OUR HUMBLE HOMAGE

The CBIC has brought out a booklet in the name of  'Shradhanjali' (Click here for the pdf) in memory of our dear colleagues who had laid down their lives in the line of duty during the COVID pandemic.  The poignant homage starts with the first victim Shri. Sanjay More, Head Hawaldar, Mumbai Customs on 11.04.2020 and ends with the young boy, Shri. Sudhir Kumar, Inspector, Chennai on 12.06.2021.  Arranged as per the date of the demise of our colleagues, with a photo and a brief write up about each of them, it makes a befitting tribute.

We all philosophise by saying that the departed soul still exists.  We want it to be true. Yet, in despair, we really do not know whether it is so.  That we are not able to communicate with them as we used to is therefore so uncomfortable and not so assuring.  Yet we carry them in our hearts.  Till the end of our very lives and thus by that, we know that they live within us. All of them contributed to our own self and survival.  It was ill luck or misfortune that they became a prey for the pandemic.  

The vacuum in our hearts will get filled up with our routine work.  But their families will suffer the loss in irreparable ways. Wherever possible, monetary help, still if possible getting them some employment opportunities, helping their children in their studies and above all keeping them in our prayers, are all that we can do.

They might have lived their lives and passed away with the prayer:

'Let me live unsung, unlamented may I die, 

Not a stone shall say, where I lie'. 

But, it is our duty to carry their cherished memories in our hearts.

This Booklet shall be a testimony for our feelings.

We are thankful to the DGHRD, CBIC and all those who took pains to bring this booklet out in a fine form.

AIASCT