When we turn back the pages, some years on, when the COVID-19 becomes a thing of the past, it is unlikely that all of us would remember those on the frontlines of the deadly outbreak. Swept up in the swirl of normal life, the hurry to catch up on lost time, we may forget to spare a thought for the warriors who paid the ultimate price during the pandemic.

Leafy memorial

The Rashtrabhimani Seva Samiti, a non-profit organisation in Mumbai working to preserve and venerate history and our heroes by marrying those with the environmental cause, has decided to honour the Corona warriors.