With all that is going on through out the world due to the Covid-19, it somehow, somewhere reminds me of so many scenes from the miniseries - 'Chernobyl', depicting the details surrounding the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. This is true, especially for cases like what's happening in Italy now and China, just a few days back. The procession of dead bodies and the helplessness of the human beings as a species in dealing with the situation is something, I can draw a parallel between the two disasters.
In India, we are relatively safe for the time being. But we are already in Stage 2 of the Coronavirus transmission and if we are not very careful, we can slip into the Stage 3 very soon. Often, while watching the 'Chernobyl' miniseries, especially during the flashback scenes, I used to feel, "Ah, if they only knew what was coming for them... If only they could head out from the town of Pripyat and the neighbourhood of Chernobyl, they could have saved themselves... But they weren't so lucky. They didn't have a chance. It was all too sudden, without even a warning!
But here, in India, we have a chance still. And to do that, we don't even need to travel to some place safer. Our country is more safe and our homes are the safest now. So what do we need to do to make ourselves safe? Nothing! Just stay indoors to stay safe! That's it! I know, there will be people who would need to go out, but please ensure that those cases are only on emergencies. Nothing else! That shouldn't be very difficult, right? In fact, sounds really easy!
So, why are we stopping! Can we even imagine, what will happen if the transmission enters Stage 3, in a densely populated country as ours? Now we are getting shocks by a daily increase of 65 odd Coronavirus positive cases. Can we even think about the situation if that number touches a 1000 odd or even more perhaps? That's exactly what happens in the Stage 3. Frankly, I don't have the courage to think about it and I am sure, you don't too. So let's get somewhere we don't have to think about it. Let's get Home and stay there. Because, as I have been telling, the unfortunate people at Pripyat (Chernobyl), that night didn't get the chance that night. No body was there to tell them. But here, I am looking from hindsight and telling what they could have done. Let's promise ourselves we don't have to do the same for us, sometime in future from our hindsight, then. Let's be safe! Let's be at home!
In India, we are relatively safe for the time being. But we are already in Stage 2 of the Coronavirus transmission and if we are not very careful, we can slip into the Stage 3 very soon. Often, while watching the 'Chernobyl' miniseries, especially during the flashback scenes, I used to feel, "Ah, if they only knew what was coming for them... If only they could head out from the town of Pripyat and the neighbourhood of Chernobyl, they could have saved themselves... But they weren't so lucky. They didn't have a chance. It was all too sudden, without even a warning!
But here, in India, we have a chance still. And to do that, we don't even need to travel to some place safer. Our country is more safe and our homes are the safest now. So what do we need to do to make ourselves safe? Nothing! Just stay indoors to stay safe! That's it! I know, there will be people who would need to go out, but please ensure that those cases are only on emergencies. Nothing else! That shouldn't be very difficult, right? In fact, sounds really easy!
So, why are we stopping! Can we even imagine, what will happen if the transmission enters Stage 3, in a densely populated country as ours? Now we are getting shocks by a daily increase of 65 odd Coronavirus positive cases. Can we even think about the situation if that number touches a 1000 odd or even more perhaps? That's exactly what happens in the Stage 3. Frankly, I don't have the courage to think about it and I am sure, you don't too. So let's get somewhere we don't have to think about it. Let's get Home and stay there. Because, as I have been telling, the unfortunate people at Pripyat (Chernobyl), that night didn't get the chance that night. No body was there to tell them. But here, I am looking from hindsight and telling what they could have done. Let's promise ourselves we don't have to do the same for us, sometime in future from our hindsight, then. Let's be safe! Let's be at home!
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ReplyDeleteAt the precipice of an extraordinary crisis, let’s take a pause and be thankful for all the good’s, the bad’s and the ugly’s! In the tornado of business and the endless engagements, maybe this crisis will remind us to introspect where did we go so horribly wrong! Is it the utter disregard for the environment we live in and the diaspora which nurture us? Or the endless lust for power and greed that has brought the humankind to test? We are just mere cogs in the wheel.. if there is no wheel, we do not exist!
ReplyDeleteVery well written Sayan!