It is an attempt to allow people across the country to grieve and possibly even heal together, says NGO volunteer
Photographs, obituaries and blogs written by relatives or friends of COVID-19 victims. An online national memorial, conceived for those who died of COVID-19 across the country, goes live on Saturday, an initiative by a Kolkata-based NGO comprising medical fraternity and others.
“COVID-19 snatched the opportunity for families to bid a traditional goodbye to their loved ones who they lost to the virus, so this unique venture is an attempt to allow people across the country to grieve and possibly even heal together. Grief is a very private emotion. But, through this website, we hope people will realise that they are not alone,” said Abhijit Chowdhury, a volunteer with Covid Care Network (CCN), an NGO led by a group of doctors spearheading this initiative.
The initiative, he said, was born out of the COVID-19 gloom that enveloped the world last year.
“COVID took…