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Satheesh Vellinezhi
The best part about PM CARES is that it is a fun fund; it has one hippie vibe to it, a dashing, devil-may-care attitude
Dear Agony Akka,
I am torn in two. I have collected some money to help people suffering from COVID-19 and I am looking for the best agency to which I should donate. In my school and college WhatsApp groups, everyone is telling to give to PM CARES Fund. I had almost decided that, but then I saw one tweet where Virat Kohli and his beautiful wife Anushka Sharma also started a fundraising campaign. Now I don’t know what to do. Nowadays our Prime Minister is looking handsome just like Sage Valmiki but compared to Virushka? No chance. Please help. Who should I give my hard-earned money to?
Dear Agony Akka,
I am in a holy mess. Let me start from the beginning. On April 12, I had the divine fortune of visiting Haridwar and taking a dip in the slightly turgid ambrosia that is the Ganga. Yes, I was part of three million lucky souls who washed away their sins at the Kumbh Mela. And there was a bonus. Rose petals came showering down from the sky, delivered from a helicopter that emerged like a
pushpaka vimana. One petal landed on my nose and I ate it as
prashad for good measure. But the unfathomable has happened. Instead of making me invincible, at the end of the mela, I began to hack and cough. Now I have been diagnosed with COVID. I know god works in mysterious ways, but this seems very unfair. How do I explain this curse?