Bengaluru
While some people are unable to attend the last rites of their loved ones due to the Kovid epidemic, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Syed Nasir Hussain has set an example of communal harmony.
Professor Savitri Vishwanathan died on 5 May due to a Kovid infection. Hussain immersed Savitri with full Tamil Brahmin customs.
Hussain said that Professor Viswanathan was our aunt, a colleague, neighbor and friend for us and we have maintained close family ties till date.
He said that Savitri Vishwanathan, a retired professor of Japanese studies from the University of Delhi (DU), was found to be Kovid positive along with her sister. She could not return from the hospital in Bangalore, where she was admitted for treatment.
Hussain said that when she was admitted, we tried our best to arrange the things he needed in the hospital and after his death on 5 May, we also arranged for his cremation in Bengaluru, as many of his family Members live in Tamil Nadu and various countries.
He said that Viswanathan was from a Tamil Brahmin family. Therefore, we also had to do the work of immersing their bones in the river. By the way, this work is done by the son or family members.
The Congress leader said, "After talking to all the family members, I told them that I will carry out the process of Savitri's funeral." He said, "So I decided to immerse my ashes along with my wife in the Cauvery river near Mysore on May 18 and for this we took the help of a Pandit and the final process was completed with Tamil rituals."
Many families have not been able to attend the funeral of their relatives after the lockdown in many states and no passenger has flown to India after the second wave of the Kovid-19 pandemic.
In the hour of this crisis, many NGOs and others have come forward to perform the last rites of the Kovid victims.
Hussain said that we live in India and we are taught to remain united in our social fabric since childhood. He said that since childhood we have seen how Hindu-Muslims, all live together and share each other's happiness and sorrow.
Hussain said, "We have seen that in the colonies, there is no food in the homes of others even after the death of a family member, because all are interconnected and people from other communities send food from their homes." He said, "Nowadays we have seen so much polarization on religious grounds and communal divide, but these things are temporary. India is very strong and the culture and traditions that we have been sharing for thousands of years will remain there.”
Hussain said that Savitri was a teacher and researcher of Japanese language, history and politics at the University of Delhi, where she headed the Department of Chinese and Japanese Studies.
He said that Viswanathan has made a huge contribution in the development and promotion of Japanese language education and Japanese studies along with his excellent academic work.
Husain said, she assisted the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of India in official talks with their counterparts in Japan and she was also a member of the Japan-India Eminent Persons Group (2000–2002). The Japanese government awarded him the Prime Minister's Award in 1967 and the Order of the Precious Crown Expansion in 1982.
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