Woman steps-up to sanitize religious places
-By Nikita Sharma
Syed Uzma Parveen is a patriot who tirelessly dedicates her life for helping the citizens of hercountry . She has sanitized more than 60 temples, 30 mosques and 5 churches in Lucknow.
Parveen’s father had taught her to put her country and its citizens above everything else no matter which religion they follow or which caste they belong to. During the lockdown when immigrant labours were returning to their respective states, they were indire need of food and resources. Parveen had provided them with food and slippers, “I asked my friends to help me. We made pulao, packed it in small boxes and gave it to the labours. I noticed that their slippers were torn or damaged so I bought slippers for as many labours as I could.”
She used money out of the fund that was supposed to be for her children’s higher education, “I thought this money can be saved later but right now my country needs me.”
Parveen noticed growing tensions between the Hindu and Muslim community and decided to sanitize the religious places. “I started with temples, I sanitized 60 of them. Then mosques, gurudwara’s and churches. The priests stopped me at first because the sanitizing liquid has alcohol but I insisted that in times of dire need even God would permit that…I remember when I was sanitizing this narrow pathway in a colony some boys said to me that this is not a women’s job.” Parveen was criticised by her family but she put her country first. She suffered from backbone problems after carrying a heavy cylinder on her back for months but she did not give up.
She was awarded ‘Corona Yodha’ by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP),Yogi Adityanath for her selfless efforts. She also went to Sindhu Border in Delhi and took part in the farmer’s sit-in against the farm bills. She helped them by providing them with meals.
“I think the youth of our country should step-up, read theConstitution and raise their voice against issues that concern the public...women should support women that’s how our country will move forward”, said Parveen. She has been invited to many colleges in UP to inspire the youth especially young women to live boldly and be a patriot.
This story was first published in the The Times of Bennett print edition (February 2021), a student-run initiative of The Times School of Media, Bennett University.
(The writer is a first year student of BA ( Journalism and Mass Communication) of The Times School of Media )
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Syed Uzma Parveen is a patriot who tirelessly dedicates her life for helping the citizens of her
Parveen’s father had taught her to put her country and its citizens above everything else no matter which religion they follow or which caste they belong to. During the lockdown when immigrant labours were returning to their respective states, they were in
She used money out of the fund that was supposed to be for her children’s higher education, “I thought this money can be saved later but right now my country needs me.”
Parveen noticed growing tensions between the Hindu and Muslim community and decided to sanitize the religious places. “I started with temples, I sanitized 60 of them. Then mosques, gurudwara’s and churches. The priests stopped me at first because the sanitizing liquid has alcohol but I insisted that in times of dire need even God would permit that…I remember when I was sanitizing this narrow pathway in a colony some boys said to me that this is not a women’s job.” Parveen was criticised by her family but she put her country first. She suffered from backbone problems after carrying a heavy cylinder on her back for months but she did not give up.
She was awarded ‘Corona Yodha’ by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP),
“I think the youth of our country should step-up, read the
This story was first published in the The Times of Bennett print edition (February 2021), a student-run initiative of The Times School of Media, Bennett University.
(The writer is a first year student of BA ( Journalism and Mass Communication) of The Times School of Media )
Join exciting programmes offered by Bennett University
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