How would it look if your face was in place of your stomach and your stomach in place of your face? Obviously, it would be ridiculous! Similarly, a change in our lifestyle will also not be satisfying. This is what we have realised now. In today’s scenario, coronavirus is the word, which is being enunciated at every place, from every person and at every moment. And to seek relief from the threat of coronavirus, we have been living in a state of lockdown since two almost a year with a supervised unlock in between, implemented by our government. If you would notice, you will see a flabbergasting change. All our desires for a change in our life are being fulfilled these days. Children are not going to schools, our parents are working from home, grandparents are spending time with the family but now everybody is fed up. This is only because of human nature. Human beings sometimes become babies. In any condition they want that toy which they don’t have, when they get it for a while, they play with it and then feel jaded but if it is taken, they become very sad. The current situation is like a solar eclipse, where the humans, together are the sun, the moon is our responsibility, the earth is corona and the circle of glow around the moon is our hope and efforts. Corona is just seeing the moon, but our duty is to make him see the expanding circle of glow. We are the only ones who can remove the moon and show corona the bright sun as our power. These days have stirred up a hornet’s nest for common people. it was undoubtedly said, “let’s smile, not because we don’t have any problems but because we are stronger than the problems. “Have you ever wondered what will happen if summer doesn’t come? The Earth will become a frozen popsicle of ice and if winter doesn’t come? It will become a fireball. But sometimes summer causes drought which means each part of our life has some pros and some cons. Likewise problems are also an integral part of our life. During the corona pandemic, children are very disconsolate as they cannot meet their friends. Our parents can not go for jobs and so our grandparents cannot go for a walk and take fresh air in the park. But there is a big speed breaker between these domestic worries and the actual problems being faced by the doctors, nurses, police, cleaners and other corona warriors. In such circumstances, they are like apostles. Many of them have not met their family for a long time. Their shoulders are heavy with the responsibilities of the entire nation. Some people are behaving like cold-blooded demons. Despite respecting them, they are doing smutty activities, by talking abusively with them, breaking the rules, etc. We should never forget that our actions can either praise us or punish us. It is undeniable that “God is watching everyone’s deed, one fine day everyone is going to pay for their ugly actions.” Another hurdle of life is the lack of positivity and peace. We sometimes feel that the end of life is our next door, and we may go very far from our dear ones. Many people have become unemployed too. Their children are starving and are begging for life from their parents. Such news sometimes moistens our eyes. The financial bar of the country is slowly and steadily decreasing at a time. But thankfully it was resolved at the earliest. And the problem which is not being tackled by anyone is of the tiny tots of our country. Though many schools are conducting virtual classes, the way they learn in schools through debates, experiments, co-curricular activities can’t be compared. Another hiccup is the corona positives and their family members. are not being respected and are declared Untouchable by the society. Thousands of pages will also become less if we count the problems being faced by people as at every level, worries are there. As every cloud has a silver lining, let’s have a look at the solutions. As we all are missing our friends, we should take the help of technology and talk to them on video call, we must take our grandparents in the veranda so that they can take fresh air, we should meditate and see the positive side of the news to relax, we should help the needy with food and clothing, and to help the government with finance, we must add a little amount in the PM CARES fund. Remember! we must fight with the illness, not with the ill. So, we should boost their confidence. Corona warriors, cannot stop working but what we can do for them is we can present our gratitude to them but by following all the safety measures like washing hands frequently, staying in our homes, maintaining social distancing, wearing masks, using sanitizers, avoiding moving out., so that their work can become much easier. We all must have seen “Ramayana” and “Mahabharata’ in our homes, on the television during the lockdown. They are such epics, from which we should get inspired. We should adapt the strategy of pandavas. Hundred kauravas as Corona are already here, we need to join hands, strengthen our will power and make those 5 pandavas. For everyone. “Arjun who forgets his moral duty, we must become lord Krishna and suggest to him the righteous path. when we take birth in a country, we automatically take the pledge to contribute for the betterment of that country. So, like Bheeshma Pitamah we should stick to our promise. To kill the corona as ‘Ravana’ we must become “Ram” and using sanitizers, keeping social distance and other measures as our bow and arrow, we can surely win this battle. Night can never remain for the whole year; so wait for the sunrise! it is true indeed that “when the world says, ‘give up’, hope says try it one more time.” So, are you going to change your lifestyle and become an antibody to contribute to the world’s health?
By Bhavya Gupta
