POWER OF INVISIBLE  VIRUS- TOTAL LOCK DOWN OF COUNTRIES

I sincerely hope our sycophant   genius public has comprehended the serious call  given by our Hon’ble Prime  Minister  for nationwide lock down to save  our own self, our family and thus our nation. Last call for Janata  Curfew  was  taken  as an action for pleasing the P.M and  the way the  crowds celebrated  on the road made it clear their  ignorance of the serious message given.

The message for staying home for 21 days to possibly defeat the spread of this virus was given forcefully and repeatedly  but the idea of  staying at home for these many days is like a punishment for the modern generation .

My generation grew up  on different parameters. For us home was synonym of happiness and enjoyment. All activities like festivals, marriages , outings  and even daily routine of meals were enjoyable only with family which did not have the modern day narrow definition of family. How many of the modern day children have experienced  picnics, outings , visits to religious festivals, group games , river boating and  days of marriage celebrations with siblings ,extended family and friends ? Our childhood was full of such activities and the word “ boredom” was not in our dictionary.   Marriages were celebrated with enthusiasm not only by  the family but even  by  the neighbours  it used to be an occasion for excitement  .  The most fascinating  wedding  in my memory is  the wedding of my  friend’s  Doll where all ceremonies  continued for days like real wedding with many guests . The groom came in a “Buggy” drawn by two horses with Police Band. The excitement  level  can not be compared with  any modern day destination marriage. The most amazing coincidence  I discovered later in  life was  that my husband was a Baraati (Groom’s Party) in that doll’s wedding  where  I  was  from the Brides side.

The present grave situation is  giving several serious messages and now it is up to us humans to listen to the warning and survive.

The first clear message is telling us how fragile human race is. We humans , are pretending to be so powerful ,  creating  weapons of mass destruction but an invisible virus could bring the world on its knees in no time. The myth  of being a super Race and  the dream of taking control of  other nations  after this pandemic  should be given up for good.

 Another message is the futility of the modern day commercial  rat race . When we humans are so vulnerable , what  good is our accumulation of  wealth  by any means? The crisis has totally changed the perspective of the rich and the poor as now both are equally  helpless and scared of the corona virus facing similar situation.

Most important message which needs to be followed is that  people should give up the fanaticism of religion and fighting in the name of religion. All places of worship are in lock down . Our homes are the places where we  can  pray  for the safety of our family and the country . Therefore it is essential that  all talks of Mandir, Masjid and fighting over religion should end  for ever. If you can manage for 21 days of your life without these places of worship  surely survival will be more peaceful in future without combating for religion.

This 3 week’s lockout  will also make it clear to the people how  we can simplify our life style going for need based purchases instead of greed based  life style. One actually needs very little for survival and happiness.

Finally the realization should come that continuous abuse of  Nature always results in disaster.  Instead of destruction  and modification of Nature we should learn to live in harmony with Nature for our own good.