I Have Tested Positive! 21st Day of the Lockdown!

As I opened the doors and stepped onto the terrace for my morning walk, I saw four crows sitting on the terrace railing. I passed by them keeping some distance, they didn’t fly away, instead they started cawing and in no time about 40-50 crows perched on the nearby peepal tree started hovering over me in circles. It looked dangerous and I stepped back to the entry door. They settled down. After waiting for a while, I stepped out to continue my walk, in no time they were again flying over me. This mobbing behavior of the crows is known, they do it if a crow is killed and they attack the suspected predators. Maybe they were disturbed with me on the terrace or they might have been in some kind of distress. But I am taking this incident as a message being conveyed to me directly by the nature itself - to not disturb the fabric of the nature with our irresponsible actions – post 21 days of the lockdown that ends today! With very little human interference and minimal pollution across the globe, the nature is healing itself. It needs some more time to heal itself and get enough strength to be ready to bear the brunt of the mankind once again!

Coming back to the current scenario in India, in the last 21 days we have seen the growth of COVID-19 positive cases rise up from a mere 500plus to a whopping 10000plus! However, had there been any delay in implementing of the lockdown, this number would have grown exponentially and the situation would have been beyond control by now. The number of COVID-19 patients rising in other countries very well demonstrates that we are in much better control. In this regard, today’s decision of PM Modi to extend the lockdown period till 3^rd May 2020 is again a brave and welcome step.

During this second phase of the lockdown, stricter rules should come into force. Those who are not cooperating should be punished and those who are purposely spreading Corona virus by the way of spitting, running away from hospitals, exhibiting indecent behavior with the nurses and medical staff or are throwing infected currency and polythene bags on public places must be treated like a murderous criminal and should be put behind bars. There can’t be any mercy on people who are trying to play with national safety and security.

Today our country is celebrating the Birth Anniversary of the great son of soil Dr. B.R. Ambedakar. Greetings to each of you. I feel that this Birth Anniversary has special significance and message for us, as we are going through the troubled times and it is affecting more to the down trodden classes, the have nots! We should be taking care of them through our resources in the best possible way to cater to their immediate requirements. In the longer run, we can help them in a better way. There must be a sizable population in our country who, despite more than seven decades of Independence of our country, do not know the importance of education, they must be unaware about the provision of reservations and other constitutional policies that might help them in coming out of their lives full with miseries. They need the support of us all - who have established ourselves in a much better position. Can we lend a helping hand to provide them education, can we voluntarily leave our quota of reservation for them and help them in availing it, can we lift them to a level which can help them in chartering a course on their own! It is time to reflect, as they need more support today than ever before.

As the first phase of lockdown ends today, let’s prepare ourselves with positivity for the next phase till 3^rd May 2020! It is not tough, if you set some daily goals for yourself. I did set personal goals for the first phase. I tested myself by making promises to myself! I had promised myself to creatively write every single day, to workout daily, to read, to entertain myself and also to keep pace with my official obligations without complaining! I am happy to share that I wrote one blogpost each day since the lockdown began, did morning and evening walks daily on the terrace averaging more than five kilometers a day, read short stories in Hindi and watched movies which I had been thinking for the last so many years. On the official front, I can say that it had been a new experience and hectic too – working from home! While I am staying alone and my family is thousands of kilometers away, it is not easy. But, talking to them, listening to their problems and appreciating all their efforts in these challenging times have kept me and them positively engaged. I am in better shape today physically and mentally than pre-lockdown days! Yes, I have tested myself during the lockdown, I have tested positive - to my positive approach!

I am happy that we are half way through and though the next half is going to be more challenging, let’s promise that we shall be traversing our path keeping our health, family, society and the nation as the focal point.

I have a new itinerary ready for the second phase of the lockdown, I hope to complete them all by 3^rd May 2020!

You make yours! Get set, go!

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