this blog comes after such a long time that i had almost forgotten that i had a blogging account somewhere... but this is being done all due to the attack of COVID - 19 or the Corona virus.... this thingie has caused the nation to grind to a virtual halt.... and i swear to the god almighty, this is no mean deal..... the only other thing that does it is an India - Pak cricket match.... so u know this is huge..... i want to put on record my observations for this period and what it has taught us about ourselves and others.... u know the society as a whole.....
ok so the start point is going to be 11.03.2020..... i was to travel to Bhopal for work the next day and was to board the Chandigarh - New Delhi Shatabdi at 1200 hrs....... evening i started having a mild body ache and brushed it aside as a routine thing during change of season.... morning came and i was still not a 100%... mom asked me to skip the travel.... but the He - Man that i was, i said no i have to travel as work was important... she asked me to have some warm tea and rest for an hour or so and then review... i agreed... not that i had much of a choice... an hour later and i was not too good... called the trip off ... and then the doubts set in... is this corona virus...???? i read all kinds of free info on the internet and the multiple 'medical advice' that one gets free of cost on whatsapp.... i pronto went to a doc who gave me lot of assurance and a paracetemol and told me to rest and have chicken soup.... just like old times...
i started feeling a little better in a few days... but then i saw the most appalling degeneration of our society and the primal instincts kick in... people started hoarding stuff..... i saw people buy 3 bags of flour... thats bloody 30 kgs.. how long were they planning to stay indoor...??? another guy bought vegetables work 1100/- off a street hawker... including 1 kg of ginger... who buys 1 kg of ginger???? shelves of grocery stores went barren.... vegetables were stocked.... truth be told, i also stocked dry ration expecting this virus to stay for some time.... but this snatching of groceries from hands of each other was the absolute next level..... have we lost the simple basic niceties of life...???
and then i saw idiots taking their kids for a picnic to parks... for a game of cricket... i thought were these ppl out of their mind??? asked one of them to stay indoors and he said that corona affects elderly and not younger people..... when i pointed out that this may not be accurate it is simply that it is more severe on the elderly... he gave me a look that roughly translated to 'this guy is an idiot and has no clue about the information at my disposal'
but what this virus has done well for me is that it has allowed me time to spend time with the kids... quality time... playing indoor games.... watching TV... generally chilling... something i was not able to give enough time to.... i have spent lot of time with mom to hear all her stories.... with my wife to have had more than our fair share of arguments.....
what this virus has done, in a nut shell is that it has made us value our family more... we have rediscovered the importance of family and relations.... it has also made us understand that job.. profession...money..... travelling..... work..... etc are all so much secondary in life and life goes on without them as well.... the virus has taught us perspective....
stay safe..!!!
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