ARTICLE | Good Samaritans
When the entire world was battling an unprecedented health crisis brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic, there were a number of unsung heroes who were fighting the battles from behind the curtains. They were the people who kept working in the spirit of humanity and continued settingnew standards of brotherhood and togetherness for the society.
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Team Urban Update
during COVID times
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f this global pandemic and lockdown situation has put many in extreme mental, social, physical and financial stress, then it has also brought to light a number of good samaritans to reduce people’s sufferings. From distributing food to feed the poor and hungry to educating children living in slums, these unsung heroes, without caring for their own health and safety, are fighting to bring lives back to normal. These are our everyday warriors who are restoring humanity’s faith by coming up with novel ideas. Team Urban Update elaborates on the works of some of these unsung heroes.
38 October 2020 | www.urbanupdate.in
Naseer Akhtar donates 330 quintals of wheat to Golden Temple
In what can be viewed as a symbol of brotherhood and communal harmony, Muslim families of Malerkotla, Punjab, have donated 330 quintals of wheat to the Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, to keep the Gurudwara’s community kitchen (langar) from stopping in the midst of the nationwide lockdown. Naseer Akhtar, President, Sikh Muslim Sanjha Foundation, led the initiative of donating wheat to the Golden temple to support them in running the community kitchen, despite the shortage of ration. Akhtar, in conversation with Urban Update, said that there is only one lord who
takes care of every human being in this world. He is called different names in different religions. All humans are the family of god and those people who work for humankind are among his favorites. He went on to say, “Under Islam, there is a teaching which states that feeding any human being of any religion is an act of humanity. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, their foundation started distributing rations among the needy and poor. The female members of the organizations used to reach out to the needy women, talk to them and understand their problems and distribute ration among them.” Talking about how they thought of helping the Golden Temple authorities, he said that they received an appeal from them which said that
