The 2020 Ramzan was considered a sad one with no partying or gathering allowed, and even mosques were closed to huge gatherings. This year the situation seems even worse. The second wave is worse than the first wave, and it has left the entire world worried and scared of death. According to India Today, the Islamic people worldwide have fasted this year and have prayed for one common thing, for this pandemic to get over soon.
How the pandemic has affected the people:
Ramzan is a time for celebrating the love of friends and family, but this year, it is different. People have witnessed several deaths; they have seen the dead bodies of their loved ones being buried. There is a crisis for oxygen cylinders and hospital beds. Several employees have also lost their jobs leading to an increase in unemployment. All these have left people in deep misery. Almost all the households in the country are directly or indirectly affected by the COVID. Either someone’s family is ill, or their relatives are going through critical times or even died, there seems to be bad news everywhere. This takes away the will of the people to celebrate. And for others, this celebration would mean having fun with their loved ones fighting a battle. All they could do was pray to Allah to save the world, to save his creations from such doom. This again shows the beauty of India, where a huge population consisting of different religions live together and pray for each other irrespective of any racism or castism.
The celebration this year:
India has recorded over 2.5 lakh recorded COVID death so far. This leaves people in fear. The celebration has not been stopped in most states other than Kerela, but the people are scared to death. Some are still running to arrange for oxygen, beds, and plasma for their loved ones. This year the local mosques will take responsibility for the prayers after following the social distancing norms and avoiding congestions. This year too the ‘sehri’ will be there, this year too will have worships but the roads will be empty and so will most shops be. There will still be hope in people’s minds while regrets amongst those who could not fast this month due to getting infected with the coronavirus. Will not Allah grant the wishes to his children? Won’t he forgive their sins and bring back better days? Will everybody ever be celebrating this festival as they did previously? All these questions remain unanswered. Till then, let us all, Hindus or Muslims, rich or poor, fold our hands and pray for this pandemic to end soon.
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