The Covid-19 vaccines are a proud moment for every Indian irrespective of colour, caste, creed or community.
May ideology and political opportunism take the backseat today in the face of Hope, Life and New Beginning!
Cause: Make In China!
Cure: Make in India!
This is not about the nexus between Prime Minister Modi and Brazilian President Bolsonaro. They are irrelevant to the story.
I am sure it would be just the same if it were Manmohan Singh and Dilma Rousseff.
This story will go down in history on two counts.
1. A third world, impoverished nation rose to the occasion to save its citizens, when ravaged by a germ it did not invite home and over which it had no control; and...
2. India, as always, through history, has remained a healer to the world, irrespective of whether that world is populated by the devious or the divine. Which is also possibly why you find a significantly high number of Indian doctors in the best medical establishments of the world.
Finally, this is also a story that makes me so genuinely wish that India makes the vaccines available to Pakistan, though vaccination is a big issue with bigots.
Sadly, not many of us Indians are either aware or take pride in who we are inherently, and our unique legacy to human civilization.
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