The heartland of 120-year-old Janiya Devi, who lives in Atra of Banda in Uttar Pradesh, is once again jarred by Corona. His wounds from the plague that spread like an epidemic in the country in 1920 have turned green. She was young then. The plague killed 11 families, including her husband.
He acted freshly. Today Corona is in front and she is strengthening the courage of her three-generation family to fight it. Most say, do not be afraid. Tabai Dagadar (Doctor), no more. Now the memory of Janiya Devi, who has made the record of age, is still very good.
Recalling the plague epidemic in 1920, she said in a trembling voice, the plague had killed 11 members of the house including her husband Sukuruva, including Baba Ayodhya, Rishta's Phufa Bilra and Naiha, including Malha Rackwar of the village. The entire village took refuge in the forest.
When people started dying, she too went to the forest with her daughter. When the people of the village returned after the cremation of one dead body, another dead body was found at home. Many dead bodies had to be buried in mud. The reason for the burial came because there was a shortage of wood to burn. The panic was so much that people wanted to get rid of the corpse at the earliest.
Janiya Devi lives with her younger son Chunnu, 70, in Tenduhi village, 30 km from Banda headquarters. She gives encouragement to the children and says that in our days, we do not live till the doctor, now there is a dagdar (doctor) in every village. There is nothing to fear. Janiam's eldest daughter Fulmatia is only a hundred years old.
She lives in Pataraha village in Naraini region. Janiya, with a second husband, has three sons Gangadin (88), Jamuna (75) and Chunnu (70), who live in the village. Janiya spends time talking to grandchildren. Beni Prasad Shukla of the village, who has passed the age of eighty years, told that he has been watching Janiya since childhood. Village head Ashok Singh said that there is no one older in the whole area.
Open-air and fresh vegetables are the first choices
Janiya's son Chunnu told that Amma did not allow the urban look to climb at home. She has been eating plain food from the beginning. Now she eats quite a bit. It is in their habit to sleep before dawn and wake up before dawn. They like to sit in the open air.
The emphasis is on feeding and growing vegetables in our fields. Their presence and Tokataki does not let the family wander. Amma is also right that now there are big doctors. One does not have to go very far for treatment. If we follow the advice of doctors, everything will be fine.
The plague was at its peak in 1920
Dr. BK Srivastava, senior physician at the district hospital Banda, told that the plague was caused by rats (Rodan), which flies reach humans. The plague was a bacterium that spread through touching. There was immediate death after a sudden high fever, severe pain in the body including swelling of the glands of the body. This epidemic came to India from Hong Kong. In 1920 the epidemic was at its peak in India.
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