When the pandemic started the world projected India as the next 'global hotspot'.

The journey from being projected as the global hotspot in July to becoming the global supplier of Covid vaccines was not easy.

Apart from condescending global media, many Indian media houses fueled panic, predicting millions of sever infections.

Epidemiology 'experts' projected millions of dead senior citizens, based on a flawed mathematical model.

The attempts to instill confidence and a sense of security in the people were mocked by fellow Indians.

An extremely difficult task of a hard lockdown was taken. A nation of 1.3 billion agreed to stay home, following one appeal from the government.

The rich countries witenessed riots in protest of lockdown. People thete faught eachother for toilet paper.

Meanwhile India offered free ration to its poor. We did not witness a single Corona related violent episode, anywhere.

Then the collective efforts of India & Indians did something amazing. They flattened the curve during the peak festive season.

Then came the vaccine approvals. The world was watching the global pharmacy with great expectations.

Yet there were people who were not ready to accept the obvious. They went around peddling uninformed opinions.

But the real world knew better. They queued up for vaccines from India and vaccine developed in India.

India has gifted 5.6 million doses of vaccines to different countries. It also sent 10 million commercial doses. The motto of the vaccine supply was सर्वे संतु निरामयाः, may all be free from disease.

The vaccination drive at home proved the nay sayers wrong, yet again. Decades of experience in universal vaccination was leveraged to vaccinate millions of frontline workers in a short span of time.

Meanwhile rich countries who routinely pontificate India, indulged in what they know best, hoarding. The same countries let millions die in the HIV pandemic in Africa & are shamelessly indulging in it again.

But Covid is not over yet. Don't let your guard down. Practice hand hygiene and always wear a mask.