Hello again.
This is a sort of continuation of my previous post. What got me writing this is a pure and unadulterated disgust that I experienced as I drove down to pickup dinner from a takeaway.
Just as I had crossed into an area known to be one of the busiest markets, the very apathy with which hordes of people were moving around made me sick to the pit of my stomach.
Yes.. hordes.. a sea of humans, as far as the eye could see.. I took the better part of an hour to cover just 5 km. that is how much the area was swarming.
To many reading this, the usage of terms like ‘hordes’ and ‘swarming’ could appear distasteful. But, what can you except me to term humans who were hounding stalls and shops like flies on a rotting carcass.
People were moving about with singular focus of their task at hand, oblivious to the ongoing pandemic. Even as the newspapers screamed “India reaches 75 lakh cases”, people seemed less bothered than ever. Praising warriors, showering petals, hammering utensils, singing paeans for those who stood strong all diminish in the acts of absolute carelessness being “executed” by us.
During the initial parts of the pandemic, I read somewhere, “the inevitable will happen, it is not about if it is about when”.
Seeing the scene unfold in front of my vehicle last Saturday, I feel that the when has arrived.
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People seem to have the corona-fatigue or corona-apathy. Most feel that they may not get the infection. Quite unfortunate even after seeing many in different age groups kicking the bucket due to Corona.