Life in the Time of Corona!
“He
allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born
once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life
obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”
―
Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
I
thought I was done with my rebirth in Vietnam, when I felt all my senses come
alive once again…I felt light and untethered. But now that we are in lockdowns,
and some of us dry of motivation and ideas, it dawned on me again that rebirth
is a process and it needs to happen continually. We need to find inspiration in
the routine, and most importantly document and realise our ideas and thoughts
through a medium most comfortable to us.
Times
like these, everything comes to a standstill, the mundane takes over and all of
us line up to carry out our tasks like bots. Few things however knocked on my gates…
First,
national prejudices; times like these also bring out national prejudices where
we indulge in branding countries and people and impose our own pre-conceived
notions of various nationalities. Let us realise one thing; “You know
nothing, Jon Snow!” People are people…they are the same everywhere. We have
different traditions, ways of expression and culture, etc., however, beneath
the skin and all the external paraphernalia, we are the same bundle of differences
and uniqueness.
Second,
Carpe Diem! A reminder that our lives are transient in nature (and even if it
is not and we continue to live for centuries); why don’t we ‘let’ [i]
all love freely in the time we have here. Love is something that doesn’t come
easy. Blessed are those who find love and realise what they have! Let us go
beyond social taboos and let consenting adults find their happiness in each
other regardless of gender[ii].
Third,
love thyself; Rebirth, regeneration, rejuvenation, detoxification, call it
whatever you want, without love for self, nothing matters, nothing makes sense.
And
now, I want to thank our Indian government for prompt and decisive actions in
the face of such an invasion. Many people are ready with spears to poke and
criticise and find loopholes, but I believe that this time, it was our own
irresponsible and selfish citizens who were irreverent to government directives
and broke the quarantine and spread the malaise( individuals who were stamped
for home quarantine and who went ahead and travelled in the train and attended
weddings and social events and what not!). If only they had followed the
directions given at the airport, we wouldn’t have been under lockdown today.
The entire country is standing at the edge of a crisis because of a few selfish
ignoramuses. There were of course a few who can be absolved as they were
genuinely unaware of the seriousness of the situation and unwittingly infected
all who came in contact.
People
out there, please act responsible! PLEASE! Let us bring this ill to a
standstill!
[i] (it
should not be up to us to have a say, but as a society, we unfortunately
evolved like that. It is time to change that now)
[ii] Recommended
Watch this week: Korean Movie: The King and the Clown
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