Odisha Man Carries Wife’s Body On His Shoulders – Is Humanity Lost in Society?

A 33-year-old tribal man carried his wife’s body on his shoulders back home in Odisha. An auto driver refused to take them home, and apparently the man had no money to arrange another vehicle, so he started walking along a highway with his wife’s body on his shoulders. Is humanity lost in our society? However, locals in Andhra Pradesh spotted him and informed the police, the Andhra Pradesh Police came to his aid. They pooled their money and helped arrange a vehicle for him.

Odisha Man Carries Body Of Wife

The man identified as Ede Samulu, who belongs to Odisha’s Koraput, had admitted his ailing wife, Ede Guru, to a hospital in Vishakapatnam’s Sangivalasa. After the doctors advised him to take her home since she wasn’t responding to treatment, he hired an auto to return to his village, which is 130 km away from the hospital. His wife, however, passed away midway near Vizianagaram.

Since he had no money left after paying Rs. 2000 to the auto driver, Ede Samulu walked several kilometres on the highway carrying his wife’s body on his shoulders.

Responding to the locals' information, the Andhra Pradesh Police came to the scene. Police Inspector TV Tirupati Rao and Sub-Inspector Kiran Kumar Naidu collected Rs. 10,000 and arranged an ambulance for Ede Samulu to take his wife’s body back to his village.

Is humanity lost in our society? How could the auto driver leave behind a man in this situation? Can people really be that heartless? Would he have left his family or friends in this situation? Why should everything be about money? Why State healthcare couldn't help him with vehicle? First, why no government services where offered him, what could be the his story. Secondly, autorickshaw driver failed to be sensitive and show his humanity to a vulnerable person in need.

It is too unreasonable to compare but definitely thought provoking. India has come in rescue of Turkey and Syria. It has been sending aid Turkey and Syria under Operation Dost for earthquake victims. But what about the people in house. The Odisha man's ordeal sounds petty in front of what is happening in Turkey. But every life matters. And in India on daily basis man and woman are suffering. an auto driver leaving a poor tribal man and his deceased wife stranded in the middle of nowhere just because they didn’t have money. Isn't it heartbreaking to read that?

If none of us had humanity and it was all about money, would the entire world survive COVID? If we are alive and healthy today, it’s because all of us had at least a tad bit of humanity during the catastrophic pandemic that hit us unexpectedly. How can we be so forgetful of the days when we were bracing ourselves, unsure of our survival the next day?

We created the concept of money for easier transactions, but now it is ruling us. The greed for money has killed humanity and is ruling us. We literally respect people based on their economic status. But the harsh reality is that one earthquake, one pandemic, or one battle like the Russia-Ukraine war can reduce any multibillionaire to obscurity. During the January 2023 layoffs, over 1 lakh tech workers were laid off. Most of these people would have had personal commitments. And now they have to go on a job hunt. What will happen to all their commitments? If these aren’t reminders of how uncertain life is and how money doesn’t decide one’s fate, what is? When are we going to prioritise humanity over money?

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