
But, I want to tell you that please don’t lose hope. We are there with you. We will not step out of our houses until you ask us to do so. We will not let the people around us disobey your words. We will not go out until you tell us that it is safe. When parents are harsh to their kids, that does not mean they don’t love them. They simply want to make them understand the difference between right and wrong.
I Know
When you announced the 21-day lockdown, it must have been the last option left. I know that you are aware of the fact how the economy of the country will suffer after this. I know that your priority is to save the lives of 135 crore children of the country rather than giving importance to the economy. I know you have done a lot to bring your children back home from different countries. I know you are doing a lot for the daily wage earners of society.
I know you have given your best to bring the migrants back to their hometown. I know how painful it must have been for you to see thousands of migrant workers leaving their places without any fault of their and risking their lives. I know that for you ringing the bells and claps was a way to make us feel united at this time when we are focussing on social distancing. I know that the lighting of candles and torches will not help to get rid of the virus, but it would make us feel that we are not alone.
Don’t Upset Yourself
Don’t upset yourself that few people in the country want to make this lockdown a failure. Don’t bother yourself due to a few people disobeying the instructions of social distancing given by you. A few months later, when our country would be free from coronavirus, nobody would remember this, other than these people who did not follow what you said. When the sunshine will come after this dense darkness, your efforts will be seen by the world. The world will see our nation with shining bright eyes.
I Believe
I believe in the fact that the lockdown had to be sudden. I am with you when you did not give time to the people while announcing the lockdown. I believe that the people who wish to go against you will do anything to prove you wrong. But please don’t lose hope. The nation sees you as a fatherly figure. Some of them don’t follow your ideologies, but others believe in you, they follow you. They believe in the fact that you would help them to fight this. They believe that you would make them feel proud. They believe that you would make the nation proud.
I would conclude this letter by saying,
Kuch to log kahenge,
Logon kaa kaam hai kehnaa;
Choro bekaar ki baaton main,
kahin bach naa jaaye Corona.
(People will say something,
That is their job;
Leave talking about things of irrelevance,
Focus on preventing the spread of Coronavirus.)
Thank you for giving us hope to survive this pandemic. United we stand as a nation.