Love transcends all boundaries. It is love, which bring two strangers
together. It helps in better understanding between friends. It is the only way to show and express human emotions.
Written By Miscellaneous|Last Updated: Dec 01, 2008, 12:00 AM IST|Source: Exclusive
Devika Chhibber
Love transcends all boundaries. It is love, which bring two strangers
together. It helps in better understanding between friends. It is the only
way to show and express human emotions. A mere expression and true gesture
of love can make anybody yours. However, today this word is losing its force
and sex is gaining momentum. Sex – though, an essential aspect of
anybody’s life – is incomplete without love. So let us join hands and
share the feeling of love on AIDS Day, as December 1 is celebrated world
wide as World AIDS Day. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
i.e. (AIDS or Aids) happens due to damage to the human immune system caused
by the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV. I would like to highlight the
human side of AIDS through this short story —
Last year while visiting my aunt in Bhopal, I met a man in the local bus who
was very handsome, attractive and dynamic. After exchanging glances, I asked
him about his professional life. To my surprise, he was a police officer. A
happily married man he seemed to be full of zest for life. Sometime later, I
heard him telling his wife that he has taken all his medicines. Curious, I
asked him if he was well. Nothing much, he said, he just had AIDS. I got the
shock of my life. I just could not believe that he was suffering from the
so-called deadly disease, which we have studied in our textbooks.
Nevertheless, it was true.
The incident was a revelation for me. I had a poor opinion for such people
but after meeting this man, I started looking at the perspective more broadly. I
remembered some slogans used in advertisements like ‘Pyar chune se failta
hai na ki aids’.
We must realize that there are people who are living with this disease as if
nothing has changed. For them it has become their normal routine. They know
their precautions, they know that have to live with it and they live
daringly. What matters to them most is the care and affection of the world
surrounding them. What helps them in facing their critical situation is the
gentle touch of their dear ones. What helps them in surviving through the
problems of life is our love.
So let us stand united on this day and vow to show love and affection to all
AIDS sufferers and make this world a better place for them to live in.
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