Indian American Rahul Dubey joins Time magazine’s list of Heroes of 2020

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Rahul Dubey

New York: Indian American Rahul Dubey has been included in Time magazine’s ‘Heroes of 2020’ to open the doors of his home in Washington to more than 70 people demonstrating racial justice after the murder of a black man George Floyd in the US And his work has been praised. In the magazine’s Heroes of 2020 ‘list of 2020 heroes, the name of a volunteer firefighter in Australia who put his all at stake to keep his country safe. Also named are Jason Chua and Huang Zhen Long, who sell food items in Singapore, who ensured no one would starve during the Covid-19 epidemic.

Rahul Dubey

At the same time, Pastor Reshorna Fitzpatrick of Chicago and her husband Bishop Derrick Fitzpatrick are also named, who changed the appearance of their church to help people during this epidemic. Time praised Dubey and described him as ‘the shelter of the needy’. On June 1, people were demonstrating against the murder of an African-American man Floyd on the streets of Washington DC, and Dubey was at his home at the time, not far from the White House. After the curfew was imposed at seven in the evening, they found that the road was crowded and it seemed that the police had put up blockers to catch the protesters and sprayed papers on what remained on the road.

Dubey thought that they should do something. Dubey, who works in the health sector, said, “I opened the door to my house and started shouting that you people should come here.” To avoid violating curfew. Dubey told Bajfeed News that it was not an option for most of the young protesters to open the door to their house, but they had no choice in view of what was happening before their eyes. Pepper spray was sprayed on people. They were beaten to death on the ground.

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