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greek | 18 | literature, poetry and science

[dracogotgame]

So, India is dying.

Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.

If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.

A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.

There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.

There is no plan.

Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.

Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.

We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.

This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.

We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.

People are dying.

People are dying.

People are dying and there is no plan.

More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.

My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.

Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.

But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.

She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.

So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.

If you can, donate.

Or spread the word.

Help. Please.

[veronicasummersfelton]

To put things in perspective,

1 USD = 75.22 Indian rupees

1 euro = 90.99 Indian rupees

1 pound = 104.40 Indian rupees

Even a small amount of 5 or 7 or 10 of foreign currency will help a lot. Our government has essentially abandoned us. People have turned to social media for help. WhatsApp groups and DMs on twitter/insta is where we find help. Our helpline is a Google doc. Situation is so dire that hospitals are discharging patients due to lack of oxygen. Every night the same story, oxygen running out in hospitals, citizens running around to somehow arrange for oxygen with minutes to spare. Last night, we had manged to get oxygen to a hospital with 14min to spare.

Please, PLEASE help. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[groundzero-and-deku]

LINKS LINKS LINKS

^ that post has links to petitions and donations PLEASE boost the versions of this post with links!!

[dracogotgame]

Reblogging with more links. Listen to @groundzero-and-deku ☝️ they know what they're talking about.

Some of you in the US have asked what else you can do. I'm not the best person to answer this since I'm not from there, but I do know that Biden is being urged to ship supplies to India. Maybe a more informed person can chime in with how best you can help but calling your representative and registering your concern sounds like a good starting point.

From one democracy to another, thank you. Please keep this going, you're all amazing.

[dracogotgame]

Reblogging one more time

EDIT: Reblogging with some more donation links from @spacegirlstuff Here and Here

Y'all, this is a good time to mention that I am not affiliated with any charity or donation centre, and am not receiving donations on behalf of anyone. This is a list of resources compiled by me and more importantly, other people who have a better grasp on the situation than myself. They are to the best of our knowledge great resources but I still encourage you to do your research and put your money where you believe it will be used best. If you find more ways to help or donate, add them in a reblog - let's get as much information out there as possible. Much love and please stay safe

PLEASE BOOST THIS VERSION OF THE POST WITH THE EXTENDED LIST OF LINKS TO DONATIONS AND RESOURCES

[actuallyxnotshy]

I searched for love in the heavens above.

[girlraskolnikov]

Fyodor Dostoevksy, tr. by Constance Garnett, from The Brothers Karamazov

[jamesscarstairs]

if i was in a jane austen novel i would be the one sent to the seaside for my health

[theoptia]

Sophokles, from Elektra; translated by Anne Carson in An Oresteia

Text ID: CHORUS: You are a woman marked for sorrow.

[mysoulishaunted]

My love language: "I want to make you food"

[wildesappho-deactivated20201031]

so, its about time i get my own friendgroup of obsessive, academic, generally like minded people and we all end up falling in love with each other in various semi-tragic combinations, and maybe someone ends up dead but its ok it was for the aesthetic

[greekliterature]

Στον έρωτα πάντως μάτια δε χαρίζω.

Αυτός τυφλός και φεύγει

φαντάσου και να βλέπει.

Κική Δημουλά

[cillius]

Θα μπορούσα να ήμουν όλη τη μέρα στην αγκαλιά του.

Κάθε μέρα μόνο εγώ και αυτός.

Τα μάτια του να βλέπω συνεχώς.

Να ακούω τη φωνή του.

Να με φιλά και να λιώνω.

Τι έχω πάθει μου λες;;

Κόλλησες έρωτα.

Η ρομαντική ψυχή μέσα μου θα πει "Αχ, παλιόπαιδα, να το ζήσετε όσο περισσότερο μπορείτε, πολύ συγκινούμαι."

Η μίζερη ψυχή μου θα σου πει "Περαστικά."

Και στις δύο περιπτώσεις, εύχομαι να ενοχλείτε για πολύ καιρό κάτι μίζερους σαν και μένα με τον έρωτα σας.

[inosanteria-deactivated20181125]

St. Petersburg, the State Hermitage Museum, Russia

[mayticks-art]

Had a busy day with linocut printing and now my house is full of phthalo blue and turquoise prints looking for new homes! Etsy Link

[lunamonchtuna]

aight so you wanna sit under a willow tree and read classics to me as i gently fall in love with you?

[poso-polu]

Πως νιώθουμε παράφορα

Πως ζούμε έτσι αδιάφορα.

[Το γράμμα, Σωκράτης Μάλαμας]

[greekliterature]

Σκέφτομαι ἀπόψε νὰ στείλω τὴ μελαγχολία μου

νὰ κοιμηθεῖ μαζί σου

νὰ μείνω λίγο μόνη.

Κική Δημουλά

[quotefeeling]

“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

[omniastudios]

Crossed daggers in polished brass with warm golden labradorite.

[local-deadpoet-deactivated20260]

i would love to carpe diem but i also have anxiety