The story of pixstory is peculiar. We were conceiving it around the same time coronavirus /Covid 19
was mutating, incubating, even infecting some people not very far from the country we live in.
When we started our pixstory journey, one of our first meeting was to discuss Covid 19- having covered both swine flu and SARS, I wasn’t sure which way we are going. As the virus spread its wings, we yearned to make some difference in the lives of people who were fighting not just the novel disease but also loneliness and solitude .
As we started our journey, some great minds and eminent doctors guided us at each step-extended their support and believed in pixstory as an endeavour to present and promote facts and fact based news.
As we launched pixstory, some of these doctors became our faces for amplifying authentic information. They associated with us- we did stories on important issues and they helped us understand the disease, our helplines helped clarify doubts, some young doctors took time out from their hectic schedules to share their stories with us. For us at pixstory they are our stars.
As July 1 marks Doctors’ day in India, we want to express our gratitude, recognise and celebrate the contribution of our doctors in the community, in the country,in our lives and also in pixstory. Doctors have always been seen as Gods particularly in cultures like ours. Their role has become even more crucial during the present day as the world is battling the Covid-19 pandemic. Living their lives inside the PPE suits in sultry weather, the doctors and medical workers are at the fore front of this fight.
The difference made by doctors in our individual lives is hard to quantify. We don’t have words enough to express gratitude for the kindness, the compassion, the hardships they faced , even the stigma that came with saving our lives. Let’s celebrate these saviours today with our notes of gratitude, let’s hear their stories, let the day be about them .