Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has a panache for writing. In his recent blog post, he shared his contributions to the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus. Amitabh revealed that he contributed about £1.5 million and will not step back from doing more, even if it means dipping into his own funds. Amitabh also encouraged others to come forward. He wrote, “May we all come forward in a display of solidarity and togetherness, to hold each others hand in this trial and win.”
In his post, he wrote, “In this battle against this virus, many have contributed and continue to be resolved in more .. the mention in the information circles resounds with £200,000 that I donated for the care Centre in Delhi for the moment .. but as days go by the figure of my personal contribution and donation shall be about £1.5 million.” He added, “Of course such figures are beyond my means, but I work and labour and resolve to dig into my earnings for those that need it most and with the kindness of the Almighty have been able to give this amount .. in time, if I am able to harness some more of my personal funds I shall not hesitate to contribute more.”
Amitabh added that he is helping people within the industry as well. “And there are those colleagues and friends that have run into difficult times financially .. they too have been given funds to tide over some of the trouble they find themselves in. This is not trumpeting my 'wares' .. if at all it can be a motivation for many others to come forward and donate, the amount of misery that one hears and sees could be greatly reduced.”
Amitabh said he ordered 20 ventilators from overseas, and that “they have started to arrive.” He also ordered oxygen concentrators from Poland, which shall be airlifted for Delhi. The actor said, “Meanwhile, the food for the poor has been initiated and 1,000 packets of dry food shall be going out to the poor.” He also adopted two children who lost their parents to Covid-19.
