At Terminal 3 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, Harendra Singh stood in the centre of the huddle. It was more than the 20- odd hockey gamers he is utilized to, with him in the middle. Like on the green or blue turf, here too he was releasing guidelines– not as a coach, however as General Supervisor (Commercial), Air India, T3 airport. Those listening were not obedient players, but petrified, impatient passengers, terrified even of each other, and of the possibility of being quarantined. Scenes throughout the intrusion of Normandy need to have been comparable. The fright here was caused by an undetectable opponent– a virus, and Harendra was India’s first line of defence.
A contact his phone better to noon-time was addressed like this: “Passengers se ghira hua hu. Thoda sa time dijiye, abhi around 600 ke karib log simple aas paas khade hain, primary call back karta hu (I am surrounded by around 600 people, give me some time).”.
Prior To that, Harendra was on the tarmac, but unrecognizable in a white decontamination match,