As death stalks hu­mankind across the globe, Tripura-based so­cial and cul­tural ac­tivist Kavita Ja­ma­tia prays to God for com­pas­sion and in­ter­ven­tion. Her prayer is a prayer of every­one to­day as we all seek God’s grace to re­duce the suf­fer­ing of the dy­ing, the ill and every­one im­pacted in one way or the other by Covid-19.

O God! save peo­ple from Coro­n­avirus
Don’t let COVID-19 be vic­to­ri­ous.

Thou­sands have left this world and gone
Mil­lions are con­va­lesc­ing away from home
O God, for­give our mis­takes and sins
So that your glo­ri­ous songs we can sing

Mer­ci­ful God, let there be no pun­ish­ment
Your kind­ness may be our en­cour­age­ment
You are pow­er­ful and our strong de­fender.
Teach us more how to help each other.

Lock­down, Lock­down every­where is lock­down
Mer­ci­less Coro­n­avirus, please cool down.
O, God! Once again make the world a happy home
Save the peo­ple from the im­pend­ing doom

Cold war among coun­tries is threat­en­ing pop­u­lace
Help us over­come hin­drance with your lov­ing grace
Please save us from COVID-19’s de­struc­tion.
Hu­mankind needs your im­me­di­ate in­ter­ven­tion.

The de­ceased, the ill, the fam­i­lies and brethren
Every­one needs your love and com­pas­sion

O God! save peo­ple from Coro­n­avirus
Don’t let COVID-19 be vic­to­ri­ous.

Kavita Ja­ma­tia is a re­tired school head­mistress and so­cial ac­tivist, en­gaged with the Borok Wom­en’s Fo­rum for wom­en’s rights, lan­guage, cul­tural and land rights of the in­dige­nous peo­ples of Tripura. She has par­tic­i­pated in re­gional, na­tional and in­ter­na­tional so­cial, cul­tural and hu­man rights meets.