Community
They phoned on the 11th. It arrived on the 14th.
An auto-drivers’ union in Uppal called during the first lockdown. Three days later, supplies reached 80 of its members.
On the evening of 11 April 2020, the Ramanthapur Seven Seater Auto Owners Welfare Association telephoned. Their members had not driven in three weeks.
On 14 April, at eleven in the morning, rice, dal, cooking oil, tamarind, salt and chilli powder reached 80 members of the union.
We know the detail because the association wrote it down. Their letter records who called, when, what came, at what hour, and to how many — the way a body minutes its own business rather than praises a donor. It is signed by their President, General Secretary and Treasurer.
It says members. Not families. We have kept their word.
