New Delhi

The story of an RSS activist who gave away his bed in a Covid ward to save the life of a younger patient and passed away two days later may be the case of extreme sacrifice, yet there are Indians of all strata who have forward come to support each other through smaller and yet significant ways in the hard times of Covid-19 second wave.

The Rashtriya Swayemsevak Sangh (RSS) Narayan Dhabadkar of Nagpur, who was being treated for Covid, told the doctors that he had lived for 85 years and seen enough of life. "If this young man (patient who didn’t have a bed) dies, his young wife and children will suffer.”

Narayan passed away at his home two days later. Madhya pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan has shared his two story on Twitter that has already gone viral with millions of shaing and likes:

“मैं 85 वर्ष का हो चुका हूँ, जीवन देख लिया है, लेकिन अगर उस स्त्री का पति मर गया तो बच्चे अनाथ हो जायेंगे, इसलिए मेरा कर्तव्य है कि मैं उस व्यक्ति के प्राण बचाऊं।'' ऐसा कह कर कोरोना पीडित @RSSorg के स्वयंसेवक श्री नारायण जी ने अपना बेड उस मरीज़ को दे दिया। pic.twitter.com/gxmmcGtBiE

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) April 27, 2021

In Lucknow, Uttar pradesh, a group of young Muslims are helping  people who are desperately waiting in long queues for refilling the oxygen cylinders for family members by offering them water and food.

The group of young Muslim men, identifiable only because of their skull caps, rush from one place to another as an when they come to know of long aueues outside the oxygen refilling agencies with food and water to serve the disraught people.

These boys are fasting in the ongoing month of Ramazan

In Indirapuram, Ghaziabad Shadab, a coconut seller has been offering fresh coconut water to people free of cost outside the Indirapuram Gurudwara. He has a coconut-laden cart parked outside the now famous Gurudwara that runs an “oxygen langar” wherein people desperately needing oxygen inhalation are being helped.

It means a lot of sacrifice on his part since one coconut sells for Es 70-80 per piece. His story was shared by a user on Twitter

Shadab sells coconut water on his stall outside Indirapuram Gurdwara, where COVID-19 patients are being provided free oxygen tanks. He refuses to take money from the patients families.

This is the most heartwarming thing I have witnessed all week. @shahidtantray pic.twitter.com/tpYLm6WD1K

— Adnan Bhat (@Adnanmbhat) April 27, 2021

There are heart warming stories of people who have broken their fixed deposits to help Covid stricken families.